Bingham Canyon Mine
Copper ore was first discovered in Bingham Canyon in 1848 by the two brothers Sanford and Thomas Bingham, who grazed the tle of their father Erastus Bingham, a Mormon settler, here. They reported their find to their leader, Brigham Young, who decided not to mine the ore, as survival and consolidation of their new settlement seemed more important to him at the time. The brothers followed ...