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This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies.

Table of Contents
; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1; "A Savan among Us"; 2; High Country Years; 3; The Struggle for Survival; 4; "The Realms of Puff"; 5; The Crest of the Continent; 6; Smokestacks on the Plains; 7; South by Southwest; 8; Hard Times; 9; Reduction in the Age of ASARCO; 10; "Groping in the Dark"; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

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    A Paperback by James E. Fell Jr.

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      Publisher: University Press of Colorado
      Publication Date: 6/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780870819469, 978-0870819469
      ISBN10: 0870819461

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting industry in the Rockies.

      Table of Contents
      ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1; "A Savan among Us"; 2; High Country Years; 3; The Struggle for Survival; 4; "The Realms of Puff"; 5; The Crest of the Continent; 6; Smokestacks on the Plains; 7; South by Southwest; 8; Hard Times; 9; Reduction in the Age of ASARCO; 10; "Groping in the Dark"; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

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