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Carlisle Mine

The Carlisle Mine in Grant County, New Mexico, lies 16 miles north of Duncan, Arizona. The mines in this area were mainly producers of $3,000,000 of gold and silver in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This view of the mine looks up the canyon through the main mine site. The old Carlisle mine was patented in 1882 and after some idle time and many changes in ownership, the mine is still in operation on a smaller scale today.




Photo courtesy of Les Billingsley


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Carlisle Mine, New Mexico

The Steeple Rock Mining District contained the Carlisle Mine in Grant County, New Mexico. The nearest town to the mine was Duncan, Arizona. The Carlisle Gold Mining Company was formed in 1882 and gold and silver ore were mined until 1890.






Photo courtesy of the Silver City Museum, Silver City, New Mexico, and Dr. Neal Ackerly



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Carlisle Mine, New Mexico

Starting in 1893, the gold, silver and copper being pulled from the Carlisle mine attracted thousands of workers, many of them from the Duncan area, and put in place all the businesses needed to sustain a lively mining town. In 1898, a young Herbert Hoover, just out of Stanford, arrived at Carlisle as assistant superintendent of the Steeple Rock District Mines. He was put up in the home of Superintendent P.H. McDermott, who was also the hard-drinking little settlement's deputy sheriff. Local legend has it that Hoover himself spent a night in that cave jail for drunken and disorderly conduct. 

At the time Hoover arrived, the mine was already in decline and a few years later it shut down until 1932, when new mining and milling techniques allowed for another 15 years of productivity.






Photo courtesy of the Silver City Museum, Silver City, New Mexico, and Dr. Neal Ackerly



photo id: 185


Carlisle Mine, New Mexico

The Carlisle Mine produced gold and silver. By 1897 its production was estimated to be $3 million dollars.





Photo courtesy of the Silver City Museum, Silver City, New Mexico, and Dr. Neal Ackerly



photo id: 187

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Devil's Highway

Some of the many switchbacks along Rt. 78. The highway in Arizona was designated as SR 78 in 1959, but the road had existed prior to it being designated.The road was shown on maps as far back as 1927. Its counterpart in New Mexico was already marked as New Mexico State Road 78 by this time.By 1938, it was still just a gravel road as were many roads in the area including US 666 (now Route 191). It would remain a gravel road in 1961, even after becoming a state highway. The other state highways in the area were paved by this time including the majority of its counterpart in New Mexico.By 1971, nearly the entire highway had been paved with the exception of a portion near the New Mexico border.
 
The road once contained “Needle’s Eye.” It was a large hole blasted in the mountainside through which the road once ran.The Mule Creek road was once a major commerce route between the mining towns of Clifton-Morenci and Silver City, N.M. “Needle’s Eye” was eliminated decades ago to accommodate larger vehicles when the road was paved. Only an outcropping of rock remains.




Photo contributed by Don Lunt


photo id: 192

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Clifton Grade School and Gym

Clifton gym. left 1917--Clifton grade school right 1908



Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 134


School in Upper Eagle Creek

Upper Eagle Creek School, date unknown



Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 135


North Clifton Grade School

North Clifton Grade School



Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 136


Clifton Grade School

Clifton grade school 1908



Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 137


Blue River School

The Blue River One Room School house was located at the mouth of Johnson Canyon. It burnt down on February 14, 1987.



Courtesy of Tom Powers, Greenlee County Schools Superintendent



photo id: 138


Morenci High School

Morenci High School 1919-1949




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 139


Chase Creek Grade School

Chase Creek grade school 1912




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 140


Franklin Elementary School

Franklin Elementary School




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 141


Duncan Elementary School

Duncan Elementary School




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 142


Duncan Gymnasium

Duncan Gymnasium




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 143


Shannon Hill School

Shannon Hill Grade School, 1912




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 144


Metcalf High School

Metcalf High School 1918-1921



Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 145


Duncan Day School

Day School and teacher's house, built 1911




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 146


Duncan Elementary School

Duncan Elementary School




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 147


Fairplay School and Longfellow School

Fairplay School left  and the Longfellow High School right located in Morenci, AZ




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 148


Metcalf Grade School

Metcalf Grade School 1913.





Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 149


Clifton High School

Clifton High School; Built in 1912




Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 150


Morenci High School

Morenci High School 1950-1982





Courtesy of Greenlee County Historical Society
Submitted by Don Lunt



photo id: 151


One Room School in Sheldon

One room school house was located in Sheldon




Photo courtesy of Duncan P.R.I.D.E. Society


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