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Morenci, Arizona. Entrance to the copper concentrator of the Phelps Dodge mining corporation where ore trains transport copper ore from the open-pit mine

Morenci, United States

Morenci, Arizona. Entrance to the copper concentrator of the Phelps Dodge mining corporation where ore trains transport copper ore from the open-pit mine

Morenci, United States

Morenci, Arizona. Conveyor gallery where the copper is taken to the smelter, as shown in the background

Morenci, United States

El Paso, Texas. Phelps-Dodge copper refining plant

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas. Phelps-Dodge copper refining plant

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso Texas. Interior of the plant showing stacks of wire bars

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso Texas. Interior of the plant

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Interior of a copper refining plant

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Copper anodes on conveyors

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Smeltered copper being put on conveyors

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of copper being prepared for the electrolysis tanks

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of copper being prepared for the electrolysis tanks

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas. Phelps Dodge refining company. Sheared sheets of copper

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Shearing sheets of copper

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Copper sheets on conveyors in the loading yards

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Crane lifting a sling of copper sheets

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, which had been formed by electrolysis in huge tanks, being melted now and cast into ingots

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Casting copper ingots

El Paso, United States

El Paso. Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks holding sheets of pure copper that will later be melted and poured into ingots

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas. Phelps Dodge refining company. Sheets of pure copper are formed by electrolysis in large tanks in later melted and poured into ingots

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Firing the furnace in the copper plant

El Paso, United States

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Charging sheets of copper, produced by electrolysis, into a reverbatory furnace

El Paso, United States

El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

El Paso, United States