East Wilson Pit

Mining activities at the East Wilson Pit. A haul truck (near center) is leaving the shovel (right center) and heading up the haul road to the ore control tower (not visible), located about where the photograph was taken.

Aerial view of excavator and other vehicles at the end of a winding dirt road leading to the bottom of an open pit mine

Courtesy of Don R. Owens

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Time Period

Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform (1968–2022)

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Land and Resources / Mining

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