Cananea
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A strike also interrupted work at the Buenavista open-pit copper mine in the Cananea mining district of the northern state of Sonora from 2007 to 2010.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2023
On this date in 1911, William C. Greene of the Greene Cattle Co. and the Greene Cananea Copper Co. died after being thrown from a buggy.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2016
At night the only light comes from the stars, the Mexican mining town of Cananea, and from a border patrol floodlight so intense you could sit on your porch and read by the glow.
From Slate ● May 6, 2013
Before the strike, Cananea produced between 35 percent and 40 percent of Mexico’s copper.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2010
The Bible, and Iosephus by ensample therof called this londe Cananea: a countrie renowned for manifolde substaunce.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
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