Bingham, or Utah, Copper Mine.

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Title Bingham, or Utah, Copper Mine.
Photo Number P0445n1_03_08
Description Photo shows the Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine in Salt Lake County, Utah
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
Textual Date Circa 1930s
Keywords Labor; IWW; Mining; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah
Subject Bingham Copper Mine (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Bingham (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Additional Information "The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, an international mining and exploration company headquartered in the United Kingdom. The copper operations at Bingham Canyon Mine are managed through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 miles (0.97 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (770 ha). It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine.[2] The mine experienced a massive landslide in April of 2013 and a smaller slide in September of 2013.[3]"-- wiki
Collection Number and Name P0445 Joe Hill Conference Photograph Collection
Collection Name Joe Hill Conference
Donated By/Purchased From John Sillito
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6mw32p0
Setname uum_map
ID 941164
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mw32p0
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