1910 BISBEE - DOUGLAS ARIZONA COPPER QUEEN PHELPS DODGE COPPER ORE ROUTING CARD

Description: For sale, a SUPER NICE.... ANTIQUE CIRCA 1910'S ....AND BELIEVE SCARCE TO FIND "ORE ROUTING CARD"....old cardboard tag which says " FROM - PHELPS DODGE CORP. - C. Q. BRANCH (COPPER QUEEN BRANCH) BISBEE, ARIZONA -- WADE HAMPTON COPPER ORE -- TO: DOUGLAS REDUCTION WORKS" which was used in the region of BISBEE to DOUGLAS, ARIZONAThis comes out of a lifetime collection of ARIZONA MINING COLLECTIBLES AND TAGS from all over the state of Arizona....the original owner attributed this one to the BISBEE COPPER MINING DISTRICT" and was found in that region.....selling the entire mining collection...watch for future listingsTHE ORIGINAL OWNER CALLED THIS A "COPPER ROUTING CARD"....BASICALLY USED TO IDENTIFY RAW COPPER ORE OWNED BY "WADE HAMPTON" AND ATTACHED TO LOAD OF ORE GOING FROM PHELPS DODGE COMPANY AT THE COPPER QUEEN BRANCH IN BISBEE....TO IDENTIFY THAT ORE ON ITS TRIP TO THE "DOUGLAS REDUCTION WORKS" (SMELTER) LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY IN DOUGLAS, ARIZONAThe site of COPPER QUEEN MINE is located in Bisbee Arizona,,,,and Douglas Arizona is located to the southeast where the smelter was....both in historic Cochise County Copper ore "routing card" is brownish cardboard, rectangular shaped and about 4" x 5" in size, and overall displays well. (please see pictures in gallery) In a "hard sleeve" to protectPLEASE CONSIDER MY GALLERY PHOTOS AS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT... Old mining related SCARCE TO FIND...COPPER ORE ROUTING CARD RELATING TO "PHELPS DODGE COMPANY" AND "COPPER QUEEN BRANCH" which helped route copper ore FROM BISBEE ARIZONA TO NEARBY SMELTER AT DOUGLAS ARIZONA. Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!! Tangible assets are always the best ones.

Price: 18.95 USD

Location: Tucson, Arizona

End Time: 2024-08-28T17:57:12.000Z

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