Santa Rita del Cobre

A Copper Mining Community in New Mexico

Christopher J. Huggard, Terrence M. Humble (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2013
University Press of Colorado (Verlag)
978-1-60732-249-8 (ISBN)

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The Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans, successively, mined copper for more than 200 years in Santa Rita, New Mexico. Starting in 1799 after an Apache man led the Spanish to the native copper deposits, miners at the site followed industry developments in the nineteenth century to create a network of underground mines. In the early twentieth century these works became part of the Chino Copper Company's open-pit mining operations-operations that would overtake Santa Rita by 1970. In Santa Rita del Cobre, Huggard and Humble detail these developments with in-depth explanations of mining technology, and describe the effects on and consequences for the workers, the community, and the natural environment. Originally known as El Cobre, the mining-military camp of Santa Rita del Cobre ultimately became the company town of Santa Rita, which after World War II evolved into an independent community. From the town's beginnings to its demise, its mixed-heritage inhabitants from Mexico and United States cultivated rich family, educational, religious, social, and labor traditions. Extensive archival photographs, many taken by officials of the Kennecott Copper Corporation, accompany the text, providing an important visual and historical record of a town swallowed up by the industry that created it.

Christopher J. Huggard is a professor of history at NorthWest Arkansas Community College and has published extensively on the history of mining and the environment in the American West. Terrence M. Humble was born in Santa Rita and retired from Chino Mines as a diesel mechanic and foreman in 2001. He has been recording histories, saving documents, and participating in local preservation of Santa Rita since 1967, publishing several journal articles on his hometown's history.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.3.2013
Reihe/Serie	Mining the American West
Verlagsort	Colorado
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	790 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Technik ► Bergbau
ISBN-10	1-60732-249-8 / 1607322498
ISBN-13	978-1-60732-249-8 / 9781607322498
Zustand	Neuware