Learn how the communities we've visited, filmed and written about respond to their long-standing relationships with ASARCO.,

Start reading about Ruston, Washington here. Ruston’s identity, culture, and economy were bound to the smelter.

Begin reading about El Paso here. ASARCO was central to El Paso’s economy. By 1927 it commanded "a million dollar payroll."

Arizona mining history is marked by industrial strife, especially for Mexican-Americans who faced community and workplace discrimination.