Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-03-15 | Page 10 | Copper Output at Bingham Canyon

I COPPER OUTPUT AT BINGHAM CANYON BINGHAM, March 14. in view of the tremendous production of ih pro)) oriies of ihe Utah topper company and the Increased demand for the output of copper ores. Colonel D. C. Jacklhlg Is to make a special trip to Bingham, arriving in Hip loading camp In copper production in the world on or about March 20 Colonel .Tackling is now In San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where he maintains an office in connection with his Alaska gold properties Despite the claim? upon his attention by his various other in-t. in-t. lists. Colonel Jackling has determined deter-mined that his presence is required in Utah at this particular lime The mission fn Utah of folonel Jack-ling Jack-ling is patriotic. The Utah Copper company has already offered Its resources re-sources to i he military officials of the United States government in case of difficulties with foreign countries Wants Experts on Grounds. It has been known in copper mining min-ing circles for some time that there Is to be a d wand for government pur-i pur-i b of all the possible copper ores thai can be produced within a short period. The government in a quiet way has been mobilizing its mining and manufacturing manu-facturing resources, and the tip 1? out that it wants men such as Colonel ii kjing, John Hays Hammond. Thorn as Edison, and mpn of like resources and ability on their own properties in c a -' b call to arms should come. Tl at the production of 'lie Utah Copper company, and, In face, of all other properties in Salt Lake county, could be increased 25 per cent in the event of the declaration of war, is the statement made by Bingham banking officials tonight. t the present time there are being work, il hin two shifts of men on the properties of the Utah Copper company. com-pany. This could be easilj raised to three shifts, say business men. This change would result in the employment employ-ment of 200 more men. There will be no difficult in getting men. according to the employment agencies, for the reason that the company com-pany is paying top wages In face, a recruiting officer of the United States army in Bingham today stated that he had a tough j"b heeause wages in Bingham were so high.