Asarco
Asarco
ASARCO, originally known as the American Smelting and Refining Company, traces its origins to 1881, when Robert Safford Towne arrived in El Paso after touring the mines in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Two years later he organized the Mexican Ore Company, a small plant that sampled and graded ore from the Mexican mines. In 1887 the ambitious Towne went to Argentine, Kansas, where he secured the backing of the Kansas City Consolidated Smelting and Refining Company for the construction of a major smelter in El Paso to process lead and copper ores from mines in Mexico and in the American Southwest. Towne bought 1,156 acres along the Rio Grande for $3,757, and within five months the El Paso Smelter, with a 100-foot high chimney and a workforce of 250, was ready to begin processing the high-grade Mexican ore. The community that grew up around the plant was called Smeltertown.The demolition was delayed nearly 10 minutes from the scheduled 6:45 a.m. start. Hundreds gathered on hillsides, nearby business parking lots, and at West El Paso homes to get a view of the historic event.
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
Entrance, University of TX at El Paso, circa 2015
The University of Texas at El Paso is a public research ...
Loretto Academy 1966 - Reunion - 2016
l-r 3rd Row Becky Saucedo Sanchez, Gloria Baray Rodriguez, ...
Dinosaur Exhibit in Sunland Park Mall
My father and I at a dinosaur exhibit in Sunland Park Mall in ...
Lightyearmoving Company 915-330-0573
Call us today for all your moving needs Home Apartment Office ...
JLEP Provides COVID-19 Relief to El Paso Community
In 2020 The members of the JLEP Community Council created a ...
JLEP- Ending the Silence 2020-2021 Project
For the past three years, the Junior League of El Paso (JLEP) ...
Sunset taken on North Mesa Hills Dr.
This picture was taken on January 23 while I was walking my dog.
