File talk:Colorado Smelting Company.jpg

The original ad was created between 1893 - 1901. Karl Eilers (Anton's son) didn't become superintendent until at least 1893. By the 1890s the Colorado Smelter was wound up into the United Smelting Company, but the company retained its own identity as evidenced by this document. The United Smelting Company was then wound up into ASARCO in 1899. Karl was superintendent of the smelter until November of 1901. Credit for this photo should go to the Pueblo Library District. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.87.36 (talk) 00:09, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

PD File status

This appears to be licensed correctly, though we don't know where the image really originated. It looks easily to be pre-1923 as the founder of the company, Anton Eilers, who is listed as this company's president, merged his companies and those of his financial backers into American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO), in 1899. It appears to be an advertisement for the company, as the officers' and contact information are at the bottom of the page.

Since this company had been merged into the one which was known as ASARCO from 1899 on, there would be no reason or need for Eilers to place an ad that referred to the Colorado Smelting Company after that point. Any ads thereafter would be under the company's new name.

Anton Eilers, who's shown in the ad as the company's president, died in 1917; this would also indicate this is a PD-pre 1923 file. We hope (talk) 20:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)