Through this purchase Kennecott acquired ownership of the company town of Hayden. Ray Consolidated was purchased by Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, and then by Kennecott Copper in 1933. In 1912 the company completed construction of the Hayden smelter and began processing ore from the Ray underground copper mine, north and east of Hayden. The town was located near the confluence of the Gila and San Pedro rivers. The town of Hayden, Arizona, was founded in 1909 as a wholly owned entity of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, part of the Guggenheim corporate group which also held the controlling interest in American Smelting & Refining Co. Although, interestingly, the line built between 1902-1904 as the Phoenix and Eastern was leased to the Santa Fe for its first three years. (on the Phoenix Line main) to Winkelman from 1907 until 1986. The SP owned the 54 mile branch from Magma Jct. To learn more if interested check out this article: This two mile branch is now operated by the Copper Basin Railway (since 1986) but historically was Kennecott Copper property and operated by their connecting carrier, the Southern Pacific. Here are a few short articles that tell the story and complement this image if you're interested: Anyway, this afternoon freight job will drop the hoppers and do some switching before heading out around dusk toward the mine with the evening unit acid train that takes sulfuric acid produced as a byproduct at the smelter out to the mine for use in the underground leaching operations known as solvent extraction-electrowinning or SX-EW.
The senior center and police department about all that are left operating these days. The Hayden Public Library closed its doors at the end of July 2020. In Hayden, the public pool is now closed the entire year, even though the air temperature usually exceeds 100 degrees during the summer months. It once had a bank, a pharmacy, a theater, a bowling alley, a bar, and a few eating establishments, but not anymore. It is estimated that there areĪbout 50 families that live in town. Many businesses have closed and the buildings that hosted them appear abandoned.
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Having lost a full 3/4th of the population it had a century prior it is slowly becoming a ghost town in slow moving real time. But fast forward another half century and that Hayden is nowhere to be found and today the community is a pretty sad place. Tidy, prosperous and seemingly lifted right from an episode of Leave it to Beaver, Hayden was named an All American City in 1955 befitting the likes of June Cleaver. Hayden was subsequently incorporated as an independent municipality in 1958. In 1954, Kennecott sold the town of Hayden to the John W. The purchase also included the town of Hayden. The Ray mine was eventually purchased by Kennecott Copper in 1933. In 1912, the companyĬompleted construction of the Hayden smelter and began processing ore from the Ray copper mine near Kearny, 17 miles away. in the dying town of Hayden as an afternoon Copper Basin Railway freight rumbles down the high line toward Hayden Jct.Ī true company town the town of Hayden was founded in 1909 as a wholly owned entity of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, part of the Guggenheim corporate group which also held the controlling interest in the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). In a scene seemingly lifted right from an episode of Breaking Bad Walter White would be right at home here near the corner of San Pedro Ave and 7th St. J'ai photographié ces deux arbres à une courte distance l'un de l'autre dans un parc le long du lac Ontario. Ils utilisent le bois pour construire des lodges dans les eaux voisines. Mais ils sont également très destructeurs, rongeant les arbres jusqu'à un mètre de diamètre. On les trouve près des cours d'eau, même dans les zones bâties comme les villes! Ils sont souvent considérés comme très industrieux, voire «mignons» par certains. Les castors sont un rongeur assez commun ici au Canada. I photographed these two trees within a short distance of each other in a park along Lake Ontario. They use the wood to build lodges in nearby waters. But they are also very destructive, chewing away at trees up to a metre in diameter. They are found near waterways, even in built up areas like cities! They are often seen as very industrious, or even 'cute' by some. Beavers are a fairly common rodent here in Canada.