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Show i i ! DO YOUR PROSPECTING NOW I ' J : Prospecting with modern equipment will help J ; locate minerals that the eye alone cannot see. J I: i GEIGER COUNTERS ' J ' ; BATTERIES J J: MINERALIGHTS 3 : METAL DETECTORS jj ; DIG ROCK CANDY MTN. J : 6 Miles North of Marysvalc J j U.S. Highway 89 Phone 641 3 jj r :. ., ..... "I -f jiiS IHE track foreman watches his men place production has increased from 94,000 tons of ore and i long steel bars under the ties and rails. He sees them waste material in 1926 to 225,000 tons today.. r Z ' X dig n r Average and brace themselves for the push. Because of these improvements the number ol jobs ' . r Then he booms out, "Yo, Heave," and the track for Utah people also has increased. In 1926 there were ,S moves about two feet. This is repeated over and over about 3,300 employees in the Utah Copper family. 9 " " z i. ' "4 until the track is again close enough to the hillside of Today, there are 5,600 employees. X SK low grade copper ore for the big steam shovels to dig The increased efficiency since 1926 h import- t V . in, or make their cut. ant. It has made possible the processing of ore contain X icL v That was in 1926, and the action took place on one ng as little as eight pounds of copper to the ton. Being X ?ff ' , ' ' of the levels of Kennecott's Bingham Canyon mine, able to treat such low grade ore (once considered waste y ' V '. Today, you see an entirely different picture. material) has lengthened the life of the mine. Bulldozers and road graders have replaced picks These vast changes benefit all of us. More Utah 1 ,0 , and shovels in setting and smoothing the track grade. people have jobs. Payrolls and supply purchases are . t An ingenious track shifter has taken the place of men larger. And bigger tax payments help meet the cost of ; ' with steel bars to slide the track in position. our schools and other government services, v 2 f Because of such machines, electric shovels and loco- Industrial progress, as represented by the ingenious 7 ;-. - motives, and hundreds of other improvements, daily track shifters, has benefited us all. X ' -... , . . . , , & X f St. X - t I ' s Jmpjft ennecott Copper Corporation ' ' H.. 3 i jEKHttN "A Good Neighbor Helping to Build a Better Utah" .'a 0 i i llaBsHSjBMasjsjsteajsM i 1 HE GAItl 1K1.D COUNTY NKWn Published every Thursday ai I'angultch, Utah, jj Btanley J. Mlkulewlcx. altor N ATl'ON Al EOlTjRIAt in .t, B.iwH'aVWrirSBBW djf - - |