This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2011, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
The Salt Lake Tribune occasionally presents images from its archives in a special series called A Look Back. This installment shows images of the Bingham copper mine, now known as the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine, in the 1930s and 1940s.
Previous installments showed:
The Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and 1940s • http://bit.ly/ob9taQ
The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks • http://bit.ly/q561uw
Salt Lake City's Memory Grove Park • http://bit.ly/pJduHw
Hill Air Force Base in the 1940s and 1950s • http://bit.ly/oKwZiO
Women's fashion from 1949-50 • http://bit.ly/qyizm9
Salt Lake City in the 1900s • http://bit.ly/n8LwlY
Salt Lake City and other Utah cities in the 1800s • http://bit.ly/pWOlBH
Images from court actions against polygamous men in the 1940s • http://bit.ly/oMgRlu
The centennial Days of '47 parade in downtown Salt Lake City from July 1947 • http://bit.ly/nKcYLJ
Mining town of Mercur, Utah • http://bit.ly/qApcTy
NASA history • http://bit.ly/oCO1RR
Vintage aircraft from around Utah • http://bit.ly/irhYBd
Stereoscopic images of Eureka, Utah, in the early 1900s • http://bit.ly/jF02nD
Salt Lake City's Liberty Park from 1935 to 1951 • http://bit.ly/kkKQc6
Historical images of the 100-year-old Hotel Utah, which is now The Joseph Smith Memorial Building • http://bit.ly/mI7JB8
People and events in Salt Lake City from the 1930s, '40s and '50s • http://bit.ly/kAUB9j
Historical images of Sugar House • http://bit.ly/jHQhnX
Aerial images of Salt Lake City in the 1960s • http://bit.ly/iRGaoN
Every gallery of the series is available at http://www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback