Show A Spot In InThe The Mountains It That Became An Industry I b b eu 1 k V j I Vi I q n t v 1 a s New Air View of Utah Copper Pit at Bingham The metal resources of ot a n state are tUff often otten erroneously considered In view of at the sum total of ot the metal present mistake e can r readily be ba Ie seen Been en If It we taka take the th case of ot the metal aluminum or or magnesium whose silicates an and l oxides In large quantities are re present In to Utah Nevertheless for tor economic reasons only an art part of ot this metal can b bo ba mined at a profit t. Most of th the thi other useful metals are also quantifies quantities but mining like any other industry san Can an only produce when the cost COit of ot Production can b ba maintained below be low the tha market value of at the prod prod- Oct act A huge mountain of ot low-grade low topper bearing ore are was known to exist at Bingham by the early Plo Flo- beers yet for nearly forty years It was considered valueless Early Earl Prospectors tunnelled Into the fie lingham ping ling Dingham Ding Ding- ham harn Mountain through tho low low- grade copper In search of other o er erm m als mals LUte Like the aluminum depo deposit lt 01 rf today this groat great deposit of ot copper copper copPer cop- cop Per was at economic value alue Not until men of broad capable of organizing arid o a company to maintain production on a large scale did copper become a resource of great value to Utah Thus a mineral deposit unworkable unworkable able for tor economic reasons by Individuals Individuals Indi Indi- and small operating companies companies com corn became the source of a working Industry of Utah when operations were consolidated Into large operating units and the cost of production reduced tn to a taint mini mum 0 Only by large luge scale production can this great porphyry continue to maintain Its equilibrium Its Us future life Is dependent upon operating costs because as costs rise the grade of ot ore mined must be raised and the low grade that Is passed paned up no now will probably be left for tor ever In the beginning Utah Copper was started on an ore 2 per cent copper ropper Today the com company pan pany Is contain containing ing halt balt balf o of one pe per cent tee see tb ot of otobe one halt halt of of one ona per cent more than the tonnage of 2 per cant cent copper y r Yee t. t s leti letl continue to mini I lowest west grades grade lM gre n tr r |