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Show UTAH Mffjj BL STARTLES II1G N Probably no other mining company is so well known in the stato of Utah as the Utah Copper company. Its fortunes for-tunes have been tho fortunes of the people, it is looked upon almost as a state institution, and its affairs are considered by thousands of persons almost al-most as their own affairs. From the begiuning the manner in which thc business of tho company was done brought admiration. Thoso behind this company were men who thoroughly understood un-derstood their business and they were determined to wm tho confidence and respect, of those who had placed their faith in tho concern. Obstacles that would have caused others to throw up their hands in utlor disgust theso men met with an indomitable spirit of conquering con-quering tho difficulty, whipping it into a subdued form that could be handled to their best interests. They havo demonstrated to the mining min-ing world that tho immenso low-grade bodies of ore in the Bingham district can be mined and milled at a handsomo profit, providing tho proper moans arc taken advantage of. Gradually, with the steady onward ""progress that comos .with determination, siucority. and a working practical knowledge of tho mining min-ing business, tho men behind tho Utah Copper havo developed what was a number num-ber of scattered mining claims into what is considered today by tho experts ex-perts to be ono of the most important properties in tho world. Tho Property. Lying along each side of Bingham canyon aro tho claims of tho company containing oro from tho gras3 roots down, in fact, so much oro that it is practicable to mine it with, steam shovels, The area of the claims is about 200 acres, and when ono takes into consideration con-sideration the mill and smeltor sites the area jumps up to 3000 ncros of land nnd mining claims. If some one wore io take you into tho mino in a blindfolded condition and leayo you to find your way out alono, you in all probability would get lost, for you would find yourself wandering around in a large underground citv of tunnels and drifts. In fact, you might walk until exhausted before you could find your way out of this labyrinth of openings. open-ings. Thoro arc 90.000 foot of underground under-ground workings. Tho charncter of the ore is what tho engineers call a silioious altered porplryry and scattered through-out through-out this ganguo material aro tho small grains of the copper minerals. Theso grains also contain small amounts of silver and gold. The primary copper material is ctmlcopyrite, but on account of tho oxidation which has taken placo and a later deposit of other minerals, practically all of tho sulphido minerals aro present, tho predominating ono being be-ing chalcocito. There aro soventy-two acres of tho ground that havo been partially dovolopcd, and some of this thoroughly developed. Thero aro 60,-000,000 60,-000,000 tons of the better grado of oro and 12.000,000 tons of a lower grade which is hlill of commercial value ou this seventy-two arrcs. How much moro than, that amount tho company will discover dis-cover in futuro prospecting work is hard to say. Hardly another property is as well equipped as tho Utah Copper. Cop-per. Modern machinery is installed for almost; every phaso of the mino work, including an electric plant, air compressor, compres-sor, power drills and an electric haulago .vslein. The Mill at Garfield, livorywhore in tho mining world today to-day men aro talking about tho mill of I the Utah Copper company, which is located lo-cated at Garfiold. It ia considered ono of tho most wonderful mills in the United States at this time, and is constructed con-structed in such a manner that it can be continually enlarged to meet tho growing demands of tho oro production. Tho first four sections of this mill, which iu capable of handling over 6000 tons of ore por day, wero ready to bo-gin bo-gin operations last year during tho month of Juno. Sinco that timo tho plant has been continually enlarged and at tho present timo tho twelfth and last section has been added. Wore it 'not for a lack of facilities in transportation this last section would have been in commission somo timo ago. Regardless of all delays duo to what might bo called tho trj-ing out period, the com-pau3 com-pau3 haB been producing coppor at tho rate of about 55,000,000 nounds per year, and whon everything about tho big plant is in full running order and the troublo duo to transportation is solved by the new railroad which will be constructed from Bingham to the mill and smelter at Garfield, the com- pany expects to bring thc yearly pro- Unction up to at lcast.70,000,000 pounds. This big plant at present has a capacity of G00O tons.of ore per day, making it ono of the largest plants of its kind in thc world. An idea can be hail ir tho immensity of the plant when it is known that tho plant proper, with the numerous other buildings, covers about twenty acres of ground. Shifts of men come to work and shifts of other men leavo tho plaut, but day nnd night, rain or shine, the mill grinds and Hterallv jH .ierks the copper mineral out of tho jH ganguc material, delivering thc clean product at one end and tho worthless pulp at thc other end or Ride. Company's Enormous Gains. At the ond of the year of 1905 the total daily output was 650 tons.. Since then, with new methods and new ma chincry. tho output has been gradually increased until it has reached about 6000 tons per day. Pursuant to Hf plans of the management, thc i-niit!3 have been diverted toward impnn meats, until today tho Utah Coni company has gained tho name of t' o ' beat appoiuted property in tbo country The company paid two dividends u 190S amounting to 702.500. 'which ! only a start of the large distrilv.it. ons to come to the shareholders. Tlu of- IH ficors of the company are: C. M. Mm JH Neill, president; D. C. .Tackling, vie - jM president and general manager, ;.t I Spencer Penrose, secretary and trea-urer. trea-urer. Other directors arc -John Jla'a Hammond. Kenneth K. McC!aro:i ' Jersey City, J. D. Hawkins, (,'olora : Springs: Charles llayden. S. W. l-i-! i and William Li. Thompson of I"sew wL City. |
