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The mine was started as the Chino Copper Company in 1909 by mining engineer John M. Sully and Spencer Penrose, [1] [2] [3] and is currently owned and operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc. subsidiaries. The area where the mine is located is at an average elevation of 5,699 feet (1,737 m).
Underground mine producing nickel and copper concentrates 18 (2018) [8] 15 Phoenix Lander County, Nevada: Newmont Mining Corporation: Gold-copper ore, concentrated and leached 16 (2018) [6] 16 Lisbon Valley San Juan County, Utah: Lisbon Valley Mining Company Copper ore, open pit, heap leached 10–15 (2018) [9] 17 Miami: Gila County, Arizona ...
The El Chino is an open-pit copper mine near Silver City, New Mexico. The Santa Rita mine in southwest New Mexico was the first copper mine in what is now the western United States. Spaniards began mining copper there about 1800. The district still produces copper, from the large Chino Mine open pit. Native Americans had mined turquoise ...
Indian agents served as active promoters for mining development in New Mexico. [5] In 1863 Richard Jenkins, chief engineer of the operation, published the Report of the Montezuma Copper Mining Company of Santa Fe, New Mexico. [6] Gilbert E. Currie listed the operation as follows in 1864: Capital $1,500,000.
In 1906, Phelps-Dodge acquired the Dawson Fuel Company of Dawson, New Mexico to mine coal for its copper smelting operations. Major accidents include the explosion at the Dawson Stag Canyon No. 2 mine which resulted in 264 deaths, and is one of the deadliest coal mining accidents in U.S. history. The company employed more than 13,500 people ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nine years after a massive waste spill from a copper mine in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora, locals are still suffering from “alarming” levels of soil, air ...
The rich Santa Rita copper mine in New Mexico was a principal target of Mangas Coloradas and his followers. In 1838, 22 fur trappers were killed nearby and the Apache severed the mine's supply line. In 1838, 22 fur trappers were killed nearby and the Apache severed the mine's supply line.
Mining leader BHP (NYSE:BHP) has partnered with Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE:IE, )) to explore copper and other critical minerals in the United States. The collaboration aims to find new sources of ...