Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1942 Copper Ore Loading

This vintage image captures the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana. In September 1942 workers loaded copper ore into fifty-ton ore cars for transport to the smelter in Anaconda. This photograph documents a crucial operation in Montanas mining industry during World War II and is part of the FSA/OWI Collection.

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