The Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex was a large smelter located in Kellogg, Idaho, in the Coeur d'Alene Basin. When built, it was the largest smelting facility in the world. It is located in wha
Bunker Hill smelter in operation during the 1970s
Miner extracting ore from Bunker Hill mine
Mine waste warning sign
Health district PSA regarding heavy metals contamination
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ASARCO is a mining, smelting, and refining company based in Tucson, Arizona, which mines and processes primarily copper.
Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex
…the haulage horses with a locomotive. In 1897, work started on a tunnel connecting the mine with Kellogg. Then, in 1898, he gained control of the ASARCO lead smelter in Tacoma, Washington, when Bunker Hill Co. and Alaska Treadwell purchased a controlling interest. For years Bunker Hill, like other mines…
Headframe of an underground mine at the ASARCO Mission Complex near Tucson, Arizona
Open pit mine at the ASACRO Mission Complex outside Tucson, Arizona.
ASARCO lead smelter in Murray, Utah; January 1, 1922
These tall smokestacks at ASARCO's El Paso Smeltertown site were demolished in 2013.