Bingham Canyon Mine is wider than you think

Bingham Canyon Mine spans 4 kilometers.

The mine is an open-pit copper mine in Utah.

Bingham Canyon Mine lies southwest of Salt Lake City.

The mine excavates a huge porphyry copper deposit.

Bingham Canyon Mine is more than 1,200 meters deep.

Mining started in 1906, using open-pit techniques.

Electric shovels carry up to 98 short tons per scoop.

Ore trucks haul 255 short tons each and cost 3 million.

Conveyors stretch five miles to the Copperton concentrator.

The mine produces about 300,000 short tons of copper yearly.

A landslide in 2013 moved 2.5 billion cubic feet of rock.

The mine produces about 1 million short tons of sulfuric acid yearly.

Kennecott has spent over 400 million on cleanup since 1990.

Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any other.

The Bingham Canyon Mine is over 1,200 meters deep and 4 kilometers wide.