The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, 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 (0.97km) deep, 2.5 miles (4km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (770ha). It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. The mine experienced a massive landslide in April 2013 and a smaller slide in September 2013.
History
Minerals, in the form of copper ore, were first discovered in Bingham Canyon in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, sons of Erastus Bingham, Mormon pioneers of September 1847, who grazed their cattle there. They reported their find to their leader, Brigham Young, who advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of settlements was of paramount importance at that time. The brothers applied themselves to that purpose as directed and did not stake a claim. In 1850, the Bingham family went to settle what is now Weber County, leaving the canyon still today known by their name.
[4K] Largest Hole in the World - Bingham Canyon Mine - 60 fps
A visit to the largest man-made hole in the world, the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
I made a few mistakes in my voice-over. The dump truck close up was actually of a 320 ton model, identifiable by the red lip on the front of the dump bed. Additionally the machine I thought was a 4100XPC was actually a 2800XPC, a slightly smaller model. The 4100XPC (#98) is up on the left side of the pit and there is a significant amount of footage of it in this video.
published: 14 Jan 2021
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON-SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH-EP78
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON MINE-RIO TINTO MINE IN SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH Take the mine tour with Sue & I as we show you the world's largest man-made "hole" what has been in operation since 1906! This mine is being worked in the Oquirrh Mountains, south of Salt Lake City Utah. This open pit is 5/8 of a mile deep, and 2.5 miles in dia. It covers 2000 acres, and has provided much of the copper used in the world today.
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published: 18 Aug 2019
Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
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 Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, measuring more than 4 kilometers or 2.5 miles wide and 1,200 meters or 3,900 feet deep. Since 1906, when the first steam shovels began removing waste rock from the sides of the mountain to reach the low-grade copper ore deposits, Bingham Canyon Mine has yielded more than 19 million tons of copper, 23 million ounces of gold, 190 million ounces of silver, plus other minerals. The value of the resources extracted from here is greater than the Comstock Lode...
Drone video footage
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19 million tons. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 miles (970 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. - WikiPedia
published: 08 Sep 2017
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
Kennecott Utah Copper Mine at Bingham Canyon (USA) recovering from enormous landslide (10 April 2013)
http://www.asirobots.com/mining/ In April, the Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City Utah experienced one of the largest landslides in history, involving more than 165 million tons of material. As part of their cleanup efforts, the mine is turning to remote control/vehicle automation technology. The Discovery Channel Canada's TV show, Daily Planet, how unmanned vehicle automation technology is helping mine operators clear some of the most dangerous areas of the slide. To date, robotic vehicles are responsible for moving millions of tons of material from affected areas. The video features Cody Sutherlin (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), Mark Sauder (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), and Mitch Torrie (Autonomous Solutions, Inc.). This spot aired on September 23, 2013.
published: 22 Dec 2014
The Kennecott Bingham Canyon mine Visitor Center - The Worlds Largest Mine
The visitor center at the Bingham Canyon Mine closed when they had the world's largest cave in. The mine is now as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon!
The Visitor center reopens in the spring of 2019, just in time for the visit by the "Big Boy" the worlds bigger steam locomotive on May 10! AND the NMRA National Convention in July 2019 which will have the tour on the convention schedule. The visitor center was opened in the late fall of 2018 for a few days to test the format, check safety and let the staff meet the public. AND we were invited!! AND so are you.
The new visitor center is located in the pit, right next to the massive slide - cave-in that closed the mine so that visitors can also see what ended up being the largest ever man made landslide, well over a mile long and over 3000...
published: 02 Dec 2018
Bingham Canyon mine landslide was expected
Bingham Canyon mine landslide was expected
published: 03 Jun 2021
loading into the crusher Bingham Canyon Copper Mine
A visit to the largest man-made hole in the world, the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
I made a few mistakes in my voice-over. The dump truck close up was actually...
A visit to the largest man-made hole in the world, the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
I made a few mistakes in my voice-over. The dump truck close up was actually of a 320 ton model, identifiable by the red lip on the front of the dump bed. Additionally the machine I thought was a 4100XPC was actually a 2800XPC, a slightly smaller model. The 4100XPC (#98) is up on the left side of the pit and there is a significant amount of footage of it in this video.
