Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Ajo Mines 1881
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AJO MINES,  PIMA COUNTY.

  These copper mines, which were discovered by Mexicans a long time ago, are
situated in the western part of the county, forty miles south of the Gila River,
and one hundred miles from Yuma. Shortly after our purchase of the Territory,
they were opened and worked by American capital, the ore being hauled to Yuma,
through a desert country, and then shipped to Swansea or Boston. Although the
ores were rich and abundant, yet this method proved so expensive that operations
were suspended.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

RIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;
CONTAINING THE
Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional
Men in the Territory of Arizona;

TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING
SUPERINTENDENTS.

ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,
Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

W. C. DISTURNELL,
COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,
534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
l88l.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By W. C. DISTURNELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.


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