THE ANITA MINING DISTRICT, THE LOMBARD GOOD AND COMPANY SMELTER, THE VARIOUS COPPER COMPANIES AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ANITA
THE LOMBARD GOOD AND COMPANY SMELTER, WILLIAMS ARIZONA; THE ANITA CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY, AND THE ANITA COPPER COMPANY; THE ANITA TOWNSHIP AND THE MINING DISTRICT (COPYRIGHT; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (5/10/22) (The following is a cut and paste of a prior post, with the additional information on the Anita Township and the Mining District.) (Images from Williams, Arizona Sanford Fire Insurance Maps, December 1901: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division) Notation on map reads: "Located 3/4-mile east of RR Depot. Not in operation Oct. 1901. Iron roofs. Whitewashed inside- water to be supplied from R.R. water supply to a tank to be located on a hill south of plant." In the early years of Williams, a sense of optimism and the hope of prosperity filled the hearts and minds of the town's citizens. A new lumber mill had been built, with ample supplies of Ponderosa Pines waiting to be harvested. The Atlantic and Pacific ran through