The images in this collection depict miners, mines, and mining equipment in Arizona. Among the mines shown are the Diana Mines in Chloride; Ray Mine in Ray; an unidentified mine (probably either the Diana Mines or Magma Mine) near Chloride; and an unidentified mine in Oracle.
Identification:
CP SPC 326.11
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
Biographical Note
George Gustave Wald was born to Gustav and Elizabeth F. (Lautz) Wald in Boston, Massachusetts on April 28, 1883. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving west, arriving in Utah as a sampler for the Boston Copper Company sometime before 1906. He settled in the Arizona Territory in about 1910 and began working as a mining engineer in eastern Arizona, most likely with Ray Consolidated. He later worked with the Magma Mine in Chloride, Arizona. Wald married Elizabeth Percy Carpenter in Phoenix, Arizona on December 21, 1916 and the couple had three sons: George Gustave Jr. (1917-1982), Edwin Prescott (1920-2014), and Karl Alden (1923-). The family permanently relocated to Alhambra, California in 1925. George Wald died of heart disease in Chloride, Arizona on November 31, 1939.
Scope and Content Note
The images in this collection depict miners, mines, and mining equipment in Arizona. Among the mines shown are the Diana Mines in Chloride; Ray Mine in Ray; an unidentified mine (probably either the Diana Mines or Magma Mine) near Chloride; and an unidentified mine in Oracle.
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Copyright
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Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Wald, George G. (George Gustave), 1883-1939.
Subject(s)
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Chloride.
[Identification of item], Edwin Wald Photographs, CP SPC 326.11, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
Edwin Wald donated these photographs to the Arizona Collection in 1998 (Accession #1999-02041).
Container List
1
Diana Mine: Mohave County, Arizona,
1929 (Black and White; 3" x 4")
2
Men Who Worked the Diana Mine,
1929 (Black and White; 3" x 4")
3
Diana Mine Equipment and Miner,
1929 (Black and White; 3" x 4")
4
Mine Two Miles West of Chloride, Arizona,
1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
5
Station Complete and Tipple Installed; Diana Mines,
1929 (Black and White; 9.5" x 7.5")
6
Station Complete and Tipple Installed; Diana Mines,
1929 (Black and White; 9.5" x 7.5")
7
Single Track Tunnel Showing 6" Concrete Conveying Pipe,
1929 (Black and White; 8.5" x 6.5")
8
Pneumatic Gun Set at Shaft,
1929 (Black and White; 4" x 6")
9
Double Track Approach to Incline Station,
1929 (Black and White; 4" x 6")
10
Single Track Tunnel Ready to Pour Side Walls,
1929 (Black and White; 8.5" x 6.5")
11
Intersection of Main Tunnel and Drift to the Incline Station,
1929 (Black and White; 4" x 6")
12
Ray, Arizona,
Undated (Black and White; 3" x 5")
14
Looking from Passing Track Down Single Track Tunnel,
Undated (Black and White; 9.5" x 8")
15
Ray Mine, Arizona,
Undated (Black and White; 8.5" x 6.5")
16
Ray Mine, Arizona,
Undated (Black and White; 8.5" x 6.5")
17
Showing Weight on the Tunnel Timbers before Being Concreted; Ray Mine,
Undated (Black and White; 8" x 6")
18
Turnout 33 West before Being Concreted,
Undated (Black and White; 8.5" x 6")
19
Tunnel that Diverges: Ray Mine,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 8.5" x 11")
20
The Miners of Ray Arizona,
Undated (Black and White; 6.5" x 2")
21
The Miners of Ray, Arizona,
Undated (Black and White; 6.5" x 4")
22-23
Ray Mine Buildings,
Undated (Black and White; 2" x 3")
22
23
24
Scenes from Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
25
Scenes from Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
26
Scenes from Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
27-29
Oracle Town and Miners,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
27
28
29
30
Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 5.5" x 3")
31
Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 5.5" x 3")
32
Oracle Mining Houses in Snow,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
33
The Town of Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 3" x 5")
34
The Miners of Oracle, Arizona,
circa 1929 (Black and White; 4" x 5")
35
Arizona Magma Mine Two Miles West of Chloride Arizona,
1937 Summer (Black and White; 8" x 11")
Edwin Wald's description of this image reads "On the left, the first person was Mill Superintendent in late 1939. The 3rd person is my dad George G. Wald, mine superintendent. The 5th person is A. C. Dundas, mill superintendent, his wife at his right. Just above him my face appears (I was standing on a running board). Harold Carpenter, standing on the car radiator had told me to get in the picture. Farther to the right, the fellow holding a young boy is George Neil. Beyond him, the fellow holding his right shoulder down and the tall fellow next to him were two of the best miners, the lady appearing just above his lower right shoulder is May Carpenter. Further on, the fellow with suspenders was the Hoist Operator."
