Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hecla, Arizona


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Mangoe (talk) 20:51, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Hecla, Arizona

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This one was copied directly out of Arizona Place Names, according to GNIS, and I can find a "Hecla Mine" referred to in that book. At least part of the problem, however, is there is every reason to believe that it wasn't at the given location. This 1918 report states that a 200 ft. shaft was sunk at the mine, and there is just no sign of that level of activity here. Compounding matters, the Hecla Mining Company had, in the 1970s, a mine much further south in the state which didn't go well, but which is apparently being run by someone else now. They are from the Pacific Northwest, though, and they do not appear to have had operations in Arizona a century ago. Meanwhile back at the ranch, as it were, there are a bunch of topos which show nothing but an intermittent stream at the coords, then two editions which show a "corral", and such a structure is mentioned in the place name passage. If someone can figure out where the original Hecla Mine actually was and whether there was a town of the same name attached to it, we perhaps could recreate this, but it's pretty clear that it wasn't here, so I'm suggesting an application of some WP:TNT unless someone else can figure this out. Mangoe (talk) 21:50, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:05, 4 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Note Minedat has "Heola" mine a little to the east. This fits with this article which states Hecla was named after a nearby mine but had no mining function itself but rather was a "waystation for travellers" abandoned 1898 after a flood. It had a post office, but for only 18 months with mail then going to Cherry 5 miles to the NE. Why the mine was named "Hecla" is a mystery, I'd assume it wasn't for Hecla Mining who did silver, but the entirely separate Calumet and Hecla Mining Company who mined copper, but neither apparently had operations in Arizona. Pontificalibus 08:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:GNG. Sometimes it's worth reading non-WP:RS. This blog led me to include Ash Creek in my search terms. That, combined with the fact it was only called Hecla while it had a post office and Arizona Place Names mentions it was also called "Stone Corral" led me to this detailed history published by a museum (cached here if it doesn't load) and also this article: pt1, pt2 which appears detailed but needs a subscription, as does this apparently detailed article. There also exists a paper An Archaeological Opinion on the Stone Corral (Ash Creek Way Station) of 3 pages in length published by the Forest Service in 1976 which I can't access online.Pontificalibus  08:40, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for working this out. I'm withdarwing this nomination. Mangoe (talk) 20:51, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


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