I found a rather neat overview of the operations of the Bigham pit in Utah near SLC produced in the 40's by the D&RGW Railroad publicity.
Go to
http://www.archive.org

enter "Desert Empire part 2" into the search.

Chris
in New Zealand

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thanks for posting this video, Chris.

there are short segments on coal mining in Part 1, copper mining in Part 2 and salt evaporation/mining in Part 3. neat stuff.

makes me want to take a trip there this summer!

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