What the record shows
"According to ""Arizona's Names, X Marks the Place"" (Byrd Howell Granger), Bob Metcalf located copper ore deposits in the 1870's and staked the Metcalf claims. The Shannon Copper Company, organized in 1889, began producing on claims nearby in 1901. A community named Metcalf sprang up, but died in 1918 when the ores played out. A post office existed from 1899 to 1936."
Metcalfappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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