| Show 8 Tons Worth 1580 r w Y F a 1 Y m 3 r i r Down In the bottom of ot the tha Utah Copper pit at Bingham DIngham this new electrically driven shovel Is la seen leen cooping up 8 a tone tons of ot copp r ore from which pounds of ot copper will soon be taker and placed upon the market Each ton of ore mined averages about 1 per cent copper or 20 pounds of the red metal to the ton of which about 18 pounds ls Ja recovered One of these shovels has haa a capacIty capacity capac capac- ity of tone tons per hour 8 shift The Th company has haa 6 similar shovels and 23 of slightly smaller capacity available for operation on the various van vari ous oua levels lenla of ot the huge hug pit which can be seen leen In the accompanying photograph Not only are the shovels used In mining ore but they are also used in stripping waste waat and over over over-buren buren as It Is U nea necessary essary ellary to move mOTe over oyer one ton of worthless material for every ton of ore or mined The operation of ot these theu shovels Indicate the scale large operations necessary In order to realize a profit pro pro- profit fit lit from such a small metallic content con tent In the ore It is truly one of the marvels of this industrial age The mining of ot over one half halt billion bit bil lion tons of ore and waste has hai left lefta a large like amphitheater pit at the mine Since its inception In 1904 the Utah Copper company has haa produced produced produced pro pro- pounds of ot copper cop per which has haa yielded in wages power and supplies federal state county and city taxes and for smelting freight refining relining etc Normally about men are employed at the mine mills mUis and ran railroad road representing an annual payroll of over oyer The mine Is located In the heart of ot Utah and it Is la literally the heart of ot the business and Industrial life lUe of the state Like a pulse beat the expansion and contraction of the operation of ot this huge hure enterprise are felt In every nerr corner comer of ot the state stata |
