Men Lowered and Ore Raised
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company (ACM) erected the Mountain Consolidated (or simply the "Con") mine headframe in 1928. Towering 129-1/2 feet, the steel headframe and five idlers towers replaced smaller wooden . . . — — Map (db m128056) HM
Hoist Did the Lifting Large steel cables ran from the hoist engines, housed in the Hoist House or Engine Room, to the top of the headframe. The cables then looped over massive sheave wheels (pulleys) and down to man cages and ore skips . . . — — Map (db m308323) HM
