You are bidding on a  FULLY READABLE .... ANTIQUE ....AND A SCARCE VARIETY TOLD USED IN REGION OF RAY GHOST TOWN....old mining tag / exonumia /  tag which says " R. C. P. CO  (RAY COPPER PLANT CO - RAY MINE OPERATIONS)" which was used in the region of   RAY,  ARIZONA (A GHOST TOWN IN PINAL COUNTY)

This comes out of a lifetime collection of ARIZONA MINING TAGS from all over the state of Arizona....the original owner attributed this one to the "RAY COPPER PLANT CO"  in the Ray region of Arizona...selling the entire collection...watch for future listings

THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MINING TAGS USED AT THE GHOST TOWN OF "RAY"...THIS IS THE SCARCE RAY COPPER PLANT VARIETY (FIRST TIME I HAVE PUT ON)....A LOT OF THESE OLD MINE TAGS SIMPLY DO NOT SURVIVE IN GREAT CONDITION, METAL DETECTED, ETC....THIS ONE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF....AND WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND NEAR THE SITE OF RAY PIT

The site of "RAY" is beyond a "ghost town"...sadly it has been open pitted into oblivion.....nothing new being dug at this site...very sad

This is an tougher  to find old mining tag, and A WELL DOCUMENTED MINING COMPANY ONCE OPERATING NEAR "RAY ARIZONA"..... This is a well documented mining company listed in the book "Arizona Mines and Mining Companies" by James Garbani. (by far, the best resource for identifying a lot of these Arizona mine tags). 

The old site of RAY is a ghost town...and is located in Pinal or Gila County Arizona, located not far from Superior, Kearny and Hayden Arizona

OLD MINING TAGS ARE GETTING TOUGHER TO FIND...

I believe these old mining related tags are much tougher to find than people give them credit for compared to "trade tokens"....typically when tokens were produced...the merchant ordered a minimum quantity from a token company salesman (like l.a. rubber stamp)...of perhaps 100 pcs back in the day. Over the years these tokens were discarded, lost and tossed in a fire or dump... and only a couple specimens remain today............now consider these old Arizona "mining tags"...they were typically crudely made, probably not ordered, of if they were, made in small quantities, and sometimes I think produced at the site (in a little shop)........this is a nice one.

Mining company tag is brass, round shaped with suspension hole, about 39mm in size, and overall displays well. (please see pictures in gallery) 

PLEASE CONSIDER MY GALLERY PHOTOS AS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT...

Old mining tag TOUGH TO FIND, ANTIQUE  MINING & COPPER ORE PROCESSING COMPANY TAG  once used at the  RAY COPPER PLANT CO" copper mining operations once located in now open pit ghost town site of  RAY, ARIZONA

Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!   Tangible assets are always the best ones.