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Plus: Mining Monitor, Addendum to the "Wealthy West?"

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Dec 06, 2024
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⛏️Mining Monitor ⛏️
Lisbon Valley copper mine in southeastern Utah. I took this picture a few years ago, but looking at it now I can’t help noticing the large number of dead trees — I believe they are piñon, but could be junipers — in the foreground. Drought? Beetle kill? Disease? The proximity to a massive open pit mine? Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

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