| Show Th cr News Newn Fo From All AI 17 WIth WI the te 1 IT M I It N I. I IL I N G the Camps and on I S kJ T e 0 JI C CK K e L L S' S From Flom Flashed M G 1 iI A I- I R p I. I E T Sf UTAH COPP COPPER UA VE D AND AD Y fER General Manager I D. D C. C Jac Tackling Jackling ling of the Utah Copper company has lias reached reache N. N New w York to bo ho in attendance at the annual meeting of that company While nothing out of the ordinary is expected to to t tako ke place at this meeting it is Unil und understood un un- il d that sonic some very verr important matters matters matters mat mat- will come up for or discussion which n mav result in it increasing its holdings h lO An engineer who has kept closely in touch with the mining at Bingham said during the day The fact that tIle tho Utah Copper company com corn pany has has actually let et contracts for tho the construction of l its s own railroad from the Bingham mines to its nulls mills at Copperton Copperton Cop Cop- verton and Garfield proves conclusively vel to te my iny mind min that there thero will b be a material increase in the output from the Utah arid and Boston properties within another er year ear The Rio Grande railroad ra service has at all times proven inadequate for forthe forthe the tIle enormous business of the Bingham n mines ines and the Utah Copper management management management manage manage- ment could clearly see seo that in order to get the material for an increased Capacity capacity ca ea it was incumbent bent upon them to provide ploMe transportation for a greater tonnage of ore This is the only possible pos pos- sible ible wa way the mining company cO could have ha the absolute assurance of haying having sufficient material on hand at all an times to keep its mammoth mill plants supplied sup sup- plied to capacity at atall all times Greatest In the World To co my mind Utah Copper is is the greatest low grade rade copper producing property known in in the world today toda today Comparisons have frequently been een made matle a as to the epst of production between I Nevada evada Consoli Consolidated and amI Utah Copper and almost invariably it is shown that N Nevada ada is placing pacing its ores on the market mar mar- ket ct cheaper th ih than ii Utah Copper In reply reply re re- re- re ply to this I would like io to say that Uta Utan Copper could produce its copper f 1 1 6 cents or less if it had liat the same sante adv advantages ad ad- v vantages n tg's that Nevada Consolidated has t is js to say tay if Utah Copper had its own smelter an and railroad as Nevada Dri has it would be tho the lowest low low- est esi cost producer in the west tocla today Without f Without Utah Copper the G Garfield frn smelting pa plant nt would have hae to close its furnaces I believe e eventually Utah G Copper pei- pei will o own n the Garfield Garfeld smelting nt even en though thought it has cost a great d of mone money and ld would require the P. P payment nept of of at least the original Cs cost to purchase it C Could uld Save Save Cost of Plant In Ju a reasonable length of time tinie 1 I think think- Utah Copper could save the difference dif dif- ferenee ference in iii cost of this plant by r operating ing ig the plant on oa its is own acc account and andi i iti iti is my my impression that this matter has already been discussed by bv the Utah of of- and I should not be surprised to tolen len that some some action was taken on tM W 1 matter ater which has for its is object the pur purchase hase of the Garfel Garfield smelting plant It Hwi will take from twelve to eighteen months to complete the sixteen miles mies of railroad that is bein being built buit bv the Utah Copper company The fhe route loute that has luts been heen selected is the most direct line lne that could be practically operated from the mine to the mills mis When this is completed it will wi doubtless Tie he extended to the Garfield Garfeld smelter a distance of four miles mies With its own transportation tion line why not have its is own smelting plant |
