Copper in the USA: US History
Openpit mining techniques were developed for these lowgrade porphyry deposits and the United States quickly became the world's largest producer of copper. The US brass mill industry has a longer history, beginning in the early days of the Republic. The industry was heavily concentrated in the Naugatuck Valley in Connecticut over a 40 mile stretch from Torrington through the center of the ...
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