Thompson Smelter in Lux, Nevada

From the main road it doesn’t look like that much to see, however, as you drive closer the full-scale of this site begins to reveal itself. Roughly a century ago, giant mill buildings stood here about a century ago churning out copper. The mine employed about 350 workers, many of whom lived in the small town nearby. When you pull up to the site the enormity of the previous size of the operations here becomes apparent. Towering concrete footings and foundations are everywhere you look. Numerous deep pits and sunken…

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