The New Student's Reference Work/Anaconda, Montana

Anaconda, Montana, (ăn' a-kŏn' dȧ), a city, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, situated about 28 miles west by north of, and reached by the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway. Its chief industry is -smelting, the works of which employ usually about 1,500 men. The town is growing rapidly, and has some fine public buildings, including the Hearst Free Library, several banks, opera houses, schools, etc. It has also a system of public parks. Its industries include foundries, railway and machine shops, brick works and copper smelting. It has deposits in the vicinity, while  are among its earth-bedded treasures. Population, 10,134.