|
CATTREK'S AREA PHOTOS
OPEN PIT COPPER MINE
Click on Pictures For a Larger Look
Back Button Will Return You Here!
|
|
|
|
View of The Mine
From Miles Away
|
View of The Mine
With Clouds Overhead
|
|
|
|
|
Another View of
the Mine From Afar
|
Part of the Open Pit
Copper Mine
|
|
|
Phelps Dodge Chino Mines Company
Santa Rita Mine
|
|
|
Originally mined by Native Americans, and later by the Spaniards, this is one of the oldest
operating mines in North America. It has been an open pit operation since 1910.
Today, Chino Mines Company is a partnership between Phelps Dodge Mining Company and Heisei Minerals.
|
Size:1 1/2 Miles by 1 Mile
Depth: 1,800 Feet
Principle Product: 300
Million Pounds of
Copper Annually
Operations: 365 Days Per
Year
|
|
Hope you enjoyed your cyber trip!!
HUGE Hole, hu??
|
