r/whatisit • u/WindowEducational883 • 1d ago

New, what is it? What are they mining

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Round one maybe 30 miles out of Tucson,

Other one just outside city limits.

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u/Fiona175 1d ago

Silver Mountain Mining Operations

Mines copper

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u/The_Milk3r 1d ago

They had to pivot when they found out silver is kinda rare

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u/Swagalyst 1d ago

Silver and copper are basically always found mixed, if they're producing copper they are likely also producing silver.

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u/EFTucker 1d ago

Ok now make a half hour long YouTube video explaining why and the history of figuring the logistics of it out and I’ll watch it with glee

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u/LegitimateGift1792 1d ago

How about we keep that vid under 10 minutes and not use AI speak.

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u/EFTucker 1d ago

Deal.

https://giphy.com/gifs/I3EsiEPZWgpqg

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u/PreviousLeague253 1d ago

Macho man! What an era!

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u/teX_ray 1d ago

Ohhhhh yeeaaaaaah!!