The ore beds at the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company smelter in Douglas, Arizona, 1904. Included are a row of ore cars and some other railroad equipment. To maximize the smelter efficiency the various ore type were blended for smelter feed--some oxide ore, some sulfide, and some silica flux.

Smelter Ore cars Douglas, Arizona 1900s 1904 Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company Copper Queen Mining Railroad

Phelps Dodge Corporation

1904-1904

Douglas, Arizona

1981.151.6