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Re: AllyAustin post# 9081

Monday, 12/10/2007 10:26:40 PM

Monday, December 10, 2007 10:26:40 PM

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Amazing Facts About the Mine...

The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.


how close is copper king???



Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history -- about 17 million tons.
The mine is 2-1/2 miles across at the top and 3/4 of a mile deep. You could stack two Sears Towers on top of each other and still not reach the top of the mine.
The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.
By 2015, the mine will be at least 500 feet deeper than it is now.
If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway -- enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Denver.


http://www.kennecott.com/about_facts.html

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