TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Copyright - United States TI - Vista exterior de los Hornos ID - zs25x893r AU - Vanadium Corporation of America DA - 1911/10/25/ YR - 1911 AV - Vanadium Corporation of America Photograph Collection, Box 2 VL - Vanadium Corporation of America Photograph Collection, Box 2 AN - Vanadium Corporation of America Photograph Collection, Box 2 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/zs25x893r AB - Exterior view of the furnaces at the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) mining camp located at Mina Ragra in the Peruvian Andes. Vanadium, a malleable transition metal, was discovered in its natural state in Mexico by Spanish-Mexican scientist, engineer, and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764-1849) in 1801, though it was not isolated and recognized as an element until 1830. Following the discovery of a large deposit of vanadium in the Peruvian Andes in 1905, vanadium became commercially viable and significantly impacted the steel industry. In 1906, the American Vanadium Company was organized to mine the new deposit, known as Mina Ragra, and use of vanadium to produce specialty steel alloys quickly became widespread, particularly in the burgeoning automobile industry. KW - Vanadium Corporation of America KW - Steel alloy industry KW - Metallurgical furnaces KW - Peru KW - Mineral industries KW - Mines and mineral resources KW - Vanadium KW - Furnaces KW - Andes LA - ER -