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Show A Spot In The Mountains That Became An Industry ...... . ..... ...... ... ..... ........ ... :; . : j :' .t fs - : V . f-V . t " i' - l-f kt V - :' . f ' -Jf 1 - i it. v A' i " s , " ) i ' n v i ' I , ' " : - - V- - 7 l'- tV I I , , f .'7 ? ' "j 1 , I Ik . " i.. -v.... .J.i,V ...J New Air View of Utah Copper Pit at Bingham. The metal resources of a state are often erroneously considered in view of the sum total of the metal present. This mistake can readily be seen if we take the case of the metal aluminum or magnesium whose silicates and oxides in large quantities are present in Utah. NererVhil'ss, for economic reasons only an infltlsirrxal part ot this metal can be minef. at a profit. Most of the other useful metals are also present in quantities; but mining, like any other industry, can only produce when the cost of production can be maintained below be-low the market value of the product. prod-uct. A huge mountain of low-grade copper bearing ore was known to exist at Bingham by the early Pioneers, Pio-neers, yet for nearly forty years it was considered valueless. Early prospectors tunnelled into the Bingham Bing-ham Mountain, through the low-grade low-grade copper, in search of other metals. Like the aluminum deposit of today, this great deposit of copper cop-per was of no economic value. Not until men of broad vision, capable of organizing and financing a company to maintain production on a large scale did copper become a resource of great value to Utah. Thus a mineral deposit, unworkable unwork-able for economic reasons by individuals indi-viduals and small operating companies, com-panies, became the source of a working industry of Utah when operations were consolidated into large operating units and the cost ot production reduced to a minimum. mini-mum. Only by large scale production can this great porphyry continue to maintain its equilibrium. Its future life is dependent upon operating costs, because as costs rise, the grade ot ore mined must be raised and the low grade that is passed up now will probably be left forever. for-ever. In the beginning, Utah Copper was started on an ore averageing 2 per cent copper . Today the company com-pany is mining copper ore containing contain-ing one-half of one per cent copper. You see the tonnage of one-half of one per cent copper is greatly more than the tonnage of 2 per cent copper. Yes, lets continue to mine the lowest grade possible at the great Bingham mine. |