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| Large slag (waste rock) near the entrance of Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine |
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| Trucks can hold more than 300 tons of raw ore |
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| View of PART of the Kennecott Bingham Canyon Open Pit Mine |
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| One of the large trucks (see driver by tire)...they work the mine 24/7, 365 days a year! |
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| Photograph taken by astronauts in the Space Shuttle of the open pit mine |
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| Olympic Medals from Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics, Kennecott provided the materials for the gold, silver & bronze medals |
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| 2nd stoop of the day, Timpanogos Cave National Monument |
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| Driving into the American Fork Canyon, where the Timpanogos Cave NM is located |
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| American Fork Stream |
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| Box Elder Peak |
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| Peak in Uinta National Forest |
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| Close-up of peak in Uinta National Forest |
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| Saltain on Great Salt Lake (used to be a great gathering place ON the Great Salt Lake....but water receded 1/2 mile! |
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| Swimmers in the Great Salt Lake |
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| Great Salt Lake |
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| sailboat (far left corner) on the Great Salt Lake |
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| Copper processing plant just south of Great Salt Lake run by Kennecott Corporation, a division of Rio Tinto |
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