Caption

Superior, Arizona - Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe oppose Resolution Copper's planned underground copper mine. Tribe members have camped out near the mine. They say the mine would destroy Oak Flat, land that has been sacred to them for thousands of years

Date

Jan 30, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK26B76_192

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86.1Mb (6.0Mb) / 22.4in x 14.9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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