Highland Valley Copper Mine Tour

This video is from a field trip to the Highland Valley Copper Mine in South Eastern British Columbia in Canada

The Highland Valley Copper Mine

Located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Highland Valley Copper is the largest open pit copper mine in Canada and is one of the largest in the world in terms of tonnage mined and milled. The operation employs approximately 900 people. The pits are mined by conventional truck and shovel method on a 24-hour-a-day [...]

Abandoned mine buildings (Anaconda Copper Mining Company) in the bright sunlight on the outskirts of Darwin, a ghost town outside Death Valley, CA – darwin08x

Image taken on 2007-10-20 15:27:07 by mlhradio.