Life in the Oro Blanco Mining Camps in 1900 Arizona Historical - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Life in the Oro Blanco Mining Camps in 1900 Arizona Historical Convention 41st Annual Meeting Yuma, Arizona 28 April 2000 Bob Ring Al Ring 520-529-8378 520-529-0910 RINGBOB1@AOL.com ringal@comcast.net

Contents B A * Early History of Oro Blanco * Oro Blanco Mining District: 1873 - 1910 * Old Glory Mine * Life in the Mining Camps * The Last 100 Years

Oro Blanco Mining District B A in Territorial Arizona

Oro Blanco Mining District B A in Territorial Arizona Phoenix Gadsden Purchase Gila River Yuma Santa Cruz River Casa Grande Tucson Tubac ORO BLANCO MINING Arivaca Tombstone Tumacacori DISTRICT Bisbee Tucubavia Nogales Arizonac (Planchas de Plata)

Old Glory Mine - Mill B A Around 1900

Miners at Old Glory B A Around 1900

Burros Carrying Wood B A to Power the Ore Crushers 1903

Entrance to Old Glory B A Around 1900

Old Glory Dam and Reservoir B A Around 1900

Old Glory Reservoir B A Around 1900

Arivaca Stage Depot B A 1905

Ambrose and Grace Ring’s B A Stagecoach in Arivaca 1905

Ambrose and Grace Ring’s B A “Shack” at Warsaw 1906

Inside the “Shack” - I B A 1906

Inside the “Shack” - II B A 1906

Local Transportation B A 1906

Mexican Wash Woman B A 1903

Grace Ring at Warsaw Store B A 1906

Typical Trade Tokens B A of the Period

Oro Blanco School Children B A 1894

Picnic at Cedar Creek Bed B A 1893

1901 Oldsmobile at Old Glory B A 1903

1997 Jeep Cherokee B A on Way to Warsaw 1999

Grace Ring B A “Looking into Mexico” 1906

Ambrose Ring B A in Reflective Moment 1906

Old Glory - Then & Now B A

The Authors B A Would Like to Thank • Mary Bingham • Bruce Dinges • Mary Farrell • Mary Noon Kasulaitis • Robert Lenon • Lloyd Sebring • Mark South