Story of Copper, The - Mining R3 of 5

The Story of Copper - Mining R3 of 5 Miners eating at large tables; staff serving coffee in crowded mess hall. 00:42:40 Title: “Man trucks operated on the inclined shafts afford the workers rapid transportation.” Men down wooden steps in mine alongside tracks; railroad car descends w/ miners. 00:42:54 Title: “Glacier Mining. Some of the rich copper...remain in the ice of a dead glacier...” Large scraper winched by cable over exposed mountain top w/ valley in background. MCU of scraper at top. 00:43:36 Title: “The railroad which carries...to the smelter-bound boats...” Pan across railway bridge over wide river, mountains beyond. Pan glacier snout at edge of river; view down on river in canyon, scenics. 00:45:39 Title: “Large ore bodies...are mined in Arizona by the Caving. Ray, Arizona. 00:45:59 Pan over company buildings at base of dry mountain cliffs to mine head & ohter buildings. 00:46:31 Title: “The surface pit above the mine.” Pan mountain side w/ gaps from subsidance or earth faultlines to large excavation. 00:46:59 Title: “From the main haulage roads, drifts branch off beneath the ore.” POV on train into horizontal mine shaft. Miner in side tunnel, shoring posts; man working on ladder. 00:47:50 Title: “Above the heavy timbers of the drift, “pony” sets are placed.” Two men placing boards along sides as retainers, pounding in w/ axe. 00:48:15 Title: “Narrow shrinkage stopes about 300 feet high isolate & weaken an ore block... At work in a shrinkage stope.” Men drilling in tunnel ceiling; supervisor up out of vertical shaft. 00:49:09 Title: “The block of ore...can be drawn thru...into mine cars.” Man small tunnel beneath large timber cribbing breaking rock, removing timber. GOOD. 00:49:55 Title: “The loaded mine cars pass through the drift.” Small engine pulling ore cars in tunnel, man riding on back of last car. 00:50:33 Title: “To the main haulage ways leading to the ore pocket at the shaft.” POV thru; cars pst camera into metal bracing. 00:51:19 Title: “The cars enter a rotary car dump.” Cars rotated & ore dumped out. 00:51:42 Title: “The Mexican employees at Ray have a town of their own w/ a population of about 6000. A large school employs 30 English-speaking teachers.” Pan over town of single family homes, large trees. 00:52:14 Title: “At Inspiration & Miami, Arizona...mined by caving.” Pan of Inspiration w/ car past mine. Pan of large exposed hillside at Miami to smelter. Pit caused by caving beneath, rough eroded hillside & collapsed crater. Hot Working Conditions; Heavy Industry; Heat; Laborers; 1920s; Natural Resources; Segregation; Company Town; Environmental Destruction; 1928;