A visit to the largest man-made hole in the world, the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
I made a few mistakes in my voice-over. The dump truck close up was actually of a 320 ton model, identifiable by the red lip on the front of the dump bed. Additionally the machine I thought was a 4100XPC was actually a 2800XPC, a slightly smaller model. The 4100XPC (#98) is up on the left side of the pit and there is a significant amount of footage of it in this video.
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON MINE-RIO TINTO MINE IN SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH Take the mine tour with Sue & I as we show y...
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON MINE-RIO TINTO MINE IN SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH Take the mine tour with Sue & I as we show you the world's largest man-made "hole" what has been in operation since 1906! This mine is being worked in the Oquirrh Mountains, south of Salt Lake City Utah. This open pit is 5/8 of a mile deep, and 2.5 miles in dia. It covers 2000 acres, and has provided much of the copper used in the world today.
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If you would like to see all the gear we love & use daily during the 2.5 years on the road and counting, go to our Amazon Store Page at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ourjourneyinmyles
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Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation e...
Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
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 Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, measuring more than 4 kilometers or 2.5 miles wide and 1,200 meters or 3,900 feet deep. Since 1906, when the first steam shovels began removing waste rock from the sides of the mountain to reach the low-grade copper ore deposits, Bingham Canyon Mine has yielded more than 19 million tons of copper, 23 million ounces of gold, 190 million ounces of silver, plus other minerals. The value of the resources extracted from here is greater than the Comstock Lode, Klondike, and California gold rush mining regions combined!
Bingham Canyon discovered in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham. Although they reported the find to their leader, Brigham Young advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of Mormon settlements was of greater importance at that time. It was not until 1863 that extraction of low-grade porphyry copper ore began. These nineteenth-century mines, though, were relatively small. However, in 1903, Daniel Jackling and Enos Wall organized the Utah Copper Company and began construction of a pilot mill at Copperton, just beyond the mouth of the canyon. Serious mining efforts got underway in 1906. The Kennecott Copper Corporation that operated mines in Kennecott, Alaska, acquired the company in 1936. this mine, which is on the National Register of Historic Sites, is just one of the two man-made objects on earth that can be seen by astronauts from outer space. The other is the Great Wall Of China.
On April 10, 2013, Bingham Canyon also produced the largest, non-volcanic landslide in the history of North America when 65–70 million cubic meters of dirt and rock thundered down the side of the pit. The event was large enough that seismic networks designed to record earthquakes detected the rumble of sliding debris.
Today, 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 (KUCC) which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. As of 2010, KUCC is the second largest copper producer in the United States and meets about 13-18% percent of the country’s needs for copper.
A big tire from one of the mine's 190-ton capacity dump trucks that serves as a photo op, and a tape loop that spouts facts 'n figures about the mighty hole in English, Spanish, German, and Japanese. "The Bingham Canyon Mine produces a quarter-millions tons of copper annually," it announces. "The mine has been dubbed, 'The Richest Hole on Earth'."
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Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
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 Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, measuring more than 4 kilometers or 2.5 miles wide and 1,200 meters or 3,900 feet deep. Since 1906, when the first steam shovels began removing waste rock from the sides of the mountain to reach the low-grade copper ore deposits, Bingham Canyon Mine has yielded more than 19 million tons of copper, 23 million ounces of gold, 190 million ounces of silver, plus other minerals. The value of the resources extracted from here is greater than the Comstock Lode, Klondike, and California gold rush mining regions combined!
Bingham Canyon discovered in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham. Although they reported the find to their leader, Brigham Young advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of Mormon settlements was of greater importance at that time. It was not until 1863 that extraction of low-grade porphyry copper ore began. These nineteenth-century mines, though, were relatively small. However, in 1903, Daniel Jackling and Enos Wall organized the Utah Copper Company and began construction of a pilot mill at Copperton, just beyond the mouth of the canyon. Serious mining efforts got underway in 1906. The Kennecott Copper Corporation that operated mines in Kennecott, Alaska, acquired the company in 1936. this mine, which is on the National Register of Historic Sites, is just one of the two man-made objects on earth that can be seen by astronauts from outer space. The other is the Great Wall Of China.
