American smelting and refining company history. The year 1959 also brought the longest copper strike in history which kept asarcos 13 us. Corrective action compliance with the correction action directive of 2005. Groundwater and surface water sampling sampling information and results. Mining foreign investment labor markets silver capital management.
Towne anton eilers and leonard lewisohnfrom 1901 to 1958 american smelting and refining was included in the dow jones industrial average. 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. In april 1901 the guggenheim family gained control of the company and in 1905 bought the tacoma smelter from. Site background for the american refining and smelting company asarco.
Asarco was organized in 1899 as american. Globe by products plant denver colorado east helena lead smelter montana el paso lead plant texas. 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. Asarco organized as american smelting and refining company.
Included in original consolidation were mines and mining claims in colorado and mexico. As lead and zinc prices continued to decline the companys emphasis was turned toward copper. Visit the arg homepage. Major plants in consolidation included.
While several of the largest smelters in the area such as the. Smelters and refineries shut down for 113 production days. This is the history of the american smelting and refining company in mexico which was the most important success of all foreign enterprises in mexico during this era. 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.
Rogers william rockefeller adolph lewisohn robert s. Asarco was founded in 1888 as the american smelting and refining company by henry h. Our history is in the making.