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The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 miles (1,210 m) deep, [5] 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (3.0 sq mi; 770 ha; 7.7 km 2). It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. [2]
This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,212 m (7,257 ft), which is the depth of Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.
This is a list of open-pit mines. ... making it the deepest hand-excavated pit in the world. Now a museum. The Jagersfontein Mine – operating between 1888 and 1971 ...
The visible mark of the open pit is the Sophienhöhe spoil tip, which is considered to be the largest human-made hill, towering over the flat landscape by 200 metres. From 2013, the open-pit area is to be extended southeast. For this, the villages of Morschenich and Manheim must be relocated. The A4 motorway and the Hambach industrial spur, by ...
The mine is more than 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world), has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), [1] and is one of the largest excavated holes in the world. Open-pit mining began in 1957 and was discontinued in 2001. Since 2009, it has been active as an underground diamond mine. [2]
Kimberley Mine Section. Kimberley Mine shaft. The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine [1] (Afrikaans: Groot Gat) is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest hole excavated by hand, although this claim is disputed by Jagersfontein. [2]
An open pit mine began operation in 1882, and moved to underground mining by 1900 for safety reasons. From 1901 until the end of active mining in 1962, the Soudan Mine was owned by the United States Steel Corporation's Oliver Iron Mining division. By 1912 the mine was at a depth of 1,250 feet (381 m). [4]
The Homestake Mine was a deep underground gold mine (8,000 feet or 2,438 m) located in Lead, South Dakota. Until it closed in 2002 it was the largest and deepest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere . The mine produced more than forty million troy ounces (43,900,000 oz; 1,240,000 kg) of gold during its lifetime. [1]