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Show ijljf " r Christmas Edition Of ' ' : : ' ' Jljf r 9 THE PRESS-BULLETI- N M -- p III , ' ; ; ' 0 VOLUME 48' : : .... V: ' v u -- r BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918 NUMBER 32 fOf 8 . $ WW " : " r jiW $ Bingham Is the Greatest Wonder of the Mining World P , ji r " -- i . fi , it $ .):. I A Birdseye View of Highland Boy District a $ P. " $ vj - . . - v;c- - tt-t- :; yyyiX' f i ' ... , ,' (& v :" ' . . :. : . ' "i C ' $ " - 'r--t SSi.:k.., i": -' " . 'i $ I A I .J'sf &&r&&&& 4 &s $ si U.,., '.,,., ... ,1 u: i:niir : v: l $ i' llif THE GREATEST COPPER MINE IN THE WORLD.-Th- e above Is a bird' eye view of the Town of Blnoham Canyon and the Utah Copper Mine. On the right hand aide can Ml-'i- f y JL be teen the tracks of the Bingham and Garfield Railway which is one of the most expensive pieces of railway ever built In the world. On the left can be seen dumping grounds JL i of tne w1 from the flreat nlne. The business section of the town Is shown In the canyon which has been described as seven miles long and twenty feet wide. Total values --Jlr V V R of ores after smelting sharges were made are about $175,000,000 since operations began a dozen or more years ago. Average number of men employed at mines and mills Is S' X "' a till "bout 7,000. About 60 locomotives and 25 steam shovels are working night and day, tearing away this mountain of ore and shlpplno over 35,000 tons of It dally to the mills Wl 6 5 1 and smelters. This wonderful mine Is second only to the Panama Canal In the magnitude of Its operation. V ' ' rim mi L- - : : A Merry Christmas : M |
