r was also blown up
as par t of the bridge scene.
To
Phone:day, there i
sn't much left of the operation. Large black slag piles are gradually
being hauled away from Grant County's driveways and highways. The "Big Ditch" is
filled with illegally dumped trash. Rusted pipes protrude from the ground. Twisted iron
lies with scattered, broken brick.
The burned foundation of the old Continental Ore and Chemical Co. fluorspar concen-
tratorfrom Wold War II rests on the ruins of the old Silver City Reduction Works.
A road toward the sewer plant south of town leads right by the old operation. There's
not much to see. There are the tailings, the slag, and with some imagination, there's
the old Silver City smelter.
The Silver City Smelter
Was Big Operation
Reduction Works South of Town
Once Employed Mor