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May 15, 1970 - EXPRESSING THEIR FEELINGS -- Employees from the ASARCO smelter were very much in attendance Thursday at the Texas Air Control Board session in Liberty Hall to consider extension of its current order regulating sulfur dioxide emission from the El Paso plant of American Smelting and Refining Co. The audiences of employees and interested residents of El paso and vicinity was an orderly gathering, bursting with applause from time to time in support of a presentation, question or answer. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928857&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
November 26, 1975 - AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS -- Asarco Inc. has been having trouble living up to sulfur dioxide emission standards it accepted as part of a May 14 district court agreement. (Times Staff Photo by John Costello) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928861&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928866&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
January 23, 1980 - TWO WORKERS LOOK OVER THE NORTHERN SECTION OF COLLAPSED PIPE TUESDAY (Times staff photo by Luis Villalobos) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928868&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
MAY 1980 - ASARCO DANGER SIGN ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928872&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
July 16, 1980 - A CLEAR VIEW -- The sun filters through billowing clouds, silhouetting the giant smokestacks at the Asarco plant on the West Side. El Paso's air has less pollution because Asarco is shut down, an Air Quality Control official said Tuesday. About 1,350 Asarco and Phelps Dodge employees are part of the 39,000 copper workers nationwide who went on strike July 1 because of a cost-of-living dispute. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928874&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28 CST
December 13, 1948 - NERVE CENTER -- A giant control board, registering the operations inl vital parts of the slag fuming plaMT at the Upper Valley smelter, provides the key to the plant drawing zinc oxide from the slag heaps. Where a moment's carelessness could shut down the entire plant, much of the responsibility for its performance rests with the man on duty at the control room. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928877&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
September 14, 1971 - CONVERSION PLANT OPENS -- The $1.7 million pilot plant to test a new process that converts sulphur dioxide in smelter gases into elemental sulphur goes onstream Tuesday at the American Smelting and Refining Co. smelter. It uses a process developed at ASARCO's New Jersey laboratories and both ASARCO and Phelps Dodge Corp. are sharing the cost of the joint venture. In addition, the two companies have budgeted $800,000 for starting up the plant and for a year's operation. It is designed to produce up to 20 tons of sulphur daily. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928878&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
May 19, 1973 - DEDICATE PLANT -- The new $18.5 million ASARCO plant to convert sulfur dioxide was formally dedicated Friday by local officials and representatives of ASARCO in ceremonies at the El Paso smelter. Operation of the unit materially reduces the plume and sulfur dioxide emissions for the smelter's tall stack. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928881&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
June 6, 1971 Ð BLOWING ITS STACK Ð A 400-foot chimney which has been standing at the American Smelting and Refining Co. for 54 years slowly sinks to the ground Saturday after demolitions placed around the base were exploded. The chimney was brought down to make room for an $18.5 million plant designed to extract sulfur dioxide from the emissions of the smelting plant, turning it into sulfuric acid at the rate of about 450 tons per day. ASARCO is also building a $2.5 million experimental pilot plant in El Paso to test another method of ridding the air of the sulfur dioxide emissions. (Times Photo by David Dyer) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928884&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
June 6, 1971 Ð BLOWING ITS STACK Ð A 400-foot chimney which has been standing at the American Smelting and Refining Co. for 54 years slowly sinks to the ground Saturday after demolitions placed around the base were exploded. The chimney was brought down to make room for an $18.5 million plant designed to extract sulfur dioxide from the emissions of the smelting plant, turning it into sulfuric acid at the rate of about 450 tons per day. ASARCO is also building a $2.5 million experimental pilot plant in El Paso to test another method of ridding the air of the sulfur dioxide emissions. (Times Photo by David Dyer) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928887&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
June 6, 1971 Ð BLOWING ITS STACK Ð A 400-foot chimney which has been standing at the American Smelting and Refining Co. for 54 years slowly sinks to the ground Saturday after demolitions placed around the base were exploded. The chimney was brought down to make room for an $18.5 million plant designed to extract sulfur dioxide from the emissions of the smelting plant, turning it into sulfuric acid at the rate of about 450 tons per day. ASARCO is also building a $2.5 million experimental pilot plant in El Paso to test another method of ridding the air of the sulfur dioxide emissions. (Times Photo by David Dyer) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928891&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
May 1980 - Ores and concentrates, formerly stored in the open and frequently airborne during windy conditions, are now stored in an enclosed building equivalent in area to the size of three football fields. The building has 14 bedding bins with a total capacity of approximately 80,000 tons. The exhaust air is filtered through baghouses, before discharge to the atmosphere. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928896&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
March 2, 1994 - A fire in an empty diesel storage tank Tuesday morning at Asarco that sent up a black cloud of smoke visible over much of El Paso caused only minor damage and no injuries, plant officials said. A contractor was dismantling the inactive storage tank with an acetylne torch when the fire started. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928898&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29 CST
UNDATED - W. R. Kelly, SECOND FROM LEFT ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925675&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
December 27, 1986 - Environmental scientist Jim Rice says the smokestack "can suck the hard hat right off your head." (Times photo by Rudy Gutierrez) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925677&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
February 3, 1972 - PLANT UNDER WAY -- W. R. Kelly, right, superintendent of American Smelting & Refining Col, and Joe W. English, project engineer for the company, Wednesday led newsmen through a tour of the new air control plant that will cost $18.5 million and produce more than 450 tons of sulphuric acid daily. They are shown at a site where framework is under construction for tanks to be used in gathering the acid. The plant is scheduled to be onstream this December, after which there will be very little smoke coming from the stacks and all objectionable particles will be removed. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925678&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
December 27, 1986 - The Asarco smokestack has been a landmark for pilots since it was completed in 1966. It is the tallest smokestack in Texas. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925679&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925680&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
