The Open Pit Copper Mine, Santa Rita, New Mexico

Subject: Mining & Quarrying
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of The Open Pit Copper Mine, Santa Rita, New Mexico, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

A wide view of terraced, brightly colored eroded badlands with banded red, yellow and green strata, a small blue pond or stream at the base, and a curving road with utility poles crossing the foreground. A green mesa capped with red rock rises at the right under a pastel sunset sky.

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PublisherSouthwest Post Card Co.

158—THE OPEN PIT COPPER MINE, SANTA RITA, NEW MEXICO The largest open pit mine in the world; the rich vein was known to the Indians long before one of them pointed out their primitive workings to a Spanish Don in appreciation of a kindness. A large tonnage of ore is taken out daily by steam and electric shovels, and milled at the concentrator located at Hurley, eight miles south. DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., BOX 685, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) PLACE STAMP HERE 7A-H1248 POST CARD

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Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Santa Rita, NM
Place mentioned	Hurley, NM
Publisher	Albuquerque, NM
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; no white border; no printed text or handwriting on the front. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting on this scan. Divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone linen card (Curt Teich, Chicago), 1930s-40s. Printed caption and distributor imprint on back; no damage noted.

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The Open Pit Copper Mine, Santa Rita, New Mexico, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-open-pit-copper-mine-santa-rita-new-mexico. Accessed October 5, 2026.