San Manuel Arizona Copper Mine
San Manuel Arizona Copper Mine
Most of this mine was underground in layered shafts almost 2 miles deep This is the open pit part of the mine. Mining started in 1955 and ended in 1999.
Video shot from DJI Phantom 4 Pro at 1080p60, ND8, Edit: WMM
This open pit mine makes the one I work at look like a child’s sandbox,,sad to see it close as I am sure it was the lifeline of the community
Nice pit. Hope take a video from the underground operations too
I worked at the underground mine as a chute tapper during weekends in 1973/4 while studying at UofA. Taught me to value hard work and the union who looked after us "weekend warriors".
My entire childhood was defined by the smoke stacks. I need to go be alone for a minute.
Thank you for the video. I worked at the plant for twenty years. What a awesome experience.
my dad and grandfather worked there in the 60’s and 70’s. my dad built the catwalk around the 2nd stack. sad day when they knocked them down
What BHP did is destroy this entire comunity. Property values gone to shit, Clarks sand and gravel, concrete gone. The minimarkets that have closed down. They claimed to have reached another ore pocket, had millions into upgrades into the smelter. Then they decided to screw this part of Arizona over . A foriegn company at that. Looks like Grupo will do the same thing in Kearny now.