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Show MINES, SMELTER UTAH COPPER CO. FILMS ARE SHOWN Years From 1907-1988 Are Spanned By Movies Taken Ta-ken By Dr. Frazier Development of the Utah Copper Cop-per company from 1907 to the. present time is depicted in motion mo-tion pictures filmed by Dr. Russell Rus-sell G .Frazier which Were shown Monday evening at the Gemmell club to approximately 1500 company com-pany employees. . The films form a complete and j Interesting story of an industry which has made Bingham Canyon site of the largest open-cut copper cop-per mine in the world. Using 16 mm. kodachrome (natural color) film, Dr. FTazier has filmed a complete story of mining operations opera-tions of the Utah CODDer com- .... v v, "ipu t pany. The picture begins with old photos of the hill as it looked in 1907 and shows progress made In mining operations up to the present day and an artist's conception con-ception of the pit in 1988. Drilling, blasting, track raying, operation of track lifters, haulage haul-age system, loading of waste and ore and transportation to the Magna mills are shwn. Pictures of officials and depart-I depart-I ment heads are given and scenes in Bingham Canyon and Copper-ton Copper-ton are included. Dr. Frazier has also completed a film of the smelting operations at Magna and Arthur mills. These were shown privately in Magna recently. o . |