Anaconda, MONT., the county-seat of Deer Lodge co., 27 mi. n. w. of Butte, on the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and other railroads. The copper smelting works in the city are among the largest in the world. There are also railroad shops, foundries machine-shops and brick yards. Deposits of graphite and sapphires are found in the vicinity. The city has public parks, two opera houses and the Hearst Free Library. The place was settled in 1884 when the reduction works were established, and has developed with the copper industry. Population in 1910, 10,134.