Show 8 tons worth 1580 4 a P e i 0 n r A TF j M V A 74 x maz S as 44 e V 4 a v V kev w AV 4 I 1 M kl down la in the bottom of tho the utah copper pit at bingham this now new electrically driven shovel is seen scooping up 8 tons ot of copp copper r ore from which pounds ot of copper will soon be takei 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 to ton of which about IS 18 pounds Is recovered one of these shovels has a capacity of tons per hour S 8 shift the company has 6 similar shovels and 23 of slightly smaller capacity available for operation on the various levels ot of the hubp bubp pit which can be seen in the accompanying photograph not only are the shovels used in mining ore but they hey are also used in stripping waste and over buren as it Is nee esary to move over one ton of material for every to ton n of re mined the operation of these shovels indicate idl idi cate the large scale operations bec necessary essary in order to realize a pro fit from such a small nieta metallic 11 I 1 c content in the ore it la Is truly one of the marvels of this industrial age the mining of over one halt billion tons of oro ore and waste has left a large amphitheater like pit at the mine since its inception in 1904 the utah copper company has produced pounds ot of copper which lias has yielded in wages power and supplies le federal state county and city taxes and for smelting smelling sm elting freight refining etc normally about men aro are employed at the mine mills and railroad representing an annual payroll of over the mine Is located in the heart of utah and it Is literally tho the henrt of the business and industrial life of the state like a pulse beat the expansion and contraction of the operation of this huge enterprise ahre are felt in every corner of the state |