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Butte Smelting Plants and their Vanished Glory
The article surveys the vanished smelters of Butte, detailing now-dismantled works from the Colorado to the Parrot, Clark’s Colusa, and B and M. It notes decades of ore processing, centralized plants, and the shift to automatic operations at Washoe in Anaconda while recalling founder Henry Williams and the town’s smoky early years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Colorado
Parrot
Boston & Montana
Butte & Tonton
Futte
Standard
Planta
Anaconda Company
Anaconda
Washoe
Boston & Montan
Great Falls
Henry Williams
United States
Williams
San Francisco
Horn
Swansea
Williama
Butte District
Amp
Julian Smith
Deacon” Smith
Montana
Amelier
Gagnon
Willamsburg
Henry Willams
Meaderville
Hutte
Boston & New York Copper Company
Great Northern Railroad
Electric City
Colusa
Lmits
Clark
Colusa Ameiter
B. & M. Company
Charles P. Meaders
Bell Mine
Bellameleter
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Pittsmont
Clark's
Agust