Show before after affer in mining F I 1 t r i I 1 AV F Z one idne could believe that the above two pic pictures were taken of the he same mountainous hills llota aloth are of bingham canyon utah and serve to indicate liow how mining transforms barren waste land and into industry the top picture was taken at bingham prior to 1900 when the camp was yielding small quantities of gold silver and lead below Is a n 1939 view ot of the tha same hills alter after science engineering and industry has taken p a hand ahat a cont little old lid the pioneers who roamed that area irk in the early days realize that it was wag to become on one of 0 the o the earth the early adny miners knew that there existed a great of 0 porphyry 0 that contained lia less than 3 per pent copper but they believed the deposit worthless it if the hills had remained in their original sinal state utah would ba minus of its greatest assets today and ita ts greatest revenue producer for or the he past quarter pt p a century normally the utah copper which operates ppe rates the great mine employs men at the mine mills and railroads representing an annual payroll of over up ta M the end ot of 1937 the mine balne had id in wages spent 1 tor for power supplies services etc eta pad in federal state county and city taxes and paid tor for freight smelt ins ing refining etc most alost ot of this money remained within the state in 1938 the assessed valuation on which the company paid taxes axes was equivalent to 65 per cent cen of the valuation ot of salt blake alake city and it vaa ivas 13 per cent ot of the valuation of 0 the entire state it was colonel paniel daniel C jackling who visualized the possibilities et I 1 enterprise prise antl raade made it possible colonel jackling Jach ling made his original report in 1899 and launched the project in 1903 it took millions of p dollars to Q prove his theory alich revolutionized copper mining and has been a benefit bet humanity ever since the mine is now treating tre atine ore averaging less than ihan 1 per cent copper with small amounts of 0 gold silver and molybdenum bights Is ia a 9 thin thread upon which to base such a great industry which is s the very heart of the hu business siness and industrial du life ot of the state |