Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountain, Lander County, NV

Significance: The buildings and structures of Copper Canyon Camp represent the remaining elements of a facility constructed by the International Smelting and Refining Company (ISARCO), a Utah-based copper mining company that was, after 1914, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The property was assembled between 1941 and 1944. Twenty-two of the buildings and structures were built by ISARCO during this period; the remaining two properties are unrelated to the ISARCO facility. The buildings and structures of the ISARCO facility are significant as a district, with the 22 ISARCO buildings and structures being treated as contributing elements, and the other two structures as non-contributors. The Copper Canyon Camp Historic District is significant for its association with a key period of development of mining in the local area, and as a distinguished example of its type, period, and method of construction. The property is treated as a historic district. The period of significance for the district extends from 1941 to 1945. The historic context is that of corporate copper mining in Lander County, Nevada during the mid-20th century. The property type is that of a mine and "camp."

Survey number: HAER NV-21

Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

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