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Article: Kennecott's visitors center opens for new season
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- Mining Engineering
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. May 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The award winning Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center opened its new season on April 1, 2004. It is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week through October 31. Since 1992, more than 1,900,000 people have toured the visitors center, spending an average of one hour looking at the exhibits and watching a behind-the-scenes video in the 95-seat theater.
Louie Cononelos, Kennecott Utah Copper's director of government and public affairs, said there have been some changes and modifications to the exhibits and displays in the center. "In particular," he said, "we have acquired a 4.8 x 1.2 m (16 x 4 ft) photographic panorama that overlooks the town of Bingham Canyon, with the mine ...