antique "MORENCI BRANCH - PHELPS DODGE CO" ARIZONA AZ MINING MINE EMPLOYEE BADGE

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For sale,
ANTIQUE.....MINING COMPANY EMPLOYEE BADGE
old mining badge / exonumia  which says "
MORENCI BRANCH - TEMPORARY - PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION
" which was used in the region of
MORENCI ARIZONA
THIS CAME OUT OF A SMALL COLLECTION OF ARIZONA MINING TAGS AND BADGES.......APPEARS TO BE BADGE WORN BY TEMPORARY MINER / EMPLOYEE WORKING FOR PHELPS DODGE IN MORENCI AZ
THIS APPEARS TO BE CELLULOID  COVERING TIN, AND THE PIN IS FUNCTIONAL..HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED.
The historic mining camp town of Morenci is located in
Greenlee
County Arizona, not far from the sister mining camp town Clifton Arizona
OLD MINING BADGES  AND TAGS ARE GETTING TOUGH TO FIND...SUPER TOUGH TO FIND ANYTHING EXONUMIA TAG TOKEN WISE FROM MORENCI ARIZONA REGION
Phelps Dodge mining company badge is celluloid over tin, round,  about 48mm in size
, and overall displays well, has its original metal
hardware
. (please see pictures in gallery) Note how much larger this tag is than a 38mm silver dollar
PLEASE CONSIDER MY GALLERY PHOTOS AS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT....first time as "buy it now", only one i have to offer
Old mining tag
BELIEVE SCARCE MINING COMPANY TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE BADGE
once used at the
"PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION - MORENCI BRANCH"
copper mining operations once located in region of
MORENCI, ARIZONA
Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!
Tangible assets are always the best ones
.