.jpeg) Membership Committee Meeting - Monday, March 12th 7:00am Waffles & More Next Double Down Casino Night Committee Meeting - Wednesday, March 21st 5:30pm at the Palace Sunup Board Meeting - Thursday March 22, 4:00pm Prescott Library Program Committee Meeting - Monday, April 2nd 7:00am Waffles & More Sunup Shoot at Gunsite - April 11th - See Val Ripley Email the editor to have your announcement published! |
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Neal McEwen recognized Barbara Oemke for completing her Rotary assignments with her 4 Way Test Rotary plaque made from the finest ‘pho walnut, hermetically sealed and made at Raskins Jewelers. Barbara reported on the highlights of her Mexico trip.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 6 in Prescott put our flags up last year and we donated $300 to their troop.
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Speaker Tom Cosgrove: The Bagdad Freeport - McMoran copper mine dominates both the landscape and the town’s collective psyche. Its fate determines whether the town is doing well or poorly. This is the quintessential company town — one where the company owns all the houses and businesses — and it exists expressly to serve the mine. Bagdad has a population of 2600 and a workforce of 900 or more. Bagdad has its own schools and a gas station. The mine is 1 ½ miles across, 700 feet deep and has been in operation since 1945. They mine 8000 tons per day for their copper concentrator, 200 million lbs. of copper annually. It is the oldest continually running plant with a fleet of up to 30-ton haul trucks with 5 shovels they can move 275,00 tons per day. Tom said the Bagdad mine is driven by safety. They mine in .jpeg)
benches and blast daily using advanced laser prism control which makes for precise mining. The tailings of copper are sand..JPG)
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