Show Let George Do It If Fort Soldiers Prospected P Copper Mine Dear George Could you tell tel me who discovered the Bingham copper copper copper cop cop- per mine Was Vas it an accidental discovery or did prospectors find 11 it if it asks J. J K of Salt La Lake LakeI k e I City Soldiers from Fort Douglas in investigated investigated investigated in- in t the h e property in 1862 i Soldiers stationed I there at that I Ito time Orne were urged to do prospecting George under Gen Patrick Patrick Patrick Pat Pat- rick E E. E Connor who is generally credited with being the father of Utah mining In 1887 Enos A. A Wall Vall found an abandoned tunnel there and filed j two vo claims Additional claims i throughout the years brought his holdings to 19 altogether Nothing was done to develop the property until after the the turn of the century In 1898 Daniel C. C Jackling investigated the property and proposed mass mining of low- low grade ore He failed to find fi financial financial financial fi- fi backing however until 1903 when Charles M. M MacNeill and R. R A. A F. F Penrose among others formed the Utah Copper Co Ca for the Ule first experimental work Mass mining of low-grade low ore began in 1901 on the site Could you tell me how long the Alaskan highway is how much it cost and where it begins asks D. D F. F of Salt Lake City Built by United States engineers during World War Var II the Alaskan highway begins miles west vest of Edmonton Alberta Canada the Gateway to Alaska and runs to 1 White Horse then north to Fair Fair- banks Total length is 1671 miles and the cost was an estimated The Canadian 1000 miles of highway was turned over overto overto overto to that country in 1916 What is the difference between a knot and a mile 1 asks X N. G. G of Salt Lake City A knot is one nautical mile per hour A nautical mile is feet over feet more than a statute mile or as long Itis It Itis Itis is used in geographic measurements measurements measurements measure measure- ments with one nautical mile equalling one minute of latitude 4 and one minute of longitude at the equator Some other nautical terms in which you might be interested include include in in- clude dude a league three nautical 1 miles a fathom six sL feet a cable length fathoms or feet |