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Report of Trip to Study Plants, Smelters, and Mills in Arizona

1916
AZ 210
Collection Guide
Photo of Inspiration Mine

Report of trip by Albert E. Wiggin and J.B. Johnson to Globe and Miami, AZ, to study plants, smelters, and mills of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, the International Smelting and Refining Company, the Miami Copper Company, and the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company.The report is addressed to Frederick Laist, Manager of Washoe Reduction Works, and includes 20 photo prints of architectural drawings of smelting processes and of smelting plants in Miami, AZ.

Included materials:
Photographs
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Mining
Collection Area:
Arizona & Southwest

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