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Show vi Ml Au "O'n csarjQsO etbbSqis ' 1 .11' Jj Kkennecott is driving an 18,000-foot tunnel under the mountain that separates the Copperton Assembly Yard from the Bingham Mine. The target is 200 feet below the present bottom of the mine. In 1960, the mine will be 200 feet deeper than it is now, and tunnel and mine will keep their date. This $12,000,000 project will be one of the longest railroad tunnels in.the United States. Through it, ore-laden cars will be hauled from the I mine to the assembly yard where they're made into trains and then taken ' to the mills. The construction of this nearly SVfc-mile long tunnel is essential to the production of copper in Utah. To operate successfully with low grade ore, Kennecott must handle huge quantities of material economically. Hauling ore uphill out of the mine is not economical. This will be the third tunnel to eliminate uphill haulage at the mine. So the $12,000,000 Kennecott is plowing back into Utah helps assure successful future operations. Today's earnings are also building for tomorrow at Kennecott's power plant where an $18,000,000 expansion will increase capacity from 100,000 to 175,000 kilowatts, Kennecott's continuous reinvestment of millions of dollars in Utah helps keep ore flowing steadily from the mine to the mills to the refinery. And that in turn helps provide prosperity for the people of our state. Ipift ITemsecoU Copper Copposration A God Neighbor Helping to Build a Better Utah |