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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9E_organized-labor_Anaconda-MT.html
Organized Labor. . Between 1880 and 1920, large-scale development of copper mining and smelting in Butte and Anaconda spurred the growth of railroads and industrialization. This, in turn, attracted thousands of workers from across the country and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9D_smelting-the-ore_Anaconda-MT.html
Smelting the Ore. . Extracting pure copper from the ores mined in Butte was a complex process. First, the useless waste rock was separated from the valuable ore, and the high-grade material was separated from the low-grade material. Next, the lowe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9C_contributions-of-the-washoe-smelter_Anaconda-MT.html
Contributions of the Washoe Smelter. . The fortunes of copper mining and smelting and associated enterprises were subject to the boom and bust cycles typical of metals-based industries. World and national events affected rapid fluctuation in the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8T_deer-lodge-county-courthouse_Anaconda-MT.html
Deer Lodge County Courthouse. . The valley known by Native Americans as "Lodge of the White Tailed Deer" officially became Deer Lodge County when this area was part of the Territory of Idaho. After the creation of the Territory of Montan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8R_butte-anaconda-historic-district_Anaconda-MT.html
Butte-Anaconda Historic District. . It took millions of miles of copper to build the telegraph, telephone, and electrical lines that transformed the United States from a collection of small, isolated communities to a cohesive, industrialized natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8Q_goosetown-historic-district_Anaconda-MT.html
Goosetown Historic District. . Attracted by the opportunity to work at Marcus Daly's copper smelter, thousands of immigrants came seeking work in Anaconda. Many were from Ireland, like Daly himself, but skilled and unskilled workers also came from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8P_preserving-the-washoe-smelter-stack_Anaconda-MT.html
Preserving the Washoe Smelter Stack. . On September 29, 1980, the Anaconda Minerals Company, which had merged with the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) three years earlier, announced the indefinite suspension of copper smelting in Anaconda and re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8M_marcus-daly-an-irishman-with-vision_Anaconda-MT.html
Marcus Daly - An Irishman with Vision. . In 1876, an Irish immigrant working for a Salt Lake City mining company arrived in southwest Montana to appraise mining properties. His name was Marcus Daly, and as a result of good timing and a keen knowle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8L_washoe-stack-facts_Anaconda-MT.html
Washoe Stack Facts. . During the early years of smelting in Anaconda, each of the many furnaces at the Old Works required its own stack. Later the individual stacks were connected through flues to a large central stack. . . When constructed in …