Arizona’s strangest ... that was practically made of copper. They whiffed. Astride one of the richest copper deposits in history, they couldn’t find the green ore. But sometimes it’s better ...

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The rugged terrain made everything more complicated, from hauling in equipment to transporting ore ... copper mine in the ...