Show 8 g Tons Worth 15 BO 80 v T I. I r i t- t 4 j rD Q I t i t K A 9 4 I J A iIi ai f 3 i M M r Down in the bottom of the Utah Copper C pit at a Bingham this new newel i electrically el hoTel s oT el Is iOn een scooping cooping up S tons of ot copper ore from rom which pounds of copper copp r will soon be and placed upon the market Each ton of ore are mined about 1 per cent copper or 20 30 pounds of the red metal to the ho ton of which about 18 pounds Is s recovered One of these shovels has baa a capac- capac capacIty Ity ty of tons per hour 8 shift The Tho company has bas 6 similar shovels o.-els o. and 23 of slightly smaller capacity available for tor operation on the Tart vari various ous levels of the hug pit which can ean be seen in the accompanying photograph Not only are the shovels used in mining ore but they are also used In stripping waste and over over-buren as it is nee necessary necessary essary to move over one ton of or worthless material for evey ton of or- orra o ore re ra mined The operation of of these shovels the large scab operations op necessary in order to realize a pro pro- profit tit fit from such a small mall metallic con eon content content tent in the ore It Is 11 truly ont ons of the marvels of this industrial age The mining of over one half hatt bil Ml- billion lion tons toOl of ore and waste has hu left lefta a large larce like amphitheater pit at the mine Since Sine Its Ita inception in 1904 th the Utah Copper company c has pro pro- produced produced pounds of cop cop- copper copper copper per which has yielded in wages wa es power and supplies federal state county and city taxes tues and for smelting freight refining etc ete Normally about men are employed at the mine mills and railroad representing an annual I payroll of ot over The mine is located in the heart of Utah and it is literally the heart henrt of ot the business and Industrial life Ufe of ot the state sta t Like boat oat the C ac oa oa of the the theo operation o pf pf f- f this ne ige e enterprise are felt felt feltIn in every ever c of the state fl |