SX Mining Laboratory: The future of mining is here

With its new 15 by 15 feet decline, the University of Arizona’s San Xavier Mining Laboratory is about to become an underground proving ground for mining equipment and innovation center. The 250 feet deep mine near Tucson is the only student-run mine in the US with a working vertical shaft.

San Xavier Mining Laboratory

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2021

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