Living and Working with ASARCOLearn how the communities we've visited, filmed and written about respond to their long-standing relationships with ASARCO.,
Ruston's Early HistoryStart reading about Ruston, Washington here. Ruston’s identity, culture, and economy were bound to the smelter.
ASARCO in El Paso: the Early HistoryBegin reading about El Paso here. ASARCO was central to El Paso’s economy. By 1927 it commanded "a million dollar payroll."
Hayden, Arizona: the Copper CollarArizona mining history is marked by industrial strife, especially for Mexican-Americans who faced community and workplace discrimination.