That smelter is closed now. The underground Copper Queen mine played out long ago. After yielding up nearly 8 billion pounds of copper, Bisbee still leaches some copper from its waste-rock piles, but it survives on tourists and retirees. The historical Globe-Miami output is at 14.5 billion pounds and counting. It is still active, the site of the flagship Phelps Dodge mine.
Copper still plays a significant role in the area's economy - in good years.
Many Arizona cities expect and depend on revival. But none expects a future to rival copper's past.