AZ Mines

Resolution Copper Mine — 7,000 feet underground Resolution Copper Mining spent six years and $540 million building shaft No. 10, the longest single-lift, or continuous, shaft in the country. Supporters say the project will revive Superior’s lagging economy, but not everyone thinks the benefits are worth the environmental damage. Resolution is a subsidiary of mining…

Borax Mine Borax mine in Boron, California

Inside the Resolution Copper Mine, 1.3 Miles Underground Mar. 14 — There are deeper mines in North America than the Resolution mine but none with a single shaft this long. It is a 6,943 foot concrete barrel, 30 feet in diameter bored into the mountain of Arizona and took six years to dig. Bloomberg’s Matt…

The legacy of copper mining in Arizona Arizona produces more copper than any other state. This brief history shows how Arizona’s copper mining built a state and changed a nation.

Exploring Arizona Abandoned Mines: Big Eye Mine The Big Eye Mine and its cabin remain a very popular hiking and jeeping destination in the far reaches of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and its Castle Dome Mountains in Yuma County, Arizona. This particular video of my documentation and exploration of Arizona’s Big Eye Mine was…

QUEEN MINE TOUR BISBEE, ARIZONA The Queen Mine is located 1 1/2 hours from Tucson Arizona and 11 miles from the Mexican border. This is probably one of the best mine tours you could take in the U.S. It’s such an awesome hour tour because of the fact you take a mine train through the…

Lost Mine Found in Cherry Creek, Central Arizona! Mine Exploring!

Northern Arizona Gypsum Mine While on a back country Jeep expedition we crossed from Southern Utah into Northern Arizona and found an abandoned mica mine (gypsum) that is called “The Glitter Pit” by locals. It was an amazing find.

Exploring a future record setting copper mine Located 70-miles east of Phoenix is the town of Superior, and what one day will be the largest most productive copper mine in the United States. The only problem is the rich ore deposit is buried 7,000 feet underground. The owners of the mine haven’t even started mining…

Inside the Resolution Copper Mine, 1.3 Miles Underground Mar. 14 — There are deeper mines in North America than the Resolution mine but none with a single shaft this long. It is a 6,943 foot concrete barrel, 30 feet in diameter bored into the mountain of Arizona and took six years to dig. Bloomberg’s Matt…