Copper Stain: Asarco's Legacy in El Paso Volume 1

by Cynthia C. Ontiveros and Elaine Hampton

Book Overview

"The convertors would spew it out," employee Arturo Hernandez recalled, referring to molten metal. "You'd see the ground, the dirt, catch on fire. . . . If you slip, you'd be like a little pat of butter, melting away."

Hernandez was describing work at ASARCO El Paso, a smelter and onetime economic powerhouse situated in the city's heart just a few yards north of the Mexican border. For more than a century the smelter produced vast quantities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806167270
• ISBN13: 9780806167275
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"