| Show the story of copper in utah 7 I 1 ar T m S tests at copperton hopperton Cop led to establishments of hugs mills at arthur and magna women employees are now relieving a serious man power at the mills ed Edi tors lort note this 1 is the th futh of 0 a trie series of tight articles article titled abe story of 0 codr copper er in utah first tests at the copperton hopperton Cop mill paved successful but despite this colonel Jac klinga troubles were not lot entirely over to carry forward the ambitious plan ot of erecting huge reduction works at magna and prepare the nine for or stripping operations a new source of capital was needed many blany fi financiers nancie rs and mining groups were ere approached but all alter after more or less careful examination declined to become connected with the venture despite the favorable figures eures ot of the first years operations ile they I 1 still did not believe that could do something that had never been done before here jackling s 0 stoic determination confidence a and n d ability had to show ethelf again ile he persisted and I 1 anally succeeded in interesting daniel guggenheim Gugg smelting smelling sm elting exe autive in the enterprise the gug kenhelm exploration company un fler dor wrote a bond issue which gave the new company part ot of the capital needed to start diac placing the mine on a mass production basis considerably more capital was needed and stock was peddled to anyone who would buy not only in utah but throughout the united states some work done at bingham bangham was even paid for or in stock at the same time an agreement was entered into tor for the smelting smelling sm elting of 0 the concentrates at garfield which resulted in the erection ot of the huge garfield smelter two miles west ot of the concentrator thus much industry was started tor for utah industry that was destined to breathe life into the industrial structure ot of utah virtually each year since that time utah copper has gradually expanded exits exita banded its ita operations purchases and its ita employment in utah until today it Is n not ot only the largest copper producer I 1 in a north america but the greatest salm stimulant blant to economy the sixth article in this series will appear in these columns column soon |
