Fourth of July at the Avalos Smelter

Do you have memories of celebrating the Fourth of July in Avalos?
With so many American citizens working for ASARCO in Avalos, American holidays were celebrated wholeheartedly.
From my mother, Florence Wilson Delgado, “The Fourth of July would begin early in the morning with mariachi’s playing. The day would be full of races like the one-legged race, [...]

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Thomas Septimus Austin

From the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, a biography of Thomas Septimus Austin (1853-1906), General Superintendent of the Southern Department of ASARCO, who was instrumental in building the Avalos ASARCO smelter, among others. “The professional career of Thomas Septimus Austin, who died at El Paso, Tex., Aug. 23, 1906, was contemporaneous with [...]

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Pancho Villa and the ASARCO Smelters

Do you have stories to share about Pancho Villa and the Avalos smelter?
This 1914 photo courtesy of the LIFE magazine photo archive on Google shows Mexican General Pancho Villa riding with his men after victory at Torreon.

From The Life and Times of Pancho Villa by Friedrich Katz, 1998, pp. 415-416, Mr. Katz discusses the dilemma [...]

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Villa Confiscates American Smelter

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