| Show the story of copper in utah 5 n 1 its ft 1 5 p ail w f aff J arr here tracks are being moved bo bodily dlly at bingham BIng hain tracks must be moved frequently to keep them close enough to level banks so that the shovels shoved can load ore and waste directly into railroad cars editors editor note this to it the sixth ninth of a series rie of eight orti article cles titled 1 the story of 0 copper in utah the job 0 of moving the mountain at bingham in order to obtain the infinitesimal amount ot of metal that it contains constitutes one of 0 the grea greatest man made spectacles in history for every ton of ore moved it la Is necessary to move mova about tons ot of overburden over burden or waste since the mine was star started teb in 1904 more than cubic yards of material including ore and waste equivalent to tons hive have been moved excavations tor for the panama canal one ot of the modern wonders ot of the world are estimated at cubic yards what ol of the enterprise antei prise today and what ot of its future despite its great record ot of the past the mines future operation depends upon production costs including taxes and metal prices the cost ot of production was what jackling gambled u upon pon when he won and the stumbling block over which many thought he would tall fall now it Is ot of importance not only to the company but to the state ot of utah because the lower that costs can be brought the lower the grade of 0 ore that can be mined and the longer will ba the life of 0 the mine As AB an example production was started originally on oil the basis of mining 2 per cent copper ore today ore averaging less than 1 per cent la Is being successfully ee asiu f 11 handled needless to say 7 t there h ere I 1 la amore more ore ol of 12 of I 1 per e c cent ent n copper ds afa geminated through tag th hills 0 of bingham than there Is ll il I 1 per cent copper so consequently the life ot of the enterprise Is dependent upon production costs and of course the tha rate of output in 1928 mr jackling reported that the company had an a n effectual e all around equipped capacity ot of tons of ore per day corresponding to an annual production of 0 pounds of copper more or less during the war the mine and its men rose to the demand for or all out production product Jon with a record undreamed 0 of in peacetime peace time years at times production exceeded tons ot of ore per day and lii in one year produced more than pounds ot of copper vital tor for the war effort the seventh article in this series will appear in these columns soon |
