Show underground power Ss if 0 04 4 V F 4 S N LZ wn S V t r V 7 r z the picture shows the main hoist in the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining refilling and mining companas Comp anys united states mine at bingham utah the holst hoist room which on the surface would be represented by a large building several stories high is located in the mine approximately 1100 feet vertically below the surface and is reached by a tunnel over a mile in length it was excavated out of soil solid rock and is constructed entirely of concrete and steel the hoist designed for operations to a depth of ft below the hoist room level is equipped with every modern safety device and automatic controls the united states mine is a fine ane example or of the vitality of the mining industry the old jordan claim around which this operation was waa built was located in and was developed almost entirely by the present company or interests which went to make up the present com coln pany the company since its formation in 1905 has provided ai almost continuous employment at tre united states mine aline tor for a lar large ej number of men its record tor for employment nt at this th is mini mine during the depression years was outstanding the annual average number ol of employees at that property during the years 1931 to 1935 inclusive varying in only between and the search tor for new ore is car ried on oil simultaneously with production duct fon tunnels penetrate the ro kocl ck formations farther and farther from the portal to the present day distances of several miles and deeper and deeper extends the search where once the brawn of ni men en i pushed a small mine car or turned the windlass ghigli powered locomotives mart now be used and huge pasts wind toe the heavy cables that raise the ore several js evera thousand or more feet thiis through tremendous investments in machinery equipment and labor is the life of 0 a mining enterprise perpetuated and then only if engineering skill and efficient operation can keep the cost of at production within the bounds of the he economic value of the minei minerals als mined |