The Bingham Copper Mine and Utah History

Sunday, June 3, 2012

World's First Two Open-Pit Copper Mines

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   This 1909 photo shows the Boston Con Open-Pit Mine on the top of the Copper Hill and the Utah Copper Open-Pit Mine at the bottom with a...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Utah Copper Startup of Open-Pit Mine - August 1906

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     This picture shows the August 1906 startup of the Utah Copper’s large-scale open-pit copper mine operation at the bottom of “The Cop...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

Boston Con First Steam Shovel On the Bingham Copper Mine - March 1906

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This picture shows the March 16, 1906 startup of the world's first large-scale open-pit copper mine -- the Boston Con's Bingham Ca...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Boston Con - 2012 Calendar - Cover

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THE BOSTON CON THE WORLD’S FIRST LARGE-SCALE OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE By R. Eldon Bray – July 2011             The Boston Consolidate...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Small Towns In Bingham Canyon

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SMALL TOWNS IN BINGHAM CANYON By Eldon Bray   6-24-2010 Bingham Canyon was settled in 1848 by Sanford and Thomas Bingham. They h...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

The Bingham Copper Mine

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This Blog will primarily relate to the history of Bingham Canyon where the first mining claim in what is now the State of Utah was recorded ...
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