Cananea
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Cananean noun
Example Sentences
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A strike also interrupted work at the Buenavista open-pit copper mine in the Cananea mining district of the northern state of Sonora from 2007 to 2010.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023
On this date in 1920, Cananea Consolidated Copper Co., the largest American-owned copper company in Sonora, Mexico, closed.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2016
At night the only light comes from the stars, the Mexican mining town of Cananea, and from a border patrol floodlight so intense you could sit on your porch and read by the glow.
From Slate • May 6, 2013
“Grupo Mexico and the government wants to snatch the union away,” Sergio Tolano, the general secretary of the local section of the union in Cananea, said Monday.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2010
The Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, a remarkable enterprise instituted by American capitalists.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin
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