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Show ..y I ; TEE pMGtjAM MEW! : : : .- - V0j BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1922. NO. 32 World's Greatest Mine There was removed during the quarter a total of 461,218 cubic yards of stripping, being an average of 153,739 , cubic yards per month, as compared witn 223,639 cubic yards and 74, 546 cubic yards respectively for the second quarter of the year. : v , The ore delivery department transported a total of 1,610,873 tons of ore, being an average of 17,509 tons per diem. The Bingham & Garfield Rail-way company, operating in its own common carrier capacity, transported a total of 200,792 .tons of , freight, or an average of 2183 tons per diem. ... In order to meet the competi-tive wage situation, Utah Cop-per, in common with others op-erating irt the state, increased wages on September 1, 50 cents per day to skilled labor, and 4C cents to semiskilled. ' Business men of Bingham read this week's Editorial on page 4. I Y Produces Copper at Low Cost Production costs of the Utah . " Copper company for the quar-ter ending September 30 were t the lowest since 1916, when the ""average cost was 6.95 cents a pound, according to the quarter-- . ly report to stockholders. Costs - were 9.58 cents a pound before credit for gold and silver and 8.59 cents a pound after the credits. Profit of $1,695,662 was made during the quarter, which is equal to $1.04 a share. This is ., t ; .. an improvement as compared with the preceeding quarter's profit of $704,158, or 43 cents , a"share. Operation were resum- - ed in April at the Bingham mine and. the Arthur mill. This month the Magna plant, which had been changed over to a flo-tation plant, was put into oper--' ation. - .1WC3 Earnings in the third quarter were computed on the basis of 13.74 cents a nound for copper, Shipments of Ore From the Bingham District this Week United States Mining Co., 43 carloads. Utah-Ape- x Mining Co., 29 carloads. Bingham1 Mines Co., 9 carloads. Montana-Bingha- m Mining Co.", 6 tarloads. Total 87 carloads. compared with 13.01 cents in ' the June quarter. ' The report for the September and June quarters compare: 3d Quar. 2d Quar. Net profit from copper $1,278,505 $323,293 Miscellaneous .... income-- . ( 417,156 , 380,804 Total income $1,695,662 $704,158 The average cost per net pound of copper produced, inc-luding all fixed and general charges, but excluding federal taxes, was 9.585 cents in the September quarter, compared with 11.5 cents in the June quar-ter. . , N .The gold and silver values in - - the concentrates "were equal to 1.003 cents per net pound of cop--t per produced in the third quar ter, compared with .82c in the June quarter. The copper contained in con-centrates for the September quarter and the preceeding quar-ter follows: . Third quarter, 1922. Pounds July 11,175,419 ' August 10,143,606 . September . 31,929,157 X ' (Total 31,929,152 Second quarter, 1922 Pounds. , April.... 3,593,205 May 9,082,371 June 9,484,055 Total 22,159,631 ; The net production of market-able copper derived from this gross output after allowing for ' smelter deductions, was 30,767, ' 766 pounds, compared with 21,-332,6- 91 pounds for the previous quarter. During the period there was i treated at the Arthur plant tons of ore being 373,721 tons more than for the preceed-ing qparters. ' The average grade of the ore .. milled was 1.286 per cent copper, and the average recovery was " 81.14 per cen't of the total cop-per contained in the ore, as com-pared with 1.22 per cent copper and an average recovery of 79.51 per cent for the second quarter. Central Bank of Bingham Friendliness and Mutual Interest are manifest characteristics of our Association with our customers. We invite you to make full use of our facilities and com--1 "plete banking service. . CN CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $70000.00 Jerome The Old Time Meat Market at the old Stand where you can always rely on getting the BEST of MEATS, FISH and FOWL- - , PHONE 5 t ALWAYS THE BEST f - ?srtriPl ' D0ESNli?0K ,T. 'ttv -- I You cant always judge a ' ffififr book ky its cover and you Mrjfo 2Z - may think that coal is clean &J"CZrTTT3 and without dust or . slag ' ,' y f p when you buy itbut , the, , . "a! k burning tells the tale. Our I JJMs Wf-'hfgh-grade--Lib- erty or-Utah- ,' " H; l'iJ;iWMM F'uel coal is weIl screened and JSS cleaned, and burns with' "a" W) luc'K VV brightness and heat that will "" cook and neat wnen wanted, f UMKm. V,.Hv. N when you buy it at the Citi-zen's. . . ' , i Citizens Coal and Supply Co. Phone 39 Bingham. Utah JACEC'S PLACE G. M. Gregory, Prop. We Serve the Best of Everything Soft Drinks and Eats Phone Wasatch 2881 77 West 2nd South St. Salt Lake City O'Donnell & Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS i Bingham Canyon Phone 17 WM. BOLAND, Mgr. Main Of-fice, Salt Lake City. Phone Wasatch 6461 Banking Headquarters Make our bank your financial headquarters visit us often and consult us freely. jf you can dismiss from your mind the fact that our ' ' only function is to accept deposits and pay checks, we can v; greatly increase our value to each other. Bingham State Bank BINGHAM, UTAH OFFICERS L. S. Cates, Pres. Sherman Armstrong 1st Vice Pres. C.'lO-.Adderl- Vice Pres. Leo F. Tietjen, Cashier JL Uvlciy in your subscription... f Grand Opera V , j Utah Copper Too iMuchForO.S.L. ? ........ ' The fast Utah Copper quintet defeated the Oregon Short Line five by a score of 41 to 15 in a hoop game played here yester-day afternoon. The Utah Cop-per team had its own way throughout the contest and com-pletely swamped their oppon-ents. For the winning team Whit-ley was the outstanding star, his accurate basket shootincr being a feature of the game. Williams, G. Knudson and S. Knudson al-so played a good igame, Har-beck- e was best bet for the O. S. L. squad. i . Utah Copper ' G. T. F. P. Williams, If 2 1 15 Whitley, If ...10 0 0 20 'G.'Xnudson, F. Knudson, rg. L 2 0 0 4 Balstrom, Ig 0 0 0 0 Poison, Ig 2 0 0 4 Bradley, rg.........:...... 10 0 2 Totals 20 1 1 41 O. S. L. G. T. F. P. Lambert, rf 13 13 Mistein, If LI 0 0 0 0 Harbeecke, ks... 3 6 2 8 Rosnqrntz, rg 2 10 4 Knighton, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 10 3 15 CATHOLIC BAZAAR PROVES SUCCESSFUL The Bazaar given this week by the ladies of , the Holy Rosary Church in camp is proving to be a success and will terminate on Saturday at midnight. The Ring contest which has proven so pop-ular still has Miss Julia Stephen of the Highland Boy in the lead with Mrs. Kate Ford close at her heels. The Doll contest for the juniors proves Miss Alpha Pope to be more popular than her hardest opponent, Miss Kather-in- e Doyle- .- Saturday, midnight all those participating in the Pil-low contest should be on hand. The judges chosen are, J. B. My-ers, of the Utah Power and Light company; C. E. EUades, jeweler; R. Dahlquist of the Central Bank and L. Tietjen of the Bingham State Bank. Bingham Society Mrs. Carrie Greer entertained the N. B. Club at her home on Monday evening. Refreshments were served and an enjoyable time spent. Mrs. Jackie Wix of Colorado is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Storm McDonald visited with friends and relatives in Heber City the past week. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Stewart of Salt Lake City spent Thanks-giving with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Stewart. Mrs. W. O. Boberg of Sandy has been the guest of her sister Mrs. A.: E. Williams- - Mrs, P B. Hyland of Salt Lake City came out to visit her hus-band at the Bingham Hospital and to help the funds of the Catholic Church Funds. The Misses Nora Edlind and June Christopherson spent an enjoyable week end at Salt Lake City. Mrs. A. E. Williams entertain-ed Mrs. W. O. Roberg, Mrs. Atha Williams, the Misses Helen Ash-to- n and Caroline Rasmussen Mrs. W. O. Boberg of Sandy was the guest of honor at a din-ner party given by Mrs. A. E. Williams last week. Roses com-prised the decoration for the dining room. A four course din-ner was served and enjoyed by Mrs. W. O. Boberg, Mrs. Atha Williams, Mrs. Archie Stewart, Mrs. Art Sorenson, Mrs. Jack Wix, Mrs Dessie Crowther and Miss Lavetta Stewart Atha Williams has been ap-pointed deputy county assassor in place of J. P. Turned recently deceased. Frank Hooper who has been seriously ill at Salt Lake City recently returned to camp and is feeling much improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gamache visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wil-for- d Crane of Rivcrton the past week. John Jimipson of the Green-lig- ht Soft Drink Parlor is still under the doctor's care at Salt Lake City, where he is now con-fined to his home. Aaron Wilson of Portland, Oregon was a visitor to Bingham on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Wilson owns a ranch at Ru-pert, Idaho and came to Salt Lake City to dispose of his crops, he is well-know- n in camp having for several years operated hoists and compressors for the different minintr companies of the camp. Mrs. Wilson still resides at Port-land. ' Senator Standish and Mrs. Standish entertained at their home in Carr Fork in honor of the Senator's th birthday. A consultation has been held by the local officials of the Utah Power and Light company, also the Mountain States and Tele-phone company respecting the matter of eliminating some of the poles of the two companies off the streets of the camp. GRAND NEW YEAR'S BALL The Excelsior Encampment No 4, I. O. O. F. will give their twenty-fift- h annual ball at So-ciety Hall on Monday, January z, 1923. One of the best orchestras in the state has been secured to furnish the necessary music. Horns, bells, whistles, balloons and every needed requisite to make the incoming of 1923 at-tractive and welcome will be handed out to those praticipating in this celebration. BINGHAM IIOOPSTERS SCHEDULE The following schedule will prove of interest to Bingham High School Basketball fans. Tom McMillian i3 coach for the team. January 12, Jordan at Bingham Jan. 16, Bingham at Grantsville Jan. 19, Murray at Bingham Feb. 2, Bingham at Grantsville Feb. 6, Bingham at Jordan Feb. 9, Grantsville at Bingham Feb. 16, Bingham at Murray March 2, Tooele at Bingham Cut this out for future reference BUTTE CAFE CHANGES HANDS Joseph and Charles Lawrence who have ' been formerly con-nected with the Standard Bread Company for some time have purchased the Butte Cafe that has formerly been operated by Gus White. " mt hi i BANKRUPTCY PETITION FILED Thomas W. Nestell of Bing-ham for bankruptcy on Saturday with the clerk of the United States District Court. He gives his liabilities as $305.97, and his assets as $240. He claims exemption on $150. EXCELSIOR ENCAMPMENT NO. 4, 1. 0. O. F. ELECTS OFFICERS The Semi-Annu- al election of Excelsior Encampment No. 4, I. O .0. F. this week elected the following officers. Chief Patriarch, Ernest Mil-an- o; Senior Warden, Frank Mead; High Priest, Fritz B. Sund; Recording Scribe, H. N. Standish; Financal Scribe, A. J Kresean; Treasurer, Ben F. Sul-livan, Junior Warden, Frank M. Waters; Tustce (18 months), John Bessan; Trustee (12 months), E. E. Gleason. |