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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 Titan That Never Clashed
SAHUARITA -- The Titan Missile Museum here isn't really scary like a haunted house, but when you stop to consider the damage that one of those things could have done, it goes way beyond frightening. Fortunately, it never happened. During the Cold War, several Titan missiles armed with nuclear warheads were planted in deep holes and aimed ...
