"Black Jack Newman located the Mima Mine, naming it for his fiancee, Mima Tune, whom he later married. This mine was east of th Old Dominion Globe Mine in Big Johney Gulch. Almost simultaneously, James F. Gerald, who represented a group of men from Miami, Ohio contstructed a custom mill on what was then called the West Branch of Pinal Creek, but later Miami Wash. The mill was on a hill which is cut by the railroad where it crosses the Apache Trail, near the present Burch Pumping Station. The flat in front of the mill was called Miami Flat for the Miami Copper Company, whic owned mill and mine. Gradually, the names Mima and Miami became so blended that the original intention to call the new community Mima was overlooked.
Beginning in 1907, the town of Miami came into existence practically overnight, and its growth was insured by the Inspiration Mine company, which began constructing a huge reduction plant in 1909, Miami is sometimes referred to as the "Concentrator City".
Post Office established September 25, 1908.
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. 1960. P. 109
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profile- Miami, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/miami.pdf
Local Government Websites
http://www.theriver.com/CobreValley/community-miami.htm
The Arizonan.com Miami, Arizona
http://arizonan.com/Miami/
Miami History
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8352/miamhist.htm
Miami : a history of the Miami area, Arizona / by Wilma Gray Sain
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Typwritten transcript of oral history interview with Lupe Hernandez, 1981 July 31 / conducted by Maria Hernandez.
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Items Located on the Arizona and Southwest Indedx.
Copper-Book 1963, Miami-Copper-Company
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Globe-Miami-District; 1919
CE EPH MCGI-10
Historic Downtown Miami Walking Tour
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Cuentos Y Memorias: Mexican Americans in Miami, Arizona; 1920s - 1940s.
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