1961 “Mexicans Buy Smeltering Firm”

From the June 26, 1961 El Paso Herald Post, an article about the purchase of American Smelting and Refinery Company in Mexico due to the Mexican mining law which required that all mining properties come under control of Mexicans or face government expropriation.

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Strike! – El Paso Herald Post – 1930′s

From the pages of the now defunct El Paso Herald Post, I’ve collected a series of articles about strikes at the Chihuahua smelter during the 1930′s.

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Vere Leasure, Superintendent of the Avalos Smelter

Listed in the 1930 Mexican Census is Mr. Vere Leasure, Superintendent of the Avalos smelter, and his family: #11 Vere Leasure, 40, Superintendent; Ema Francis Leasure, 4; Margaret Leasure, 35; James Leslie Leasure, 4; John R. Leasure, 2; Ignacia Vargas, 22, Domestica As I research the Avalos smelter, I come across various articles that mention [...]

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