Gypsy Heart
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Tyrones palatial buildings have been crumbling for more than 70 years as the great plans for a large copper mining town did not come into existance. Beautiful haunting mansions of a town that died before it got off the ground. Only
6 years after Tyrone was completed ...the mines shut down....people say that Tyrone has been rebuilt 3 times....
The Phelps-Dodge copper mining company established a large town at Tyrone during 1912-1921, to service their copper mine, which was about 5 miles southwest of Silver City. Unlike other old towns, the company town at Tyrone was designed by an architect, and included a magnificent railroad station, hospital, and other buildings constructed of stone. Historic Tyrone disappeared when Phelps-Dodge began a new open-pit copper mine in 1969 and the old buildings were either demolished or buried by the mine.
Articles on Tyrone can be found at: Wikipedia and the RootsWeb genealogy site.Presently:
In 1966 Tyrone mine was reopened as an open pit operation, and a new concentrator, shop buildings, and the third Tyrone town were built, which stand today.
This cemetery located about 10 miles south of Silver City on Phelps Dodge Mining Co. property. The cemetery also includes the burials from the ghost town of Leopold, which were reburied here in the early 1970's. The graves from Leopold were largely unmarked or had unreadable wooden markers etc. These graves are presently marked with steel plates with numbers assigned. There is a memorial "dedicated to the unknown residents of Leopold" in the cemetery as well.
6 years after Tyrone was completed ...the mines shut down....people say that Tyrone has been rebuilt 3 times....
The Phelps-Dodge copper mining company established a large town at Tyrone during 1912-1921, to service their copper mine, which was about 5 miles southwest of Silver City. Unlike other old towns, the company town at Tyrone was designed by an architect, and included a magnificent railroad station, hospital, and other buildings constructed of stone. Historic Tyrone disappeared when Phelps-Dodge began a new open-pit copper mine in 1969 and the old buildings were either demolished or buried by the mine.
Articles on Tyrone can be found at: Wikipedia and the RootsWeb genealogy site.Presently:
In 1966 Tyrone mine was reopened as an open pit operation, and a new concentrator, shop buildings, and the third Tyrone town were built, which stand today.
This cemetery located about 10 miles south of Silver City on Phelps Dodge Mining Co. property. The cemetery also includes the burials from the ghost town of Leopold, which were reburied here in the early 1970's. The graves from Leopold were largely unmarked or had unreadable wooden markers etc. These graves are presently marked with steel plates with numbers assigned. There is a memorial "dedicated to the unknown residents of Leopold" in the cemetery as well.
