Bingham Bulletin | 1940-04-12 | Page 7 | Mines could Fill Rail Tracks

Mines Could Fill Rail Tracks tail's mines are the best freight producers In the state. The ijit hauled by the Industry Is j p cent of the total originated y the railroads of Beehive area. If Jcl.viTcd at once, the year's due Jul production of Utah would ompieKly fill all of the track9 ' , its boarders. Not only do sh;p re, but they ship all tailor machinery, supplies, etc. Maiv nf Utah's largo producers rf branch lines built to their .8 gins, while others are forced j stjlp many miles by truck or Mlnieans. Pictured here Is one fad's greatest shippers, the Standard mine at Eureka, Wtt, railroad cars at the dump ready for loading. First ore Is shipped from the mlno to the mill or smelter. After the ore Is reduced to crudu metal at these plants it is shipped bv rail outsldo the state for refining. From the refinery it is sent to thu fabricator fabri-cator where the metal la turned in-to in-to finished materials. When the finished product is completed the railroad again In many instances has the opportunity or shipping the product to the point of consum tlon. A ton of ore therefore creates an almost endless chain of Industry and needless to say, when the mining min-ing industry is active, the wheels of the railroad car are humming.