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
Through the strike, the Cananea strikers have remained loyal to Mr. Gomez Urrutia.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2010
The Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, a remarkable enterprise instituted by American capitalists.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin
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