A few months ago we went to the Kennecott Copper Mine. Wells LOVED it! He loves big dump trucks and tractors right now (I'm guessing most guys never grow out of that stage). We had a great time and I'm guessing we'll make it a yearly trip.
Here are a few facts about Kennecott...
- Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history -- about 18.7 million tons.
- The mine is 2¾ miles across at the top and ¾ of a mile deep. You could stack two Sears Towers on top of each other and still not reach the top of the mine.
- If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway -- enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Denver.
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