Bingham Utah Copper Mine

A visit to the large open pit copper mine in Bingham Canyon, Utah

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Travel & Events

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• utah
• mine
• bingham
• copper

[allen007x]

Glad you stopped by. I love Copperton. I've never lived there, but I love the park and the small-town atmosphere. Yes,Copperton is still there since it is further east. I think the town that is gone was Bingham.

[DiVerz4]

Allen, this is really cool. Thanks for letting me know about this.

[allen007x]

Glad you enjoyed it. That mine is so big, it can be seen from the space station. There used to be a small town there, but it is gone. If it were there, it would be floating in the air in the middle of the big hole :)

[Timberline11]

the sound doesnt work!

[bbman10pwns]

I'm related to him. He's in my family, just not sure who exactly.

[smirko]

@allen007x every day i'm hustlin!!!!!

[scwtrials]

Nicely done video, showing all the phases of the mining operation and the various displays at the museum. Looks like a neat day trip, fun for the whole family. Thanks for sharing with all of us !

[702LTR450]

I would like to go bu its in UTAH.

[RobbyWorld1]

Very interesting video. Thanks for posting.

[GodlyVayne]

I went there last year. I heard it's about 3/4 of a mile deep. Haha that's crazy.

[allen007x]

I'm 72 and my wife is 66. That video was made in 1994 or 1995, so my wife would have been about 53 at that time. You're right about not seeing long dresses when you visited Utah. I wouldn't expect that you would see long dresses at Arches or Bryce, because most people, including my wife, would be wearing jeans while they camp. I live in the Salt Lake valley, so the trip to the mine was a day-trip not a camping trip, and my wife choose to wear to the mine the type of dress she grew up with.

[LaLaTTK]

damn dude. How old are you? I've been to Arches and Bryce in Utah and never seen a woman dressed like that

[allenw007]

What looks like a pioneer dress is just a dress from an earlier generation. Up until the 1950s women (at least in Utah and surrounding areas) always wore dresses when away from the home. In the 1960s I began seeing professional women wear pant suits. In the 1970s I began seeing women wear jeans outside the home. My wife, being of an earlier generation, likes to wear dresses when in public, although she does make quick trips to a store in jeans.