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Show f 2, 1937 . DALR1L THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM, jUTAH Pari Five UTAH COPPER CO. MOVES MOUNTAIN AT BINGHAM " Lev Sde Copper Ow ff U fv'")" VY-- SV M ' "j 1By D. D. MOFFAT TWENTY pounds of copper taf T20OO pounds of rock! Such Is 1 the average content of the JLtitaln at Bingham, Utah, being JipSd and milled by the Utah, dopper Co. net value of the recoverable E and the gold and silver in I ore is, at present metal prices, i waste overburden being Jmoved. the ore Is drilled blasted, Parted by electric shovels Into rail-l- y cars and transported 20 miles I concentrating plant. After Inking and grinding the ore to a at which it will Sougb a screen with 40 000 to a square inch, which 2;enes3 of grinding is necessary A liberate the mineral from the Lgue, it then is subjected to a Process of flotation concentration there the separation of the mm-la- l takes place, the ratio, of n being roughly 34 to 1, Sat is, from 34 tons of ore 1. ton S concentrate product is produced, Ltaining G00 to 700 pounds of Upper, compared with the . 20 Lnds per ton in the original ore. The concentrate Is smelted, flipped 2000 miles and refined, fha $3 metal value must cover all ftpse charges if operation is to be jrofitable, or even possible. It is this Job the Utah Copper Co. has learned, to do so . well that a once worthless ore body Is today one of Utah's valuable resources. At Bingham one sees electric locomotives assembling cars of ore for. the mills, hauling waste to nearby gulches .and bringing in trainloads of supplies. Hundreds of men are at work. Their needs provide patronage for merchants, professional men and vendors of farm products. Northward, on the shore of Great Salt Lake, hundreds more are employed in mammoth concentrating mills, the world's largest copper smelter, and a powder plant turning out millions of pounds of explosives annually for the mines. The Utah Copper ore body prob-ably was first prospected in 1862, by soldiers from Ft. Douglas. A tunnel . in the moutainslde yielded assays of about 2 copper. In 18S7 Col. Enos A. Wall discovered the tunnel and relocated the forfeited claims, with others. He optioned the group to Capf. J. L. DeLamar. DeLamar, who had purchased a gold mine at Mercur from Wall, sent two members of his Mercur staff to Bingham to investigate, little dreaming that they were to change the .copper history of the world. Daniel C. Jackling was to super-vise assays and concentration tests, Robert C. Gemmell to report on the ore possibilities of the property. They completed a Joint report in September, 1899, the first comprehensive analysis of copper production from very low grade ore. Their plan called for the stripping and loading of the ore by steam shovels and Its con-centration In a 2000-to- n plant near Great Salt Lake. On account, per-haps, of the novelty of the scheme and the initial outlay required. DeLamar balked and surrendered his option. Jackling persisted. ' Experimental data was verified and Colorado capitalists came to his support. A pilot mill at Copperton, near the mouth of Bingham canyon, was completed in 190-1- . It returned a profit. But tonnage to justify a $1,000,000 investment In a commer-cial plant remained to be demon-strated. Drill tests in 1905 having proved 20 million tons of 1.93 copper ore, the capital was pro-vided and Utah Copper became a going concern. Since then hundreds of millions of tons have been added to the original ore body by economies in treatment of successively lower grades of ore, lengthening by many years the life of the mine. A railroad to transport ore from the mine to the mills was built. in the mills, gravity concentration has been replaced by flotation. Th steam shovels have been converted to electric shovels capable of load-ing a 100-to- n car In S minutes and the mine haulage system has been electrified. Since Its Inception the company has expended for wages, $112,000,-00- 0; for power, supplies, services, etc., $134,000,000; for smelting, freight and