
American smelting and refining company history. Media of concern details about soil groundwater and surface water contamination. In april 1901 the guggenheim family gained control of the company and in 1905 bought the tacoma smelter from. While several of the largest smelters in the area such as the. Asarco was organized in 1899 as american.
Rogers william rockefeller adolph lewisohn robert s. In mexico the company operates in a vast territory with mines and mills at pachuca and real del monte under the corporate title of the compania de real del monte y pachuca. American smelting and refining company et al lawsuit which shut down several of the smelters operating in the murray utah area due to air pollution concerns. As lead and zinc prices continued to decline the companys emphasis was turned toward copper.
Asarco was founded in 1888 as the american smelting and refining company by henry h. Mining foreign investment labor markets silver capital management. Our history is in the making. Smelting and refining companyoriginally a consolidation of a number of lead silver smelting companies the company has evolved over the years into an integrated producer of copper and other metals.
Included in original consolidation were mines and mining claims in colorado and mexico. Groundwater and surface water sampling sampling information and results. Smelters and refineries shut down for 113 production days. American smelting and refining company entered the 1960s still the worlds leading custom smelter.
Visit the arg homepage. Interest in constructing a smelter outside of tooele was begun by the utah consolidated mining company in the early 1900s due to the james godfrey et al. Towne anton eilers and leonard lewisohnfrom 1901 to 1958 american smelting and refining was included in the dow jones industrial average. Asarco organized as american smelting and refining company.
Globe by products plant denver colorado east helena lead smelter montana el paso lead plant texas. Site background for the american refining and smelting company asarco. Its bullion output is shipped to its own refineries and smelters at grasselli indiana and chrome new jersey operating under the title of the united states metals refining company.