There is a small copper smelter near the village.
Locations and characteristics of the copper smelters throughout the world.
The copper smelter produced 15,000 t of copper during 1953.
First iron and copper smelters were founded by the mid-17th century.
The prehispanic furnace built over 800 years ago, was used for copper smelter.
The former copper smelter, Chemetco, operated here for around 30 years ending in 2001.
But the company shut its nearby copper smelter because of sluggish prices in the late 1990's.
Mitchell was unsuccessful with only his request to use coal as fuel in a copper smelter.
The largest copper smelter on the west coast opened in 1905, and by 1911, 3,000 people lived in town.
With the nearby copper smelter shut down, jobs are scarce and so is private medical insurance.