Arizona’s Morenci mine is the largest copper mine in North America, in terms of how much copper it produces: over a billion pounds of copper per year. It’s been in operation since 1881.
Morenci Mine
Arizona’s Morenci mine is the largest copper mine in North America, in terms of how much copper it produces: over a billion pounds of copper per year. It’s been in operation since 1881.
Morenci Mine
One set of my great-grandparents had a house in Morenci (my great-grandfather worked for Phelps Dodge as a geologist). My mother remembers visiting several times. The house is no longer there due to the mine becoming ever larger.
-deborah
Heh — I wonder if your great-grandparents knew my great-grandparents.