refining, $123,000,000 and for taxes, $36,000,000. Of the total, nearly $325,000,000 has been disbursed in Utah. Approximately $10,000,000 is the annual average amount circulated In the commun-ity. Wages are now higher than dur-In- g the 1924-192- 8 period and 60 higher than during the years prior to 1912. Common labor Is up 130. Supplies, taxes, etc., have also fol-lowed the same treud. It Is ap-parent, therefore, that an aggres-sive policy of continually improv-ing methods and equipment must be the rule, otherwise the foregoing factors would force the "hlghgrad-Ing- " of the ore body that is, selecting the high grade ores. Such a procedure would materially reduce the life of the mine, with consequent loss to stockholders, and, more serious, a loss to the community In payrolls, supply pur-chases and taxable wealth. at luncheon and bridge Wednesday afternoon, the guests Included: Mrs. R. J. Smith, Mrs. Harvey Odell, Mrs. J. W. Rogers and Mrs. S. B. Bennion. The M. I. A. of the L. D. S. ward held a regular meeting Tuessday evening at the Copperton grade school, plans were discussed for their play to be presented next Tuesday night. Miss Norma Olson, president, was in charge. Miss Jean Frazier has returned to school at Mount Pleasant, after spending Easter with her parents. Mrs. Odell Peterson entertained 4 i Copperton I,,ttrmnttrtrrrrrrrrrrrrt, . and Mrs. Harold Chesler of Lake spent Easter Sunday with Chester's parents, Mr. and Mrs. f Chesler. .4js. Maurice Mednick and daugh-- r ilaurline of Richfield, and Mrs. r Silverberg of Salt Lake vlsit- - Mri.Jbeo .Ci.ealexnjtMM., Iith Monday. and Mrs. Earl Nepple and :ne, Nancy and Dick Nepple $ Easter Sunday at the. . home ' firs. Nepple's sister, Miss Inez fin Salt Lake. If r Pickering, Delmer Berg and f Barkle of the U. of U. en-- the week end with their par-- mVirginia Colyar. of Salt Lake--f d with her family on Easter ay- - Miss Colyar was the soloist e M. E. Community church ser-- I Sunday morning, her brother ft accompanied her at the or-- If Basil Doman entertained a f of little friends of her son fn at a birthday party honor ing his fourth birthday. Games were played and refreshments served to the young guests. Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Doman entertained friends from Midvale. Albert Marsh and Clifford Nord-- berg have returned to their respec-tive schools in Los Angeles, Califor-nia, after spending their spring va-cation with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. OjC. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. B. 6. Pumphrey visited in Salt Lake Sunday Mrs. Heber Nichols was hostess to her bridge foursome Monday af-ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Evancovich have returned from San, Francisco and will reside in Bingham. Bob Streator underwent an oper-ation for appendicitis at St. Marks hospital. His condition is satisfac-tory. Mrs. John Steele is In the Bing-ham hospital where she is recover-ing nicely from a major operation. Mrs. A. W. Maly entertained at a delightful dinner party at her home on Friday evening. Dinner was served on one long table. Pink and white being used as the color scheme. After dinner tables were arranged for bridge, following were the guests present: Mrs. Wm. Grant, Mrs. James McDonald, Miss Mabel Neprud, Miss Vern Baer, Miss Ver-en- a Graham, Miss Jennie Buchman, Mrs. Beatrice Oleson and Mrs. Lil-lian Jensen of Salt Lake. Miss Gra-ham and Miss Neprud received high score prizes. The members of the G .G. G. Club were entertained at a delightful 6ne o'clock luncheon at the home of Mrs, .R. G. Frazier Wednesday. Bridge was played following lunch-eon. Places were marked for six-teen. v Wayne Hansen Utah Copper em-ployee and now living in American Fork is the proud owner of a new V-- Ford. Joe Brisk recently purchased a 1937 85 Ford V-- MnSh WAKE i f ! eli? Q r ! 