A 75-mile adventure to explore the Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest manmade hole on earth and the richest copper mine in history
BINGHAM CANYON COPPER MINE:
•Kennecott Utah Copper Mine at Bingham Canyon: ascend into the Rocky Mountains to experience the largest open pit mine in the world
•Tailings Impoundment: Over one billion tons of leftover waste from the copper mining process, piled up high
•Waste Rock Repositories: Over six billion tons of bright orange-tinted overburden rock surrounding the open pit mine
•Kennecott Smelter: tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, and the cleanest copper smelter in the world
•Insider Insights: learn of the wondrous engineering and fascinating history behind this unique open pit copper mine, which is still actively mined today