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Show THE BINGHAM OF 1917 In perusing some statistics of ore production in Bingham in 1917 these records may today prove of interest. "In 1917 the Utah Copper Co. removed approximately ap-proximately 11,000.000 tons of croppings and ore. The monthly month-ly pay roll of the Mine is over $200,000 distributed among 2,-000 2,-000 employes. The Mine ships 30,000 tons of ore a day, or at the rate of 200000 cars of ore a year. Sixty locomotives and twenty-one steam shovels are kept busy every day on the twenty twen-ty levels, which extend from the pit at the foot of the hill to the top a distance of 1900 feet. The Utah Copper Dividends for 1917 amounted to $20,000,000. The Utah Con. or Highland Boy mines in 1917 payed dividends divi-dends amounting to $1,05,000. The Utah Apex as a champion lead and silver producer paid dividends in 1917 to the amount of $395,150.00. The Bingham Mines Co. in that year paid $178,750.00 in dividends. Altho one can heardly look for another Banner year like 1917 let us one and ali'get out and boost our mines and our town and make it hum with Life. Boost for a bigger and a better Bingham. |
