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Show Col. D. C. Jackling, above. President of the Utah Copper Company, and Louis S. Cates, its General Manager. ALT Lake City was glad to pay host to one of its most distinguished workers this week in the entertainment of Colonel D. C. Jack-linpresident of the Utah Copper Company, who was here for three days in the middle of the week to inspect the property of the company. Col. Jackling, until 1923, was actively at the head of the great Utah enterprise which then passed into the hands of Louis S. Cates as general manager. Col. Jackling now lives in San Francisco. Col. Jackling and Mr. Cates spent several hours in conference on Thursday after the chief had made a visit to the Bingham mine and the plants at Magna and Arthur. g, Late Thursday Col. Jackling departed for New York where he will attend the annual meetings of the Utah Copper and Kennecott Copper companies. He is most enthusiastic about the . future of the red metal, and extremely happy over the record price that copper has attained in the last few davs. His visit was predicated by a few days with the announcement of the production of the Utah Copper company for 1928, which exceeded any other year in the company's history. Net proceeds of the company were announced at $24,033,352.85. In 1927 the net proceeds were $14,-315,592.- THE 85. Utah Copper company's valuation of taxation this year, therefore, is set at $84,394,-441.5- 5, a figure which represents more taxable wealth than for any entire county in the state with the exception of Salt Lake County, in which the mine is located. Weber County, with an assessed valuation of $59,658,083, comes closest to equalling the Utah Copper company figures, and that total is nearly $25,000,000 short! - The report shows further that close to 3,000,000 tons more of ore was taken from the mine in 1928 than during the preceding year. A total of 16,605,012 tons of ore was mined in 1928, while the preceding year only 13,811,500 tons were handled. The ore taken from the mine in 1928 yielded 105,864,612 ounces of gold; 1,093,886.76 ounces of silver; 7,420,544 pounds of lead; pounds of copper, and pounds of zinc. The 13,-- 8 1 1,500 tons of ore mined by this 274,-444,0- 82 2,-036,- 965 company in 1927 yielded 89,825,-13- 8 ounces of gold; 862,735.88 ounces of silver; 3,657,932 pounds of lead; 233,263,606 pounds of copper, and 1,142,103 pounds of zinc. EXPENSES of the company were approximately $1,800,000 higher than in 1927, due partly to increased production, but mostly to the cost of electrification of the work. Construction and repairs in 1928 were listed at more than $1,000,000 larger than in the preceding year. Gross yield of the mine in dollars in 1928 was $44,500,559.32, with total deductions of $20,467,- 559.32, wliil& the preceding year the gross yield in dollars was $32,961,-917.5with total deductions of $18,646,324.68. The deductions in 1928 were segregated as follows: Extraction, $5,561,285.50; reduction, $12,058,709.04; transportation, $1,458,885.39, and construction and repairs, $1,388,679.35. Col. Jackling received these figures from General Manager Cates On May with great satisfaction. 21 of this year, Mr. Cates will begin his seventh year as general man- ager of the company. ifl 3, ( |