| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | nonferrous metals |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Defunct | 1993 |
| Fate | Merged with Climax Molybdenum Company |
| Successor | Cyprus Amax Minerals |
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The Cyprus Mines Corporation was an early twentieth century American mining company based in Cyprus. In 1914, Charles G. Gunther began prospecting in the Skouriotissa area after reading in ancient books that the island was rich in copper and noticing promising ancient Roman slag heaps in the area.[citation needed] The company was established in 1916 by Colonel Seeley W. Mudd, his son, Harvey Seeley Mudd, and mining engineer/business partner, Philip Wiseman, whose family, along with the Mudds, were the primary owners of Cyprus Mines until the early 1970s when it was sold to Amoco.[1][2]
- ^ "Mining history of Cyprus - Copper mines". wEuromines. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "The Mines Service - Mines - Copper and gold". www.moa.gov.cy. Retrieved 29 August 2017.