Mammoth
"In T. 8 S., R. 17 E. Copper camp on San Pedro River east of Black Hills. "Mammoth mine was located here by Frank Schultz in 1881. It was a 'mammoth' coper ledge'. PO est. May 24, 1895, Felix McKinney PM."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997
P. 262

"Frank Schultz located the first mine in the Mammoth district and as early as December 27, 1872, the Mammoth Mine was being worked by E. M. Pearce, C.O. Brown, and members of Tully Ochoa Company. This mine, sometimes referred to as the Old Mammoth Mine, was at a place referred to as Shultz after its locator, or sometimes as Mammoth Camp. Because ores could not be milled at the site, a stamp mill was constructed on the San Pedro River where the community of Mammoth is today. Ores were sent down from the mine to the town in buckets suspended on a wire cable and the returned buckets were filled with water for the mining camp. The Mammoth Mine was so named because it was said to contain huge ore veins. The name also applies to Mammoth Wash. PO est as Mammoth June 23, 1887, Louis Ezekiels pm. name changed to Shultz, July 12, 1894, Mrs. Lizzie Schneider pm; disc. April 21, 1902; reest March 28, 1903 as Mammoth E.E. Putnam PM."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 381

Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profile-- Mammoth, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/mammoth.pdf

Local Government Website
http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/azcountymammoth.htm

The Arizonan- Mammoth, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/Mammoth/

Mammoth Public Library
P.O. Box 548 125 N. Clark Street Mammoth, AZ 85618
520-487-2026
 

Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

Geology and ore deposits of the Mammoth mining camp area, Pinal county, Arizona / by Nels Paul Peterson.
MN 1.3:B 85/144

Arizona school census : Willcox 1908-1920, Mammoth 1886-1895, Pinal 1906, Superior 1906-07.
F817.C5 A74x
 

Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index

History of the Mammoth Police Department from Incorporation to Present.
CE EPH LP-10

SMOR (San Manuel, Mammoth, Oracle Region): Tri Community Chamber of Commerce.
CE EPH FR-200

CE EPH DTO-MAMMOTH.1

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