On April 10, 2013, Bingham Canyon also produced the largest, non-volcanic landslide in the history of North America when 65–70 million cubic meters of dirt and rock thundered down the side of the pit. The event was large enough that seismic networks designed to record earthquakes detected the rumble of sliding debris.
Today, 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 (KUCC) which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. As of 2010, KUCC is the second largest copper producer in the United States and meets about 13-18% percent of the country’s needs for copper.
A big tire from one of the mine's 190-ton capacity dump trucks that serves as a photo op, and a tape loop that spouts facts 'n figures about the mighty hole in English, Spanish, German, and Japanese. "The Bingham Canyon Mine produces a quarter-millions tons of copper annually," it announces. "The mine has been dubbed, 'The Richest Hole on Earth'."
Like us and Join us at Xtreme Collections for more fun and knowledge.
Drone video footage
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porph...
Drone video footage
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19 million tons. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 miles (970 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. - WikiPedia
Drone video footage
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19 million tons. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 miles (970 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. - WikiPedia
http://www.asirobots.com/mining/ In April, the Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City Utah experienced one of the largest landslides in history, involving more...
http://www.asirobots.com/mining/ In April, the Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City Utah experienced one of the largest landslides in history, involving more than 165 million tons of material. As part of their cleanup efforts, the mine is turning to remote control/vehicle automation technology. The Discovery Channel Canada's TV show, Daily Planet, how unmanned vehicle automation technology is helping mine operators clear some of the most dangerous areas of the slide. To date, robotic vehicles are responsible for moving millions of tons of material from affected areas. The video features Cody Sutherlin (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), Mark Sauder (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), and Mitch Torrie (Autonomous Solutions, Inc.). This spot aired on September 23, 2013.
http://www.asirobots.com/mining/ In April, the Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City Utah experienced one of the largest landslides in history, involving more than 165 million tons of material. As part of their cleanup efforts, the mine is turning to remote control/vehicle automation technology. The Discovery Channel Canada's TV show, Daily Planet, how unmanned vehicle automation technology is helping mine operators clear some of the most dangerous areas of the slide. To date, robotic vehicles are responsible for moving millions of tons of material from affected areas. The video features Cody Sutherlin (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), Mark Sauder (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), and Mitch Torrie (Autonomous Solutions, Inc.). This spot aired on September 23, 2013.
The visitor center at the Bingham Canyon Mine closed when they had the world's largest cave in. The mine is now as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon!
The Visi...
The visitor center at the Bingham Canyon Mine closed when they had the world's largest cave in. The mine is now as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon!
The Visitor center reopens in the spring of 2019, just in time for the visit by the "Big Boy" the worlds bigger steam locomotive on May 10! AND the NMRA National Convention in July 2019 which will have the tour on the convention schedule. The visitor center was opened in the late fall of 2018 for a few days to test the format, check safety and let the staff meet the public. AND we were invited!! AND so are you.
The new visitor center is located in the pit, right next to the massive slide - cave-in that closed the mine so that visitors can also see what ended up being the largest ever man made landslide, well over a mile long and over 3000 feet high!!! The mine has also now passed the 4000 feet deep mark, not just the worlds largest man made excavation, but by far the worlds largest man made hole!
The new rules at the mine bar all private vehicles from the property. ALL personal car and trucks are parked in lots, the main mine lot at the site of the old town of Lark. Karyn's mom grew up in Lark, a town that no longer exists, berried under a thousand feet of mine debris.
The visitors will be transported to the visitor center in a fleet of 10 shuttle buses. The new gift shop is located at the Lark Gate and so you can visit it without taking the tour of the mine.
The visitor center at the Bingham Canyon Mine closed when they had the world's largest cave in. The mine is now as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon!
The Visitor center reopens in the spring of 2019, just in time for the visit by the "Big Boy" the worlds bigger steam locomotive on May 10! AND the NMRA National Convention in July 2019 which will have the tour on the convention schedule. The visitor center was opened in the late fall of 2018 for a few days to test the format, check safety and let the staff meet the public. AND we were invited!! AND so are you.
The new visitor center is located in the pit, right next to the massive slide - cave-in that closed the mine so that visitors can also see what ended up being the largest ever man made landslide, well over a mile long and over 3000 feet high!!! The mine has also now passed the 4000 feet deep mark, not just the worlds largest man made excavation, but by far the worlds largest man made hole!
