Arizona Copper Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Phelps Dodge Corp
- Arizona Morenci Copper Co Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Morenci, AZ, United States
Sectors:
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Extraction
Copper extraction
Notes:
Established 1882 at Edinburgh to invest in Arizona mining. Operated in the Clifton-Morenci area of Arizona. Reconstructed 1884. 1921 acquired by Phelps Dodge Corp. A connection may have been the Arizona Morenci Copper Co Inc, established 1909
Publications:
- 'Arizona Copper Company. Scotland's greatest mining venture' in W T Jackson, The Enterprising Scot. Investors in the American West after 1873 by Jackson, W Turrentine
- Owned, Monitored But Not Always Controlled. Understanding the success and failure of Scottish free standing companies, 1862-1910 by Tennent, Kevin D
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Phelps Dodge Corp
- Arizona Morenci Copper Co Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Morenci, AZ, United States
Sectors:
- Extraction Copper extraction
Notes:
Established 1882 at Edinburgh to invest in Arizona mining. Operated in the Clifton-Morenci area of Arizona. Reconstructed 1884. 1921 acquired by Phelps Dodge Corp. A connection may have been the Arizona Morenci Copper Co Inc, established 1909Publications:
- 'Arizona Copper Company. Scotland's greatest mining venture' in W T Jackson, The Enterprising Scot. Investors in the American West after 1873 by Jackson, W Turrentine
- Owned, Monitored But Not Always Controlled. Understanding the success and failure of Scottish free standing companies, 1862-1910 by Tennent, Kevin D