Show 4 1 A Spot o In n The e Mountains ou n ars n na s sI I fc That a Became e An Industry n us a 0 S 'S 4 i Y 1 1 r i i ia a y 4 1 g New Air View of Utah Copper Pit at BIngham The metal resources of a state are often otten erroneously considered in view of ot the sum total of the metal present This mistake can readily be seen if it we vo take the case of the metal aluminum or magnesium whose silicates and oxides In large quantities are present In Utah Nevertheless for economic reasons only an part of this metal can be mined at a profit Most Moat of the other useful metals are also present in quantities but mining like an any other Industry can only produce when the cost of production can be maintained below below be be- low the market value of the prod prod- A huge mountain of low grade copper bearing ore was known to exist at BIngham by the early Pioneers Pioneers Pio Plo yet for nearly forty years It was considered valueless Early prospectors tunnelled Into th the Bingham Bingham Bing Bing- ham Mountain through the low- low grade copper In search of other metals Like the aluminum deposit of today this great deposit of copper copper cop cop- per was of no economic value Not until men of broad vision capable of ot organizing and financing a company to maintain production on a large scale did copper become becom a resource of great value to Utah Thus a mineral deposit unworkable unworkable able abl for economic reasons by Individuals Indi and small operating companies com com- companies became the source of a working industry of Utah when operations were consolidated into large operating units and the cost of ot production reduced to a mini mini- mum Only by large scale production can this great porphyry continue to maintain its equilibrium Its future life Is dependent upon operating costs because as costs rise the grade of ore mined must be raised and the low grade that is passed up now will wl probably be left for tor- ever In the beginning Utah Copper was started on ou an ore 2 per cent copper Today the tile company company company com com- pany is mining copper ore containIng containing contain contain- ing one half of one per cent copper You see the tonnage ot of one half of ot otone one per cent copper Is s greatly more than the tonnage of oC 2 per cent copper Yes lets continue to mine the lowest vest grade possible at the great Bingham nine |