The new rules at the mine bar all private vehicles from the property. ALL personal car and trucks are parked in lots, the main mine lot at the site of the old town of Lark. Karyn's mom grew up in Lark, a town that no longer exists, berried under a thousand feet of mine debris.
The visitors will be transported to the visitor center in a fleet of 10 shuttle buses. The new gift shop is located at the Lark Gate and so you can visit it without taking the tour of the mine.
A visit to the largest man-made hole in the world, the Bingham Canyon copper mine.
I made a few mistakes in my voice-over. The dump truck close up was actually of a 320 ton model, identifiable by the red lip on the front of the dump bed. Additionally the machine I thought was a 4100XPC was actually a 2800XPC, a slightly smaller model. The 4100XPC (#98) is up on the left side of the pit and there is a significant amount of footage of it in this video.
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON MINE-RIO TINTO MINE IN SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH Take the mine tour with Sue & I as we show you the world's largest man-made "hole" what has been in operation since 1906! This mine is being worked in the Oquirrh Mountains, south of Salt Lake City Utah. This open pit is 5/8 of a mile deep, and 2.5 miles in dia. It covers 2000 acres, and has provided much of the copper used in the world today.
If you would like to see all the gear we love & use daily during the 2.5 years on the road and counting, go to our Amazon Store Page at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ourjourneyinmyles
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Bingham Canyon Mine, The Largest Open-Pit Mines in the World
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 Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the largest open-pit mines in the world, measuring more than 4 kilometers or 2.5 miles wide and 1,200 meters or 3,900 feet deep. Since 1906, when the first steam shovels began removing waste rock from the sides of the mountain to reach the low-grade copper ore deposits, Bingham Canyon Mine has yielded more than 19 million tons of copper, 23 million ounces of gold, 190 million ounces of silver, plus other minerals. The value of the resources extracted from here is greater than the Comstock Lode, Klondike, and California gold rush mining regions combined!
Bingham Canyon discovered in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham. Although they reported the find to their leader, Brigham Young advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of Mormon settlements was of greater importance at that time. It was not until 1863 that extraction of low-grade porphyry copper ore began. These nineteenth-century mines, though, were relatively small. However, in 1903, Daniel Jackling and Enos Wall organized the Utah Copper Company and began construction of a pilot mill at Copperton, just beyond the mouth of the canyon. Serious mining efforts got underway in 1906. The Kennecott Copper Corporation that operated mines in Kennecott, Alaska, acquired the company in 1936. this mine, which is on the National Register of Historic Sites, is just one of the two man-made objects on earth that can be seen by astronauts from outer space. The other is the Great Wall Of China.
On April 10, 2013, Bingham Canyon also produced the largest, non-volcanic landslide in the history of North America when 65–70 million cubic meters of dirt and rock thundered down the side of the pit. The event was large enough that seismic networks designed to record earthquakes detected the rumble of sliding debris.
Today, 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 (KUCC) which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. As of 2010, KUCC is the second largest copper producer in the United States and meets about 13-18% percent of the country’s needs for copper.
A big tire from one of the mine's 190-ton capacity dump trucks that serves as a photo op, and a tape loop that spouts facts 'n figures about the mighty hole in English, Spanish, German, and Japanese. "The Bingham Canyon Mine produces a quarter-millions tons of copper annually," it announces. "The mine has been dubbed, 'The Richest Hole on Earth'."
Like us and Join us at Xtreme Collections for more fun and knowledge.
Drone video footage
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19 million tons. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 miles (970 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. - WikiPedia
http://www.asirobots.com/mining/ In April, the Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City Utah experienced one of the largest landslides in history, involving more than 165 million tons of material. As part of their cleanup efforts, the mine is turning to remote control/vehicle automation technology. The Discovery Channel Canada's TV show, Daily Planet, how unmanned vehicle automation technology is helping mine operators clear some of the most dangerous areas of the slide. To date, robotic vehicles are responsible for moving millions of tons of material from affected areas. The video features Cody Sutherlin (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), Mark Sauder (Kennecott/Rio Tinto), and Mitch Torrie (Autonomous Solutions, Inc.). This spot aired on September 23, 2013.
