Jory, Sarah, Grandma, Allan & I took advantage of the free Visit the Kennecott Copper Mine offered last week. We viewed the 'can be seen from outer space' hole, watched the video and took a picnic dinner.
Sarah admitted going here on a field trip in elementary. If you haven't been to the Bingham Copper Mine pit lately, it is only $5 per car load. Open from 8am to 8pm although no one is admitted after 7pm and shooed out the door at 7:45. It can be reached from the south west end of Salt Lake Valley by taking 11800, 12300 South, Old or New Bingham Highway to 80th west, turn south (12300 turn north) until you come to the Rio Tinto entrance on the west side of the road.
The view from the top is out of this world as you watch the two story building size trucks inch their way up from the bottom of the pit to dump a load bigger than your house into the crusher. Take binoculars to see the 'ugly bug crawl'. Then look for the lone porta potty in a field of clay dirt on the north end as you arrive at the parking lot.
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