Bingham Copper Mine

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $4.95

Stock #:74263
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Bingham Canyon
State: Utah (UT)
Publisher: Bonneville News Co.
Postmark: 1959
Postmark City: PRICE
Postmark State: UT
Stamp: 3C LIBERTY
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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SITUATED IN THE OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN ABOUT 25 MILES S.W. OF SALT LAKE CITY, THIS IS THE LARGEST OPEN-CUT COPPER MINE IN THE WORLD. DIFFERENT LEVELS SPIRAL FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE AT THE MINE AND THE WALLS ARE CONSTANTLY RECEDING AS AGGREGATE IS REMOVED. THIS MINE SUPPLIES IN EXCESS OF 30% OF THE NATION'S COPPER.

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