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
On Monday, people in Cananea, a tiny desert town, awoke to see the picket line replaced by federal police officers on guard inside the mine’s fences.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2010
And before thei ware broughte into Cananea by Iosua, his substitute, ouercame with strong hande, one and thirty kinges.
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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