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Show 8 Tons Worth $15.80 i 5 M ' fa x wn- -ill - s 1 ' , V - i . ' Down In the bottom of the Utah Copper pit at Blnglium this new electrically driven shovel is seen scooping up 8 tons of copppr ore from which 144 pounds or copper will soon be takea 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 ton, of which about 18 pounds in recovered. 1 On of these shovels has a capacity capac-ity of 8,000 tons per 8-hour shift. The company has 6 similar shrivels and 23 of slightly smaller capacity avullable for operation on tho various vari-ous levels of the hugp pit, which enn be seen In the acconipanylni; photograph. Not only uro the shovels used In mining ore hut they are also uned In stripping waste and over-buren, as It Is necessary nec-essary to move over one Ion of worthloss material for every ton of org mined. The operation of lliuse shovels lqflloof the lara-uoale operations necessary in order to realize a profit pro-fit from such a small metallic content con-tent In the ore. It is truly one or the marvels of this industrial ae. The mining of over one half billion bil-lion tons of ore and waste has left a large a mphltheater-llko pit at the mine. Since Its Inception In 1904. the Utah Copper company has produced pro-duced 4,:.D:i,SD2,!ll8 pounds of copper, cop-per, whh-h has yielded In wages, ! ?119,0S7,-t:S3; power and supplies, ?Mli,141,02; federal, slate, county and city taxes $39,528,::09; and for Kiimlting. freight, refining, etc., $i2..so.eso. Normally, about 4,000 men are employed at the mine, mills and railroad, represent lug an annual payroll of over $7,500.0110. The mine is located lu the heart of Utah and it is literally the heart of (he business and Industrial life or the slate. I.iUe a pulse beat, the expansion and contraction ot the operation of this huge enterpvlse are felt In every corner of the atute. |