The visitor center at the Bingham Canyon Mine closed when they had the world's largest cave in. The mine is now as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon!
The Visitor center reopens in the spring of 2019, just in time for the visit by the "Big Boy" the worlds bigger steam locomotive on May 10! AND the NMRA National Convention in July 2019 which will have the tour on the convention schedule. The visitor center was opened in the late fall of 2018 for a few days to test the format, check safety and let the staff meet the public. AND we were invited!! AND so are you.
The new visitor center is located in the pit, right next to the massive slide - cave-in that closed the mine so that visitors can also see what ended up being the largest ever man made landslide, well over a mile long and over 3000 feet high!!! The mine has also now passed the 4000 feet deep mark, not just the worlds largest man made excavation, but by far the worlds largest man made hole!
The new rules at the mine bar all private vehicles from the property. ALL personal car and trucks are parked in lots, the main mine lot at the site of the old town of Lark. Karyn's mom grew up in Lark, a town that no longer exists, berried under a thousand feet of mine debris.
The visitors will be transported to the visitor center in a fleet of 10 shuttle buses. The new gift shop is located at the Lark Gate and so you can visit it without taking the tour of the mine.
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, 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 (0.97km) deep, 2.5 miles (4km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (770ha). It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. The mine experienced a massive landslide in April 2013 and a smaller slide in September 2013.
History
Minerals, in the form of copper ore, were first discovered in Bingham Canyon in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, sons of Erastus Bingham, Mormon pioneers of September 1847, who grazed their cattle there. They reported their find to their leader, Brigham Young, who advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of settlements was of paramount importance at that time. The brothers applied themselves to that purpose as directed and did not stake a claim. In 1850, the Bingham family went to settle what is now Weber County, leaving the canyon still today known by their name.
Other top-ranked counties include Madison, which grew 32.8% to $58,000; Idaho, 28.1% to $60,975; Gem, 26.6% to $66,000; and Bingham, 23.1% to $77,000. How are incomes shifting in Ada, Canyon counties?.
Mr Black had told Ray Bingham, Imagination’s chairman and the head of CanyonBridge, that the board appointments would face national security scrutiny from the government and that allowing it would be in breach of directors’ legal duties.
click to enlarge ... As a son of Bingham Canyon, I learned life from my Croatian father—an unrepentant union man and FDRDemocrat—and my Italian mother, who both worked outside the home and supported us with a firm hand ... Fair warning ... Thompson.
1938 — 2024 ... Gwen was born on April 9,1938 in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, while her mother was visiting her sister ... Gwen also lived on a ranch in Craig, Colorado for a few years ... Taylor ... Gwen is survived by her beloved husband, Hyde L ... .
This man, Alfred Packer, would eventually become one of the state's most enduring legends ... The 21 men set off from Bingham Canyon in Utah and, after three months, came across the camp of Ute IndianChief Ouray, which is near present-day Montrose ... .
click to enlarge ... I pulled their mutual urn from the headstone and added a pink rose, several red ones, a couple white daisies, bundled with a bunch of mint—an homage to her father, who grew mint all over the place in his Bingham Canyon garden.
5, UtahCEO and social media influencer Justin Bingham died after falling 200 feet while rappelling near the exit of Heaps Canyon... “Every year we have rescues in the canyon, and some people are extremely prepared,” Riesenberg said.
Justin Bingham, who served as the head of the LindonCity, Utah-based property management software tech company Opiniion, was with a group of three other parkgoers while hiking through the park's Heaps Canyon on Oct.
Justin Bingham, who served as the head of the LindonCity, Utah-based property management software tech company Opiniion, was with a group of three other parkgoers while hiking through the park’s Heaps Canyon on Oct.
Courtesy OpiniionJustin Bingham, CEO of the Lindon-based software company Opiniion, died after a canyoneering accident at Zion National Park on Saturday, Oct ... Bingham leaves behind a wife and four children, according to his Instagram account.
The man, identified as 40-year-old Justin Bingham, was canyoneering with three others through the Heaps Canyon before he fell on Saturday and was pronounced dead, the National Park Service said.
Justin Bingham, 40, was canyoneering near the exit of Heaps Canyon on Saturday, Oct ...The National ParkService said Bingham was with three others and was permitted through Heaps Canyon when the incident happened.
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