Miami, AZ (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce A. Jones. R. Thomas Euler.

On May 5 and 9, 1994, SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants performed a cultural resources assessment of 49 proposed test pit and bore hole sites located on Tonto National Forest lands, Bureau of Land Management lands, and privately held lands. Several areas (pad sites) will potentially be used for placement of multiple test pits and/or bore holes. There are 31 pad sites proposed for collection of hydrogeological data from the 49 test pits and bore holes. The assessment was initiated at the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

The Carlota Copper Company, through Faverty and Associates, and the Salt River Project, requested that SWCA, Inc. conduct an archaeological examination of two areas for a proposed electrical substation and an associated powerline corridor. Carlota is proposing to begin a new mine south of the existing Pinto Valley mine and west of Highway 60, located on Tonto National Forest land and these facilities will be associated with the proposed mine. The project area was examined for the presence of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report details the findings of a cultural resources survey of approximately 6.7 acres of land within the Tonto National Forest, west of Globe, Arizona. The survey was conducted at the request of the Carlota Copper Company, through Faverty and Associates, and the Salt River Project (SRP), prior to construction of an electrical substation on the parcel of land. Carlota is proposing to begin a new mine south of the existing Pinto Valley mine and west of Highway 60, located on Tonto National...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of an archaeological survey conducted by along two proposed access road segments in the Tonto National Forest, near Miami, Arizona. The survey was conducted at the request of the Salt River Project, prior to replacement of an existing power pole and construction of a proposed substation, which the road segments would access. The power line and substation facilities are associated with the proposed Carlota Mine, located northwest of the project area. The route of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leah S. Glaser.

The Eastern Mining Area transmission line was first built to carry hydroelectric power generated at Roosevelt Dam, the United States Bureau of Reclamation’s first large scale work, into Phoenix. It soon expanded to serve the area mines the southern portion of Gila County. The sale of power to these mines provided revenue to expand the Salt River Project’s hydroelectric system and furnish Salt River Valley farmers with electricity.

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Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), conducted investigations at 20 prehistoric and historic sites for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) as the result of plans to realign State Route 88 (SR 88) between Tonto National Monument and the junction of US Highway 60 (US 60) in Globe-Miami, Gila County, Arizona. Fieldwork occurred on ADOT right-of-way on the Tonto National Forest (Forest) under special-use permits (No. 2034-22 and 2034-23) issued by the Forest under authority of...

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Excavations at sites along the State Route 88-Wheatfields (SR 88-Wheatfields) section documented a 2,500-year cultural sequence (600 B.C.-A.D. 1950) that revealed use of the area in the Late Archaic, Early Formative, Late Formative, Classic, and Historic periods, the last involving Euroamerican and Apache occupations. The SR 88-Wheatfields project documented a range of human adaptations to the complex landscapes along the middle Pinal Creek in the Globe Highlands, near present-day Miami in Gila...

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As part of the State Route 88-Wheatfields (SR 88-Wheatfields) project, Archaeological Consulting Services, Inc., (ACS) was provided the opportunity to investigate portions of 20 prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Globe Highlands of central Arizona (Figure 1, Table 1). These resources represented a broad spectrum of the cultural trajectory that distinguished this region, extending from the Late Archaic-Historic periods. Most sites were occupied between the Late Formative and...

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Between April 1998 and April 2005, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted investigations of prehistoric and historic sites along State Route 188 (SR 188; formerly SR 88) from the junction of US 60 to Wheatfields, and from Hicks Wash to Tonto National Monument (TNM) in Gila County. These excavations were carried out under contract to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) as part of the agency’s reconstruction and realignment of SR 88/188 between the US 60 junction near...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Earl Zarbin.

Each year thousands of people come to the Salt River Valley, some to visit and some to live. They see a thriving, growing community. But like many who have spent most, or all, of their lives there, they don't know much about the Valley's origins or how it developed. The men and women who built the Valley were like today's people. They were trying to improve their own condition. In doing that, they contributed to the well-being of one another. Jack Swilling was one of them. Swilling...