The Lavender Pit

<br> <center>This open pit mine is named<br> <b>The Lavender Pit</b><br> In honor of <br> <b>Harrison M. Lavender</b><br> 1890 &#8211; 1952<br></center> Who as vice president and general manager of Phelps Dodge Corporation conceived and carried out this plan for making the hitherto unprofitable low grade copper bearing rock of the area into a commercial copper producing ore. <br> His dynamic leadership, his comprehensive knowledge of all phases of mining will continue to be an inspiration to his fellow engineers.