1 1 I Start Earning! Come In And Get ON TIME IPAYMLIL IN ADDITION TO DAILY PAY CHECKS YOU CAN EARN A SCHOLARSHIP OR TUITION IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS. L.D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE U. of U , U.A.C. or B.Y.U. EX-CEL-C-IS BEAUTY SCHOOL 4 Valuable Scholarships 4 ALL IT TAKES IS .. . . And a desire for the better things in life which are obtain-able to those who prepare themselves with an Education. Remember!-- - Your opportunities will never be greater than your preparation for them. An Education This year thousands of high school graduates will go on toward that distant toal SUCCESS. What does the future hold for them? The peace ot financial security, assured by an ed-ucation? A position to insure all the necessities of life? Or perhaps a mere existence constant struggle against the grip of poverty barefooted children crying for food a coal-les- s stove needing fuel and then, perhaps, a job on relief, a Job digging ditches anything as long as it brings in money. , Today isn't like the old Indian-fightin- g days. Opportunities await the educated man-d- itch digging and relief await those who do not go on to a higher education vocational or professional training. "Evidences that the Great American Frontier and its easy bread and butter connotation is ended are so apparent that the fact is easily recognized. Young people realize that their Frontier, their opportunities lie in mental activity. They want to study. They want a voca-tion, a profession. Some high school graduates never advance their goal is always silhouetted on the dis-tant horizon. Success in their chosen field will be as far away in fifty years as it is now-so-me of them have no such things as a chosen field. Sometimes it's one reason, sometimes another, but very often it's the lack of funds that prohibits a few years of advanced train-ing. '. This year high school graduates atl over the country will be pining for the greater glor-ies to come. Some will wait for a donation to give them the chance of further education, some will be content with their present lot or too lazy to improve it, but a few of the . ; strong-backe- d ones will work and work hard for their laurels their crowns of success. The lazy ones will have to be satisfied waiting far Inland for their ships to come in from storm- - , ; tossed seas. , , .' ' Education is the need of today. Employers ask for educated applicants, and, there l plenty of room at the top for. qualified specialists. This year Miss Opportunity is flirting wiUi anyone who has the ambition to get in and work for a scholarship. The Bingham Bulletin is offering anyone who wants it, a chance to go to school. The whole proposition is presented in this week's issue. Advance now! Success awaits up the trail, but it takes Work it is proven that any-thing worth having Is worth working for. If you take care of your future now, it will take care of you and yours! Here's List of Workers Credited With Nomination Votes COLLEGE DIVISION BEAUTY SCHOOL DIVISION , JUNE CARY, Bingham 10,000 MARION COPENH AVER, Bingham .... 10,009 I MARIE CONDAS, Copperton 10,000 PAT DOYLE, Bingham ................ 10,000 8 LOUISE FAHRNL MARY EVANKOVICH, Lark ............... 10.000 Bingham 10.000 DIANA LIPSEY, Bingham ..... 10,000 MAGDALYN GUST, Bingham 10,000 . ELEAVOR WELLS, Copperton 10,000 JACK HOUSEHOLDER, Bingham 10,000 BEULAH LARSON, Bingham 10,000 , : "'. REED LYON. Bingham 10.000 BUSINESS COLLEGE DIVISION JESSIE LOPEZ, Copperfield 10,000 GENEVIEVE ROGERSON, Bingham .... 10.009 MELVIN NORDBERG, Copperton 10.000 AGNES McDONALD, Copperfield ...... 10,000 TOM PAZELL, Copperfield ...10.000 HELEN MELICH, Highland Boy , 10,000 8 LEAH PANOS, Bingham 10,000 ALBERT HATFIELD, Bingham ... .... 10,000 Are You In It? If Not, Why Not? Wallpaper We have just received a new shipment of Wallpaper in the latest shades, styles and de-signs. Come in today and make your selection. 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Past bill I diK can from Salt Lak. City ia connection with th Union fficSym. Use Copper ErM Piping for 14.300 cottage only cost $4117 "or than galvanised l(oa piping and will Last forever f H PERLEYWITS. ' , .. J. H-- CULLETON. I Fight p,. Agt; Aft Ll City, yub , Bingbam. Utah |