Show T THE IE STORY OF TOOELE r Yr ri J list f a H a Among the many development projects undertaken by International Smelting and Refining Company that have brought industry to Utah Is the Tooele to Bingham tunnel View shows surface plant at portal of tunnel at Tooele Editors Editor's Note Noto This Thu Is 3 the fourth of a a. cries ries of eight articles article titled d The Thi of Tooele takes a place Illace high In tho the list of Utah's industrial generating communities as a 0 result of tho the scope of operations of the tIle International International International Smelting and Refining ComI Com Com- I pany any In one year the company paid a railroad frel freight ht bill of ou on ore and supplies and bought worth of ore from Utah and aud tributary mines Stemming out from also Is this program of exploration which has been performed by tho the International Company When the company entered an area It 1 I encouragement to others to follow Where a a. I project was successful It had the effect of or stimulating additional additional additional ad ad- exploration and bringing now ground into productivity Naturally not all of ot Internationals International's als al's exploratory programs havo bavo been successful Many times thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dollars have been expended expend expend- ed In prospecting that will never return one cent One of the tho company's most recent recent re re- re- re cent projects was the linking of Tooele and Bingham with a u deep drainage and transportation tunnel tun turn nel which opened to economical operation an ore zone zono below the tho Water water wa way ter table Tho The tunnel was driven from th tho west wort lido of the OqUirrh range Into the heart of ore producing area a distance of oC 4 44 y miles This tunnel has unlocked new oro ore reserves that are now giving powerful support to the war program prO pro- pro program gram ram and to the industrial of ot the tho state The project required Imagination imagination nation courage and the expenditure expendi expendi- turo ture of More Mora recently t tho It o company brought Into production a copper producer at Copper Canyon Canon near Battle Mountain Nevada Tho oro ore oroIs Is 19 being shipped to Tooele for smelting The Tho fifth firth article in this serIes will appear in these columns soon |