2108

Stereoview of the Morenci Mining District by Underwood & Underwood c. 1903 [168269]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Stereoview of the Morenci Mining District by Underwood & Underwood c. 1903     [168269]
SOLD
100.00USDto 8***0+ buyer's premium (25.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Dec 15 @ 08:56UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

Shipping is billed separately. Pay your auction invoice early as purchases are packed in the order payments are received. Pick-up must be scheduled 24 hours in advance when you receive your shipping preference email after the auction. Invoices will go out immediately after the auction ends.

These are two stereoviews of the Morenci mining area. On the left edge "Underwood & Underwood Publishers/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas" on the right edge "Works and Studios/Arlington, N J., Westwood, N.J." grey mount front and back. "The Detroit Copper Company's Concentrator in the hills of Morenci Arizona" printed bottom below right image. c. 1903. "S-25x " ink stamped upper right corner. The back in print: "6142- The Detroit Copper Company's concentrator in the copper hills of Morenci, Arizona", printed in several languages. The image depicts the buildings in the background and several packed burros in the foreground. Good color contrast, foxing on the right edge. (ref. Arizona Stereographs 1865-1930 by Rowe, p.290). The second card is has identical edge markings, grey mount front and back. "A street in the mining camp of Morenci, Arizona/ copyrighted 1903". This image depicts reasonable housing with women and children, a miner with a packed burro in the street. No markings on the back. Not listed in the the Rowe catalog. Rare. Excellent color contrast, sharp image, no foxing. 7 in. X 3.5 in. The Morenci mining district held 145 claims at one point. There was also the Morenci Southern narrow gauge railroad completed in 1901 that connected a number of mines over 18 miles of rail in addition to the "baby" gauge railroad connecting the mine works and plants. Arizona PLEASE CHECK THE PHOTOGRAPH SECTION OF THIS SALE FOR MANY MORE MINING RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS!