Editing Bagdad, Arizona (section)

==Copper mine==
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[[File:Malachite-Quartz-Chrysocolla-22818.jpg|thumb|[[Malachite]]-[[Quartz]]-[[Chrysocolla]] specimen from the Bagdad Mine]]
In 1882, prospectors W.J. Pace and J.M. Murphy staked a claim for gold, silver, and lead along Copper Creek. In 1883, John Lawler of [[Prescott, Arizona]] paid Pace and Murphy $200 for their claims, but were unable to make a success of it. In 1907, the Giroux Syndicate purchased an option on Lawler's claims for $200,000 ({{Inflation|US|200000|1907|2020|r=-6|fmt=eq}}), with Edmond Bronson as president. However, the mine was still not able to earn a profit, and operations languished off and on for years. In 1944, the operation was purchased by [[John C. Lincoln]], the builder of the [[Camelback Inn]], who converted the mine entirely from underground operation to [[Open-pit mining|open-pit]]. In 1979, the operation was purchased by [[Cyprus Amax Minerals|AMOCO Minerals]], eventually owned by Cyprus Mines.<ref name=Eppinga />

[[Cyprus Mines Corporation]] operated the copper mine until Cyprus merged with Phelps Dodge. [[Freeport-McMoRan]] (which acquired [[Phelps Dodge]] in 2007) now operates the [[Bagdad mine|copper/molybdenum]] mine. This copper mine does [[open pit mining]] and runs on an around-the-clock schedule. The copper concentrate is either trucked to southern Arizona, or taken by semi to 20 miles outside of town to the [[BNSF Railway]]'s [[Phoenix Subdivision (BNSF Railway)|Phoenix Subdivision]] in [[Hillside, Arizona|Hillside]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}