January 31, 1968 - SMOKE COMES OUT -- Smoke comes from the tall stack of American Smelting and Refining Co. Tuesday as furnaces come to life prior to production Wednesday. Officials have announced intention to resume operations and have said workers who do not return to their jobs may be "permanently replaced." A sign in the foreground, placed by local striking United Steelworkers Union members reads "Local 509 On Strike." (Times Staff Photo by Milburn) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925681&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19 CST
May 25, 1980 - ASARCO WORKER MANUEL BERNEL IN PROTECTIVE GEAR (Times staff photo by David Kennedy) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925682&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
May 25, 1980 - NO. 2 SULFURIC ACID PLANT -- PART OF SMELTER MODERNIZATION ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925683&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925684&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
May 1980 - The El Paso Plant of ASARCO Incorporated Wednesday, May 28, 1980, will hold dedication ceremonies for its recently completed environmental and modernization program. New facilities now occupy more than two-thirds of the plant site. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925685&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925686&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
May 4, 1957 - PICKETS -- International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, on strike against the American Smelting and Refining Co., took shelter under a makeshift shade Friday. Firing of two employees brought about the walkout which closed the huge smelter. (Times staff photo) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925687&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
September 15, 1971 - OPEN PILOT PLANT -- K. D. Loughridge, left, vice president for American Smelting and Refining Co., cut the ribbon to officially open the new sulphur pilot plant dedicated at the ASARCO El Paso smelter Tuesday. At Right is John A. Lentz, vice president and general manager of Phelps-Dodge Corp., which joins ASARCO in the pilot plant project. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925688&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925689&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925690&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
September 1, 1954 - SAFETY COMMITTEEMEN HONORED -- The co-operative direction fo the AS&R safety program by the plant's safety committees contributed largely to the completion of more than two-million man hours of service at the El Paso plant without an accident. Safety committeemen are, left to right, front row: Carlos Islas, assistant to the manager of safety and employment; Carlos Duarte and Pedro Vasquez; back row, left to right, Panfilo Duenez, member of the foreman's safety committee; F. W. Archibald, assistant general superintendent of the plant; W. C. Cunningham, manager safety and employment, B. D. Roberts, plant manager, Manuel Apraiz, Eduardo Rodriguez and T. J. Woodside. Apriz, Rodriguez and Vasquez are departmental safety committeemen. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925691&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
ASARCO PLANT SIGN MAY 1980 ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925692&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925693&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
July 16, 1993 - The Asarco smelter was fined for overpollution. (Times file photo) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928653&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925695&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925696&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
UNDATED ASARCO PHOTO ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925697&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
May 5, 1966 - READY FOR CONCRETE -- Workmen of Hunt Building Mart were busy Wednesday readying the concrete forms at American Smelting and Refining Co. for the worlds' tallest smokestack. A 30-hour continuous pour was begun Wednesday and trucks were transporting the 2,040 yards of concrete for the base. More than 100 tons of steel reinforcing in the concrete bottom will make up the base of the 826-foot stack. The base measures 85 feet across the flats of the octagonal-shaped structure. (Times Staff Photo) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925698&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
May 25, 1980 - SMELTER 'SUBSTANTIALLY' COMPLIES WITH EPA RULES (Times staff photo by David Kennedy) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925699&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
October 12, 1983 - Asarco spokesman Kinnen Goleman points to a vial that contains a gram of lead -- many times the EPA limit. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925700&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
September 2, 1980 - STRIKING ASARCO EMPLOYEES DAVID RAMIREZ, LEFT, AND JOSE DE SANTIAGO ... They spent Labor Day picketing at the plant's Paisano Drive entrance. (Times staff photo by Luis Villalobos) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925703&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
February 3, 1968 - ARGUES CASE -- Attorney Woodrow Bean pleads the case of 22 American Smelting and Refining Co. strikers arrested on charges of violating state picketing laws Friday afternoon. Listening to Bean's arguments are some of the strikes who were held under $400 bond each. At right is Justice of the Peace Ben Mejia who gave the strikers their magistrate's warning. (Times Staff Photo) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925705&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
July 14, 1949 - PICKETS AT SMELTER -- Two members of Local 509, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter workers (CIO), are shown walking a picket line at the entrance to the American Smelting and Refining Co., properties on Alternate 80, Upper Valley. The men, (from left) A. Briones and Luis A. Gonzales, were among 700 workers who walked out at 3 p.m. Wednesday after a work stoppage early in the day. (Photo by Arcy) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925708&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
July 5, 1972 - ON SCHEDULE - Construction of the new $18.5 million sulfuric acid plant at the American Smelting & Refining Co. smelter in El Paso continues slightly ahead of schedule, which provides for its completion by the end of the year. The plant will substantially reduce the plume from the large stack and its emission of sulfur dioxide and particulates. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925710&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
August 26, 1983 - Emergency Medical Services and Fire Department vehicles wait outside the Asarco plant. Seven workers were exposed to sulfur dioxide Thursday. (Times photo by Carlos Rosales) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925713&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
June 22, 1990 - Alex Rocha walked along the railroad tracks outside of the Asarco smelter in West El Paso Monday with a load of trash he picked up along the company's fence. Rocha is working as part of the company's summer employment program. (Jay Brant / El Paso Times) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925716&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
May 1980 - Railroad carrying ores and concentrates, formerly unloaded in the open, now enter an enclosed unloading facility. Dust generated during unloading is controlled by ventilation systems which utilize two jet-pulse type baghouses. ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17925719&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:21 CST
March 5, 1978 - WILLIAM R. KELLY -- ASARCO MANAGER (Times staff photo by Larry C. Price) ]]> http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=17928651&event=453964&CategoryID=34683 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20 CST
May 30, 1982 - William Kelly ]]>