Editing Globe, Arizona (section)

==Economy==
In 1875, prospectors found [[silver]] in the San Carlos Apache Reservation, including an unusual globe-shaped silver nugget. In just four years, the silver began to give out, but by then [[copper]] deposits were discovered. In the 1900s, the Old Dominion Copper Company in Globe ranked as one of the world's richest. The Old Dominion closed in 1931, and mining operations moved to nearby Miami.<ref>Gila County Historical Museum website</ref>

Globe's economy remains heavily dependent on the service industry, and the mining industry, and {{As of|2008|lc=y}} the city was home to one of the few operating copper [[smelter]]s in the United States.<ref>Rudolf, John Collin. "Copper's Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona." ''New York Times.'' November 27, 2008.</ref>

Major employers in Globe include Gila County, [[Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence]], [[Life Care Centers of America|Heritage Health Care Center]], [[Globe Unified School District]], and [[Gila Community College]].