pinto creek, december 25, 2008
Parking area downstream from the bridge
Upstream view
Downstream view
From the Copper Country News:
carlota mine producing copper
by Ted Lake teddlake@yahoo.com
Last Thursday, (December 18), Vancouver based Quadra Mining announcedthat its new $240 million Carlota Copper mine west of the Globe-Miami area is now producing copper.
Paul Blythe, President and CEO of Quadra, said the SX-EW plant had a successful start up with its "first harvest of copper cathode." Blythe went on to say "The commencement of operations at the SX-EW facility marks the completion of the construction development phase of the project and the operations team will now focus on ramping up production."
The Carlota Copper Mine currently has more than 220 employees. Blythe says copper production during 2009 is expected to be around 50 million pounds due to the lower head grades of ore being encountered. However during the following year, 2010, this is expected to reach 70-75 million pounds.
"We are very pleased with the way this project has developed," Blythe remarks. "Despite the many challenges that faced the industry during the past couple of years with high cost inputs and lower available equipment and people, an outstanding management team has brought this mine - our second operation in the southwest U.S. - into production on schedule and on budget."
Plans to develop the Carlota mine on this 3,000 acre site first originated in the early 1990s by the Cambior Corporation, also of Canada. However, after long healthy battles with environmental groups and changes in the metals market, the company decided to sell its mining rights and engineering plans several years ago. The Carlota project was purchased by Quadra Mining Ltd., which moved ahead with its mine development plans.
