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HURLEY, N.M. (AP) - The clock is ticking for the Hurley towers, towering concrete monuments of a long-gone copper smelter, the latest victims of progress in an industry that no longer needs them.
Eyesores to some, the massive spires are tangible links to the past for others. Now that the smokestacks' demolition is scheduled former residents have been trekking back to Hurley, misty-eyed at the prospect of losing them forever.
"It's a sad thing. Maybe that's progress. But to old guys like me, we're just sorry to see them go," said 70-year-old Jim Kester, who recently traveled from Austin, Texas, to see the stacks one last time.
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