Soon, I saw what has drawn so many to Clifton over the last 150 years: one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines. The Morenci mine looked like the Sarlacc monster from the "Star Wars" movies.

Morenci, an open-pit mine and company town, sits just up the road. It’s one of the world’s largest copper mines. Thousands of workers there drill and blast away copper from deep within the earth, ...

Morenci Area Schools contains 2 schools and 535 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 20%. Also, 54.0% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools ...

Morenci Middle and High School is a public school located in Morenci, MI, which is in a distant rural setting. The student population of Morenci Middle and High School is 289 and the school serves ...

The North America Copper Mines segment operates open-pit copper mines in Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, Miami in Arizona and Chino, and Tyrone in New Mexico. The South America Mining segment ...