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Show I CROP OF COPPER GROWING HOURLY I f First Lot of Bullion Made From Cori- ccntrntes of tho Utah Copper Company. I The first Ultcr oC "plg9'' from tho cop- pcr-bcnrlng concentrates of the Utah I Copper company was forwarded to the I Eastern refiner during tho week, said Manager Whotley of the American ( Smelting and Itefinlnp company, under I -whose direction (ho product Is reduced, I M-sterday, tho consignment showing a I -weight of over 60,000 pounds and Ix-I Ix-I suing from tho furnaces of the Bingham I Con. .smelter. Tn the reduction of the I concentrates, from which some replst- ance- had been faarwl by the uninitiated, Superintendent Cutting says they aro as Rinmlsslvo as Is any oilier class of material ma-terial that is dumped Into Bingham Con. hlns and that thr-y -will continue to go down Into pig copper. Thus has another an-other source of Bingham's wealth found Its way onto the counters of commerce, the triumph which originates with the copper-bearing porphyries of the camp the most Important since the crystal Iza-tlon Iza-tlon of the Highland Boy. Tho crop of copper from the copper smelters during the week revealed a total to-tal of 734,123 pounds, while the American Ameri-can pent out over 00.000 poundp, WHH a grand total of 034,123, divided, ns follows: fol-lows: Bingham Con 1S3.2S2' United States 24S.OIG 1 Utah Con 302,705 Amcrlcin 00,000 Total, pounds 031,123 To add to this output of the red metal ; i eery interest Is now preparing- and old records will have soon been completely upset- Concerning tho proposed cop-' cop-' per plant Manager "Whitley of the American Amer-ican says nothing further will have developed de-veloped until the plans' have been completed com-pleted and the department of construction construc-tion Is directed to proceed. |