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Show MINES PAYROLL HIGHEST IN HISTORY The Department of Mines payroll pay-roll for the first half of August is the largest in the company's history, it was announced by H. L. Garrity, superintendent of mines. Last Monday, payroll checks were distributed to the mine employees em-ployees totaling $381,909.14. Pay day last Friday at the Arthur and Magna mills was also the largest mills payroll in the company's history, and checks totaling $320,732.58 were distributed to workers, making a total of $702,-, $702,-, 641.72. Indicative of higher wage scales ! and a larger number of employees company officials pointed out that the Utah Copper payroll for the first half of August, 1927, for 2565 workers, was $163,244.32, and 10 years later, for the first half of August, 1937, the payroll was $294,515.86 for 4004 em-, em-, ployees. It was recently announced by D. D. Moffat, vice president and general manager of the Utah Copper division, that if the present pres-ent rate of operations continues ! the company's payroll during the next 12 months will run something some-thing like $13 million dollars. Included in the payroll for the first half of August this year is back pay covering wage increas-l increas-l es recently negotiated, which was retroactive to July 1, 1947 Even if this amount were deducted, de-ducted, Mr. Garrity stated, the payroll would still be the largest in the comoany's 43-year history. |