Arizona mining history is marked by industrial strife, especially for Mexican-Americans who faced community and workplace discrimination.

Founded as a company town Hayden endured volatile strikes, and ever-growing evidence of health and environmental damage.

If you spend time in the Hayden Library, a community nerve center, you’ll find local documents and stories which hold its collective memory.

Where the tailings disposal area is now, there used to be farm land with alfalfa fields, cattle, several houses and a general store.

The Hayden/Winkelman community is caught in the classic “jobs-versus health and safety“ no-win situation.