U.S. Senator Pat McCarren and his wife Martha McCarran touring the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant. From original description: "Seven million dollars in silver bus bars ?' x 8" lengths, 2 foot to 40 foot long (Due to lack of copper)."
Left to right: 1. U.S. Treasury Guard, 2. Victor V. Kunkel, 3. F.O. Case, 4. Senator Pat McCarran, 5. Pop Mooney, and 6. U.S. Treasury Guard standing in front of silver bus bars at Basic Magnesium Inc. plant.
Construction progress of thickener tanks in neutralizing plant, showing wall forms and reinforcing steel in place. McNeil Construction Co. Magnesium Plant. Las Vegas, Nevada. 6-4-42. 770. Basic Magnesium Inc. manufacturing plants were built in an unincorporated area southeast of Las Vegas. That area is now Henderson, Nevada.