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Supported by several nearby copper mines, the town had a smelter, school, stores, and up to 300 people until it was abandoned when the price of copper fell. Sunset: Navajo: 1876: 1887: Abandoned site: Only the cemetery remains today Swansea [1] [2] Signal La Paz: 1908: 1937: Abandoned site: Maintained by the Bureau of Land Management. Tiger [2 ...
The site of Liverpool Landing, located near present-day Lake Havasu City, was submerged under Lake Havasu in the 1930s. The location of Liverpool Landing can be seen on the March 1911, Parker, Arizona, U. S. Geological Survey Topographic Map. [3]
Mining stopped in 1975, although the Copper Queen still offers tours. The Warren district is credited with having produced 7.92 billion pounds (3.59 million mt) of copper. [ 6 ] In addition, the district recovered 324 million pounds (147,000 t) of lead, 355 million pounds (161,000 t) of zinc, 28 million pounds (13,000 t) of manganese, 2.79 ...
Many copper mines have existed in the Copper Country of the U.S. state of Michigan. These include both large-scale commercial ventures and small operations. These include both large-scale commercial ventures and small operations.
After the price of copper dropped in 1920, Asarco shifted its focus to other operations. It ceased mining activity in the Silver Bell District entirely by 1930. During that decade about 500 people lived in Silverbell; by 1931, the population had further declined to about forty-five people, only ten of whom actually lived within the company ...
Highland Copper, the Canadian company behind the mine, has leased the mineral rights to a 3.5 square mile area where it estimates it will extract nearly 65 million pounds of copper over the course ...
The Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District is a historic stamp mill (used to crush copper-bearing rock, separating the copper ore from surrounding rock) located on M-26 near Torch Lake, just east of Mason in Osceola Township. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
Refining at the mines as well as at a copper refinery in Amarillo, Texas, produce 375,000,000 pounds (170,000,000 kg) of refined copper each year. ASARCO's hourly workers are primarily represented by the United Steelworkers. ASARCO has 20 superfund sites across the United States, and it is subject to considerable litigation over pollution.