Tag: mines
One of the World’s Largest Open Pit Mines in Sahuarita
SAHUARITA -- The Asarco Mineral Discovery Center, a tourist attraction south of Tucson, shows guests how big things get in Arizona. The center is affiliated with the Asarco Mission Mine, an open-pit operation that has been around since 1911. The hole measures more than 2.3 miles long...The Mine That Ate an Arizona Town
MORENCI -- If you ever dug up your mom's garden with a tin scoop shovel and hauled the dirt away in a toy dump truck, you might want to look down into the Morenci Mine and appreciate what grownups can do with real tools.Amulet Mine a Surprising, Somewhat Painful Find
LYNX CREEK — One of the first things a miner should learn is to be careful where he puts his pick. As proof, consider an item from the May 13, 1899, edition of the Prescott Journal Miner concerning J.M. Moore and how he discovered the Amulet Mine. According to the report, Moore was prospecting on ...Lost Pick Mine of Old Arizona: Hidden Gold Remains Hidden
Ol' Ma Nature's rough hands couldn't have created a better place on this earth to hide a treasure than right here in Arizona. It's also a good place to lose one and we've got more lost mines here in the heart of Arizona than politicians got plans. Most of these mines have a history of being ...
Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax