Editing Morenci, Arizona (section)

==Economy==
The economy of Morenci as well as that of the surrounding area is almost completely dependent on the [[Morenci Mine]].<ref name="Rudolf">Rudolf, John Collin. "Copper's Every Dip Is Felt in Arizona." ''New York Times.'' November 27, 2008.</ref> Between 2003 and 2008, the worldwide rise in copper prices led the mine to double its work force to 4,000 employees and increase production by 55 percent to an average of one million tons of ore per day.<ref name="Rudolf" />

Several hundred new homes were built, leading to a boom in the construction industry.<ref name="Rudolf" /> All the homes in Morenci, new and old, remain owned by Freeport-McMoRan.<ref name="Rudolf" />

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Image:Morenci_Mine.jpg|One of the active pits at the Morenci Mine. The horizontal shelves are the [[Open-pit mining#Extraction|mining benches]].  The fan-like slopes are leached material, dumped into mined-out portions of the pit.
File: Glendale-Sahuaro Central Railroad Museum-Porter 0-4-0-1887.jpg |This ''Porter 0-4-0'' is an 18" gauge locomotive that was once used as a copper mining locomotive in Morenci. The locomotive is currently on exhibit in the Sahuaro Central Railroad Museum in Glendale, Az. 
Image:MorenciConc1942.jpg|Old Morenci Concentrator, 1942
File:Azurite-Malachite-27233.jpg|[[Malachite]] and [[Azurite]] from the [[Morenci Mine]], which produces many fine specimens for [[mineral collector]]s.
File:Azurite-284714.jpg|[[Azurite]] from Morenci
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