“It’s very representative,” said Arizona State University history professor Kyle Longley, who spent five years writing a book on the Morenci Nine, "The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town ...

If you work at the copper mine off of U.S. Route 191 in eastern Arizona, you likely know all about the "Morenci 500." ...

Humans have been scooping copper out of the Morenci Mine in Arizona for over 150 years, leaving behind a city-sized terrain of vast pits. But the story of Morenci isn’t just about lifeless ...

In 1996, Morenci’s two 600-foot-high smelter stacks were demolished along with the 300-foot-high stack erected in 1913 by the Arizona Copper Co. the following year. Freeport-McMoRan acquired ...