Congress Miners with Superintendent Jack Martin
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Group of miners at Congress Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona. Mine superintendent Jack Martin appears in the lower right hand corner.
The mine was located at an elevation of 3396 feet. Its’ main commodities were gold and silver, as well as copper, lead and uranium.
Congress, and the Congress Mine, boomed in the 1890's with the arrival of the railroad just a few miles away at Congress Junction. New investors poured money into the mine's infrastructure. The Congress mine, also nicknamed “Queen of the Hills,” became for a time one of Arizona's largest gold producers. An article in the December 22, 1897 edition of the Arizona Weekly Journal Miner boasted: “A visit to the Congress Mine would convince the most skeptical of the mineral resources of the southern part of the county. The pay roll at Congress embodies 425 men and this number is regularly employed. The present mines have plenty of gold in sight…”
One shaft of the mine reached down more than 4000 feet, reportedly deeper than any mine in the Southwest at the time. The mine was successful enough to attract an American President, President William McKinley toured the works during his western trip on May 7, 1901.
W. J. Martin, more commonly known as "Jack" Martin in the mining field, was considered one of the most reliable and conservative of mine managers. He figured prominently in the opening of and overseeing a successful series of mines, including the Congress, the Crowned King, the Little Jessie and the Bonanza and Golden Eagle group of mines.
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