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

AZ 210
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Photo of Inspiration Mine

Photo of Inspiration Mine

Collection area: Arizona and Southwest

Collection dates: 1916

About this collection

Report of trip by Albert E. Wiggin and J.B. Johnson to Globe and Miami, Arizona, 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, Washoe Reduction Works. Includes 20 photoprints of architectural drawings of smelting processes and of smelting plants in Miami, Ariz.

Historical background

Superintendent of Concentration, Washoe Reduction Works.

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