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Bingham Copper Mine Postcard Collection [138951]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 700.00 USD
Bingham Copper Mine Postcard Collection  [138951]
SOLD
325.00USD+ (71.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Aug 08 @ 10:25UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of over 50 postcards showing Bingham Canyon, its copper mine, the city, mills, smelters and ore. One postcard includes a bag of ore. Last year, Kennecott pulled 62 million tons of ore from the 11,000-acre mine. The mine has been in operation since the beginning of the 20th century and is expected to remain in operation until at least 2032. Bingham Canyon was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed, and at its peak the city had approximately 15,000 residents. By the 1970s, almost the entirety of the town had been devoured by the mine, and the few remaining residents voted to disincorporate and abandon the community. No trace of Bingham Canyon remains today.

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State: Utah
City: Bingham Canyon
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection