Morenci Copper Mine, Arizona - Mining Technology
A P&H 2800 mining shovel loading a 973 hauler. The Detroit Copper Company started mining at Morenci, 16km south of Silver City, Arizona, in 1872. Copper Queen Consolidated Mining bought the property in 1885, with the company name changed to Phelps Dodge in 1917. Ninety years later in March 2007, Phelps Dodge merged with Freeport ...