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Show I ',A i THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, ! ! 1 ! fl '! J f 2, 197-- ih 2 1 ' f 4 t ii Portrait of a mine It was 1910. Steam shovels and men had been working away at the mountain of J 1 i i4 i 4 copper ore for just six years. D. C. Jackling, whose imagination and talent were the moving forces in the development of the mining enterprise in Bingham Canyon, commissioned his friend, H. L.A. Culmer to produce a painting of this incredible sight. The artist obliged, beautifully. Oil painting of Utah Copper Mine by H.L. A. Culmer, circa 1910, The painting he made hung for years in Utahs state capitol. And when the Council Hall was moved from downtown Salt Lake City to Capitol Hill, the painting was rehung in the reception area of this tourist visitors center. Today it is photographed by the people who come to see the wonders of Utah . . .people who go on to see the Mine i t I Rage Th.ee as it looks today. We owe a debt of gratitude to Henry Lavender Adolphus Culmer, the man who painted the first portrait of the Bingham Copper Mine. Truly an artist who saw that mining is beautiful! For a free reprint of either portrait of the Bingham Copper Mine, full-col- or write to: Communications Department Kennecott Copper Corp. Kennecott Building Salt Lake City, Utah l ; ; i a 8'ttak i |