Inferno in a Montana smelter like a glimpse into hell
A vivid tour of Amalga mine converters north of Anaconda shows giant steel furnaces roaring with flames and slag. Workers maneuver monstrous egg shaped converters while streams of molten copper and caustic smoke fill a claustrophobic, hellish scene.
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Amalgamated Company
Anaconda
Hell
Inside a copper converter shop amid molten metal and cranes
Descriptive tour of a large copper refinery showing three electric cranes, 15 ton charges, five ton ore buckets, and the continuous process from cupola to retort to refinery. Workers move among boiling slag and copper, with high daily output and waste reduction as technology improves.