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Abandoned Mines

News Release for Abandoned Mines

Stay Out Stay Alive is a national public awareness campaign to warn the public about the dangers of exploring and playing on mine property. The campaign is a partnership made up of federal and state agencies, private organizations, businesses, and individuals. Together, we deliver our safety message to schools, social groups, religious establishments, and community events all across Arizona.

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Abandoned Mine Education

In September of 2007, an all night search ended tragically Sunday morning near Chloride, a small town in northwest Arizona, after two girls, one 13-year-old and one 10-year-old,  fell into an abandoned mine shaft.  The girls were riding an ATV early Saturday evening when they plunged into the 125-foot-deep mine shaft. One girl was found dead in the shaft and her younger sister survived.
 
In January of 2008, a 19-year-old young man died after falling into an abandoned mine shaft.  His death marks the second deadly accident at an abandoned mine shaft in Arizona in...

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Abandoned Mine History

The earliest indication of mining in Arizona may be as old as 1000 BC when inhabitants of the area were already using turquoise, coal, clay and many minerals in their daily life. Even before the Spaniards came to the southwest, Native Americans were using copper and turquoise to fashion jewelry that was traded over much of North America.
 
With the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century, mining increased in the southwest. Coronado searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola, fabled to be constructed of gold. Although he never found these cities he opened up the...

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Abandoned Mines: STAY OUT STAY ALIVE

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Tom White

Abandoned Mine Supervisor
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Jerry Tyra

Abandoned Mine Supervisor
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