Sombrero Butte papers, 1929-1996 (bulk 1929-1932.)

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Sombrero Butte papers, 1929-1996 (bulk 1929-1932.)

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Photographs of the Proebstel family, their friends, and the town of Sombrero Butte and its mining operations from 1929 to 1932, as well as recollections of family members, written in 1996, about their life in Sombrero Butte. Also present are maps of the area and color photographs of Sombrero Butte in the 1990s.

.1 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428112

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Bunker Hill Mining Company

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Biographical note: The Bunker Hill Mines were first developed in the 1880s and included the Mammoth, the Rattlesnake and Bunker Hill Mines and was located adjacent to the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company. From the description of Bunker Hill Mining Company records, 1888-1924. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 47444810 Grubstaking, a practice whereby someone with a little extra money invested in a prospector, was comm...

Proebstel family.

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Sombrero Butte is now a ghost town in eastern Pinal County near the Graham County line. Chester Proebstel and his family lived there from 1929 to 1932 while he served as superintendent of the mine operated by the Bunker Hill Mining Company of Portland, Oregon. Proebstel and his wife, Elta, lived in Sombrero Butte, and their four children - Norman, Walter, Lloyd, and Lenore attended the one-room school there. From the description of Sombrero Butte papers, 1929-1996 (bulk 1929-1932.) (...