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Show Bingham District Red Cross War Relief Fund Drive Nets $4837.50 Residents Of West Mountain Mining District Contribute Approximately One Dollar Per Capita Bingham district contributions to the American Red Cross emergency war relief fund exceeded the $4000 quota by $837.50, a final report tabulated Thursday revealed. This figure does not include contribution of approximately approximate-ly 48 Ohio Copper company employees which was sent directly direct-ly to Salt Lake City. It was announced that the company employees em-ployees contributed an average of over $1.00 each. I . Miners contributing through Utah Copper company, U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining company, Combined Metals Reduction company and National Tunnel and Mines company gave over $1.00 per man. Bingham business district and those employed outside mining companies gave $572 and Highland Boy residents not contributing through mining companies gave $100. Figures of contributions from the various companies are as follows: Utah Copper company, approximately 2300 employees, $2,682.50; Foremen's Safety committee, $25.00; R. C. Gemmell Gem-mell club, $25.00; total, $2,732.50. u. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining company, 400 employees at Lark mine and 420 at Bingham Bing-ham mine; Lark mine, day employees, em-ployees, $302; Lark mine, salaried salar-ied employees, $73.00; U. S. St. Joe mine employees, $81.00: Lark mines, Union No. 91, $25-00; Lark Mercantile company $12.50. Total contributions from Lark, ' $423.50. U. S. Mine Employees, Bingham, $431.50. Combined" Metals Reduction company at Butterfield, total contribution of 90 employees, $128.00. This amount was matched match-ed by the Combined Metals company, com-pany, $128.00. Total amount given giv-en the district fund was $256.00. -National- Tunnel and Mines- " company with 75 employees at Highland Boy, contributed by employees $126.00 with that amount equaled by the company, a total donation of $252.00. Response of Bingham district I to the drive is very satisfactory,1 comparison of Bingham's $4837.50 contribution to that in other citiea shows. Provo is reported to have ' given approximately $1500 to the drive and Midvale's total is s estimated at $600. . - Those listed by Mrs. W. H. Treyarthen, Bingham Red Cross chairman, as responsible for success suc-cess of the drive include: . LrF. Pett, Utah Copper company; com-pany; Frank Kincade, United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company; J. A. Norden, National Tunnel and Mines company; com-pany; George Bowen, U. S. Mine at Lark; R. L. Christie, Combined Combin-ed Metals Reduction; Elliott W. Evans, chairman of contacts of business firms and employees; T. H. McMullin, Bingham dis-v trict teachers; Louis Buchman, general superintendent super-intendent of mines, is Bingham district's representative on the Salt Lake county Red Cross chapter board of directors. . O |