Braden Copper Company was an American company that controlled the

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until 1967 when its

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holdings were nationalized.

History

Braden Copper Company was founded on 18 June 1904 by E.W. Nash, Barton Sewell, William Braden and other mining partners. Braden visited the mine during the winter of 1903-1904. Using capital of $625,000, the company purchased the mine and developed a mill at

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. Production started on 1 June 1906. Barton Sewell never visited Chile and was limited to participating in the business as an upper executive at the companies central offices in

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. After E.W. Nash died in 1905, Braden turned to

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and Guggenex, owned by the Guggenheim brothers, for financing. Braden Mines Company was formed on 10 July 1909. In June 1910, the Guggenheims took control of the mine and provided financing which turned the oxcart road into a railway, built a three-thousand ton mill and hydroelectric plants.

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acquired 99 percent of Braden Copper Mines Company in 1915. In 1935, the Braden Copper Company signed the World Copper Agreement along with the rest of the world's principle mining companies. In 1945, the company constructed the Braden Copper Stadium in the city of

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, now called

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. This stadium would be seat of the

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. In accordance with the

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, by 1967 the Chilean government had acquired 51 percent of the stock in the Braden Copper Company. By 1971, the company was completely nationalized. File:Mineral de cobre El Teniente - Breve relato de su historia, desarrollo y organización.pdf, Mineral de Cobre
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(before 1922)

References

Copper mining companies of the United States Mining companies of the United States Mining in Chile Defunct companies based in New York City Non-renewable resource companies established in 1904 Companies disestablished in 1967 1904 establishments in New York City 1967 disestablishments in New York (state) {{copper-company-stub

History

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