Superior, Arizona - An Old Mining Camp with Many Lives

Arizona Geological Survey ^ | 12/2015 | David Briggs

[Mears]

“There was an electrician in Superior whose family put him on a train at the age of ten.”

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I always find this kind of thing astonishing.

When my kids were ten they had to come home when the lights came on.

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[rellimpank]

—Bill Beinemann was an engineer concerned with development and draw control, Glenn Massey was a production supervisor and Fairchild was equipment maintenance——

[rellimpank]

—I left in ‘77——the ones out there now I didn’t have much to do with—I stop and reminisce every time I cross Fremont Pass—

[JimSEA]

Okay, that rings a bell, I wasn’t thinking of engineering. Was Massey working on the draw?

[JimSEA]

The engineers on undercut and draw I’m most familiar with were Mike Zappia and Hank Seany. But I do recall a Beinemann. Seany became mine superintendent fairly quickly. So Beinemann may have followed him.

[rellimpank]

—I believe so—he took three of us through the production sequence while we were there on a visit—seems to me I met Hank Seany at some mining convention-—

[Pelham]

I had an uncle who drove for Greyhound back in the ‘50s. His run took him to Globe, Miami, Superior, and I believe they lived in one of those towns for awhile. I remember visiting them but I was very small and don’t recall which town it was.

[Jane Long]

Thanks for posting. Have family that mined there, as well. Will pass along to relatives.

[Jane Long]

Beautiful country, too, btw.

[HiJinx]

You know, Really Good, AZ; Acceptable, AZ; Kinda Crappy, AZ etc. Make a cool commemorative plate collection.

And the next series can be can cover Why, Surprise, and Rye!

[Col Freeper]

Interesting read.

Thanks for posting it.

[SunkenCiv]

[Rebelbase]

Great post. My mother’s Swedish side of the family settled in Globe around 1900.

[JimSEA]

I’ll bet you have some stories. I worked with a couple of miners who had worked at Miami East before the underground operation ceased.

[Rebelbase]

Mom’s grandparents and mother got run out of Mexico by Poncho Villa and ended up in Globe, so I’m guessing it was closer to 1915 than 1900. They were mining people.

My grandfather used to talk about going on picnics to indian ruins and sorting through their trash...Moccasins, utensils, pottery, etc. All of it must have been at least 500 years old but it was just trash to them. Wish I had some of it now.

[ErnBatavia]

old but it was just trash to them. Wish I had some of it now.

I love "old stuff", and being a native Kalifornian, anything before 1950 is ancient.....

I treasure two bricks that I gleaned from my uncle's pallet 40 years ago.....this was in Mobile, Alabama and the bricks were spares from a warehouse that was being demolished in Mobile, and he ran up and bought the lot ---- he built his home with 'em; they were all hand done by slaves, and the straw/chaff is quite visible.

[JimSEA]

Yeah, there are some extensive ruins between Miami and Globe. Beautiful pieces of painted pottery. I would have loved to see it back in 1910 or so.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 12/11/2015, thanks JimSEA. Just an update for #32.

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