has anyone modeled an open pit mine?

[wjstix]

Does anyone have rough locations, or even better, Latitude and Longitude co-ordinates, for some of these mines? I would think they’d show up pretty well on Google Earth.

Just search for “Hibbing Minnesota”, it’s surrounded by open pit mines (you can spote them by their pink and blue (water) colors. The biggest one north of town is the Hull Rust I believe.

[inarevil]

Does anyone have rough locations, or even better, Latitude and Longitude co-ordinates, for some of these mines? I would think they’d show up pretty well on Google Earth.

You can also type in Ruth, NV or Toole, UT (click on the first option that pops up then zoom out and scroll east. you can’t miss it) to find either mine. They are both large enough that they can easily be spotted.

[MStLfan]

I live in Ely, NV which is 7 miles away from what used to be the largest open pit copper mine in the world. AT one point in time, trains did go down into the pit, i can’t remember right off how they got out, but I seem to remember a return loop at the bottom. The ore was transported 19 miles north to McGill, NV which was the site of a large smelter. The ore was processed into blister copper then shipped to the interchange with the Southern Pacific 125 miles to the north. The operation I am talking about is the Nevada Northern Railway and Kennecott Copper Corporation. There are a number of resources available online that might help your search for information and a great place to start is here:

http://nn.railfan.net

Hope this helps!

Impressive website!

greetings,

Marc Immeker

[R_T_POTEET]

Sometime during the '60s [i]MR/i featured a layout - it was TT Scale I do believe - that had an open pit mine. It wasn’t particularly large and I don’t believe it had tracks leading into the pit but it is the only representation of this industry I can recall ever seeing in the hobby press.