Anaconda Copper Mining Company

The Anaconda Copper Mining Company (ACM) was an American mining company and one of the largest mining companies in the world.

history

The copper works in Anaconda

The Berkeley opencast mine in 1984, shortly after its closure

In 1880, Irish immigrant Marcus Daly founded the Anaconda Gold and Silver Mining Company in Butte . In 1882 a copper corridor was found and Daly had a copper smelter built. In 1891 the company changed its name to Anaconda Mining Company and in 1895 to Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

She operated the Anakonda copper mine until 1947 . The mining settlement of Anaconda was built next to the hut . In 1977 Anaconda Copper was bought by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).

Locations

The Anaconda Copper Mining Company operated worldwide and operated mines in the USA, Chile and Mexico.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Anaconda Company. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved November 14, 2015 . 
2. ^ The Many Names of the Anaconda Copper Company. In: Montana's Official Website. Retrieved October 5, 2017 .