Apache Leap and Magma smelter
- Courtesy of the Arizona Geological Survey
- Updated
The legend of Apache Leap – which frames the Magma smelter in the foreground – involves a group of 75 Apache warriors who are said to have leaped to their death off the steep cliff rather than surrender to the U.S military.
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