The bittersweet demolition of the two smoke stacks in San Manuel, AZ.
-The first stack was built in 1952-1953, the second in 1971.
-Each stack was more than 500' high
-At full production the mine could produce 38 tons of ore every minute around the clock, every day of the year
-In 1999 The price of copper was a mere $0.66/lb. which forced the Australian owned BHP to put an end to the half century old copper mine
-It took 337 lbs of explosive to complete the closing of BHP
miss those smoke stacks :'(
JbLoverBaby11 1 year ago 3
very sad day those have been there forever
gcgolfer 2 years ago 2