SLIDE 1 Life in the Oro Blanco Mining Camps in 1900
28 April 2000 Arizona Historical Convention 41st Annual Meeting Yuma, Arizona
Bob Ring Al Ring 520-529-8378 520-529-0910
RINGBOB1@AOL.com ringal@comcast.net
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Contents
* Early History of Oro Blanco * Oro Blanco Mining District: 1873 - 1910 * Old Glory Mine * Life in the Mining Camps * The Last 100 Years
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Oro Blanco Mining District in Territorial Arizona
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Oro Blanco Mining District in Territorial Arizona
Arizonac (Planchas de Plata) Phoenix
Gadsden Purchase
Santa Cruz River Tucson Tubac Tumacacori Tombstone Bisbee Gila River Casa Grande Arivaca Yuma ORO BLANCO MINING DISTRICT Tucubavia Nogales
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Old Glory Mine - Mill Around 1900
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Miners at Old Glory Around 1900
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Burros Carrying Wood to Power the Ore Crushers 1903
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Entrance to Old Glory Around 1900
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Old Glory Dam and Reservoir Around 1900
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Old Glory Reservoir Around 1900
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Arivaca Stage Depot 1905
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Ambrose and Grace Ring’s Stagecoach in Arivaca 1905
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Ambrose and Grace Ring’s “Shack” at Warsaw 1906
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Inside the “Shack” - I 1906
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Inside the “Shack” - II 1906
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Local Transportation 1906
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Mexican Wash Woman 1903
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Grace Ring at Warsaw Store 1906
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Typical Trade Tokens
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Oro Blanco School Children 1894
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Picnic at Cedar Creek Bed 1893
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1901 Oldsmobile at Old Glory 1903
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1997 Jeep Cherokee
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Grace Ring “Looking into Mexico” 1906
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Ambrose Ring in Reflective Moment 1906
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Old Glory - Then & Now
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The Authors Would Like to Thank
- Mary Bingham
- Bruce Dinges
- Mary Farrell
- Mary Noon Kasulaitis
- Robert Lenon
- Lloyd Sebring
- Mark South