MAYORGA'S WELDING

Mayorga's Welding was started in 1963 by Emilio Mayorga, as a one-man shop, in a two-car garage. One of his first real jobs was a livestock trailer for Mr. Frank Auza. Mr. Auza was a well-known local sheep herder. Emilio would also do small jobs like repairing rakes, shovels, and axes, for the neighborhood. As Emilio could afford to do so, he would invest in equipment such as a small lathe, a drill press, then a band saw, a bigger lathe, and a bigger drill press etc. More work started to come in as customers discovered Mayorga's Welding. Places like APS, Mountain Bell, the Forest Service, local pulp wood cutters, well drillers, and truck owner/operators began to bring in jobs. Flagstaff had discovered the little welding shop on the Southside... One of the most notable early projects was for Halverson-Lentz. "Halverson" obtained the job to bring water from Roaring Springs on the north rim of the Grand Canyon to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. A project like this had never been done,..

Primary location: Flagstaff United States