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City Sights - Salt Lake City Tours

Copper Mine: World's Largest Man-made Hole

Salt Lake, UT

1:00 PM | 3.5 to 4 Hours | $119.99

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Copper Mine: World's Largest Man-made Hole

Salt Lake, UT

1:00 PM | 3.5 to 4 Hours | $119.99

Rates

  • Adults (Ages 9+) - $119.99 plus tax

  • Children (Ages 2-8) - $60 plus tax

  • Infants on lap - Free

    Mine Entrance Fees included in price


Duration

3.5 to 4 Hours


About

  • A 75-Mile Adventure …with beautiful mountain scenery -- incredible photo opportunities! Ideal for nature and science lovers!
  • Travel to the largest man-made hole on earth to experience the overlook of the world's first open-pit copper mine
  • The Kennecott Utah Copper Mine, also known as the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, is the largest and richest copper mine in history with over 110 years of open pit mining; it has produced more copper than any other mine in history!
  • A hole so large that it's visible to astronauts in the space shuttle - almost a mile deep and nearly three miles wide!
  • Cruise high into the Oquirrh Mountains up to 7,000 feet elevation for a spectacular view of the open-pit mine
  • World's largest earth-moving trucks - the size of a two-story house
  • World's largest waste-rock repositories - 6 billion tons of overburden piled high around the mine

Itinerary:

  • See inside the largest and richest copper mine in history! Copper, gold, silver, and more
  • Cruise along the scenic Rocky Mountains
  • Breathtaking overlook - your guide will explain the entire mining operation
  • Mammoth-size trucks and shovels
  • Megaton explosives - detonated 2 times daily, the crater deepens!
  • Possible wildlife viewing may include deer, elk, mountain goats, and a variety of birds