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    The Copper Canyon Fire was a wildfire that started near the town of Globe, Arizona on May 7, 2021. The fire burned a total of 2,875 acres (1,163 ha) and...
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    Copper Canyon is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,731 in 2020. Copper Canyon is adjacent to the master-planned Lantana...
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    Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit...
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    The Copper Fire was a wildfire in Los Angeles County, Southern California, in June 2002. After igniting on June 5 near the city of Santa Clarita, the...
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    The Waldo Canyon fire was a forest fire that started approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23, 2012, and was...
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    2021. "Bonito Rock Fire Information". InciWeb. April 19, 2021. "Flag Fire Information". InciWeb. April 25, 2021. "Copper Canyon Fire". inciweb.nwcg.gov...
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  • The Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 (previously called the Great Fire of 1889) was a massive wildfire in California, which burned large parts of Orange County...
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    Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal...
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    Cortez Hills Pipeline Relief Canyon Rochester Fire Creek Phoenix Florida Canyon Marigold Carlin Lone Tree Hycroft Long Canyon Betze-Post, Meikle Arturo Hollister...
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    The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18...
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    Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed...
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    quickly drove the subsequent fire through the wildland–urban interface (WUI) communities of Concow, Magalia, Butte Creek Canyon, and Paradise in the foothills...
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    The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and...
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    The Baker Canyon Fire was wildfire that began on March 3, 2016 northeast of Douglas, Arizona. By the time the fire was contained it had burned 7,980 acres...
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    temporary closure of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks while damaging roads, trails, and cabins within. The fire also heavily impacted the endangered...
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  • Man (Copper Canyon Press, 1994), Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2 (Copper Canyon Press, 1997), Nightworks: Poems 1962–2000 (Copper Canyon Press...
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    gold, silver, lead, and most famously for copper, as home of the porphyry copper deposit at Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the world's largest open pit mines...
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    The 1993 Laguna Fire or Laguna Canyon Fire was a destructive wildfire in Orange County, California. After igniting on October 27, the fire burned more than...
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  • tankers helped fight this fire. Known at the "Agoura-Malibu Firestorm" and the "Mandeville Canyon Fire", these two major fires were bolstered by winds as...
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    closed as the fire crossed and headed into the rugged Santa Monica Mountains. The fire raced through the chaparral-covered steep canyons where it encountered...
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    Copper extraction refers to the methods used to obtain copper from its ores. The conversion of copper ores consists of a series of physical, chemical...
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  • by Copper Calhoon, a kind of capitalist version of the popular Dragon Lady character Caniff had created for Terry and the Pirates. Eventually, Canyon developed...
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    repair train tracks in the Feather River Canyon near the community of Storrie. In an effort to recoup the costs of fire suppression as well as damages to federal...
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  • Thumbnail for International Smelting and Refining Company
    copper producer handling ores from Bingham Canyon and was expanded into a lead smelting operation in 1912. Copper smelting finished at International in 1946...
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    The southern end of Bouquet Canyon features a large areas of artificial fill stretching from Newhall Ranch Road up to Copper Hill Drive. The valley is bisected...
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    inappropriate back fires and sending hundreds of workers into a steep canyon. The fire department arrived at 2:26 p.m. but found it hard to fight the fire because...
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    Midnights, Fire & All (Copper Canyon Press) – essays 2016: ShallCross (Copper Canyon Press) 2019: Casting Deep Shade: an Amble (Copper Canyon Press) "C...
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  • The Thompson Fire is a fast-moving wildfire burning near the community of Oroville in Butte County, California, during the 2024 California wildfire season...
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    Porphyry copper deposits are copper ore bodies that are formed from hydrothermal fluids that originate from a voluminous magma chamber several kilometers...
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    Canyon Fire was a wildfire that burned on Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California during September 2016. By the time the fire...
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