Bingham Canyon Open-Pit Copper Mine Visitor Center Binocular #2 [Removed] - Coin-Op Binoculars on Waymarking.com

Standing about 6700 feet above sea level, at the mine overlook within the Bingham Canyon Mine, you can see, hear and feel the breathtaking and awesome magnitude of the largest man-made excavation on earth. More than three quarters of a mile deep and 2 1/2 miles wide, 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.

From the overlook visitors can watch 255-to-360-ton capacity haulage trucks deliver copper ore to the in-pit crusher, where the material is reduced to the size of a soccer balls before being loaded onto a five-mile conveyor that carries the ore to the Copperton Concentrator. More than six billion tons of material have been mined to produce more than 16 million tons of copper metal since surface mining operations began in 1906. In addition, vast quantities of by-product gold, silver and molybdenum have also been produced from this mine.

By visiting the modern visitors center you can view displays of artifacts and learn the history of this world famous mine. You can also watch a 16 minute video presentation that takes you into other Kennecott Utah Copper plant facilities to follow the production of copper from low grade ore in the mine, to 99.99 percent pure copper in the refinery.

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