1942 Workers Loading Copper Ore at Anaconda Mining Company

In September 1942, workers at the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana, loaded copper ore into fifty-ton cars for shipment to the smelter in Anaconda. This vintage image provides a glimpse into mining operations in Silver Bow County, reflecting the labor and industry that drove the copper market during World War II.

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