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Arizona Sonoran News

Entrance to the Hermosa-Taylor mining site on the outskirts of Patagonia, Arizona. The owner, an Australian mining company called South32, says the operation could become one of the largest producers of zinc worldwide. (Photo by Clara Migoya/El Inde).

The rise and fall of mining in the Patagonia Mountains

May 9, 2020

By Clara Migoya /El Inde In a lot on Harshaw Avenue, off-road trucks line up in neat rows. The small town of Patagonia is seeing new activity in the nearby mountains now that South32, an Australian...

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