The Conquest of Copper Mountain

'The Conquest of Copper Mountain' is the dramatic story of a geologist's dream come true: the discovery and subsequent development of the largest outcrop of base metal in the world. In 1960, Forbes Wilson, in charge of a worldwide mineral exploration program for Freeport Minerals Company, masterminded an overland expedition into the rugged and remote peaks of Irian Jaya (then Western New Gui…