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Show t kl ' ' " " ' i ',- " , , I ! if 1 1 m . SnQw Removc By the MsSe Utah Copper, BinRh C.-yM maior winter snow remuvn y UTAH COPPER REMOVES SNOW, ORE IN STRIDE One of the largest private snow removal jobs in the state wast.i in stride this winter at Utah Copper s huge open pit mine at BbS Canyon, where despite more, than 100 inches of snow falling on S levels, the men were on the job day in and day out, movinj -Z ,1 needed to produce 45,000,000 pounds Tf copper a month. gUlll,, Ability of the men o o.c moving around the clock in all seasons, sea-sons, regardless of rain snow or sleet has given rise to the feeling that the United States actually has two "Old Faithfuls," one in Utah, the other in Yellowstone. Lion's share of the credit for keeping production up during the past three snow-laden months goes to the men who kept operations going go-ing on a seven day week schedule. Men at the mine, on ore haulage, at the mills and in the refinery all had special equipment to help them beat the problems et up by winter, but without determination to stay with the job, it could not have been accomplished. Many a Utahn who had his own personal battle with snow and ice this last winter will understand the job turned in by Utah Copper crews. The mine is located in mountainous moun-tainous country and its top-most level is at an elevation of 7,750 feet. There are 160 miles of standard-gauge railroad track to be kept clear of snow tracks that climb the canyon walls, run across the levels and reach out to areas where the waste is dumped. As soon as word came through that a storm was in the offing, crews tarted giant snow plows rolling. Bulldozers Bull-dozers were readied to help keep work areas cleared on the mine levels so that strings of cars could be brought in for the ore which had to keep going to the mills. Powder men had layen i white stuff to clear away K they could set up for dril45 tions The big electric-poS shovels bite i up the snow aLS the ore but this makes trcuK the mi ls It was a usual sight at the Magna and Arthur dumpers to see crews of mcafi oil torches warming the sides cars newly arrived from fte 1 so that the ore would fall out withe wi-the cars were turned over k dumping. ' When a thaw came, the fords were put away but another trod difficulty was encountered, wet ore gummed up crushen ti screens and sometimes had to bi flushed on its way with blown on its way with compreastd air. Handling special winter pr lems is made possible by the et ment, but it takes team work u men determined to maintain m. duction of 30 of the natioo'i net copper to keep equipment funrtiot-ing, funrtiot-ing, and all elements of the giu operation going. Winning the battle against o!i man winter actually was fc throughout the world. But cfcs are, if the men who kept '0:: Faithful" going were asked t their reaction, they would cor with something as commonr "Every day we just kept moving." 4 4 |