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Show Where Barren Reck Becomes Fighting Metal f-- f 7C ' -I1 'fV WT-' r"H'' Inside the Utah Copper pit at Bingham where new production records have satisfied war needs. HItlor and Hirohito will not be exactly cheered by what has been done and what is being done at EinKham. Coming at a time when this country coun-try has reached peak production in all needed war materials is the announcement an-nouncement that coi)cr Is no longer long-er a critical melal; that ceiiain substitutes are no longer necessary. This means that production has exceeded consumption, an accomplishment accom-plishment that looked hopeless Bhorlly aflcr I'eaii J arbor, when demands for Hie war mulal were swollen far beyond all previous produclioii limits of the nation's copper mini's. At lilnghani copper minim; Is really big business, business done on a large scab-, as Hie Ulah Copper mine, produces approxinuitely nno-tliird nno-tliird of Hie nallnn's copper. Thin one mine alone produces morn copper cop-per than Japan and Cermaiiy, Ibo so-called super empires, togellier. Sweeping all olislacles aside this mine lias increased production far In excess of even (be most fantastic fantas-tic poaco-t line records. Prior In I he war a yearly production of :tr0,0IM),-OHO :tr0,0IM),-OHO pounds of copper per year was considered large for the Hinglinni porphyry. Now If Is nearly twice that llguro. (lolling back Id Ihe "bigness" ui'.Iii of lllsli Copper, It must, be pointed out Hint a huge mountain (it low grade cupper ore wan known to exist at Bingham by early pioneers. But for nearly 40 years it was considered valueless and parly prospectors tunnelled into Bingham Mountain in search of other metals. The great copper deposit, averaging 1 per cent copper, cop-per, was of no economic value then., Not unlil men of broad vision, capable capa-ble of organizing and llnancing a company to maintain production on a large scale, did Bingham mountain moun-tain become a resource of great value. Thus, a mineral deposil, unworkable unworka-ble for cconomis reasons by individuals indi-viduals anil sin, ill operating companies, com-panies, became the source of a working industry when operations were consul ids red Into large npei'st-ing npei'st-ing units, iliereliy resulting in mass production and I In- low cost, necessary neces-sary to meet. Hie low grade chsrac-ler chsrac-ler of Hie ,,re. If would not and could not have I ii developed by Ihe expensive and spasmodic campaign cam-paign of prospeel ing wit liln Hie scope and power of a small operating operat-ing company of limited capital. Before Hie low-grade copper in i u u I a I ii was broiighl Into successful success-ful produclioj venil million dollars dol-lars had homi expended In development, develop-ment, testing mid In Ihe coiislruc-I coiislruc-I Ion or largo milling plants. Millions oT dollars are spent each year In their in n i n 1 1 ii pi ii ri i. All ol' which leads to the couclii. ri Ion Hint If Is grout In have big Inil usl ry. |