Show I 1 before after in mining DM Z W 01 A M 11 vw W ra UM R J W X garg n J za 04 INA M 4 M 4 7 arx V 4 ejk A it k P 4 one could hardly believe that the above two pictures were taken of the same mountainous hills both are of aln bingham ham canyon vasi tata sl 1 72 to indicate how mining transforms barren wasteland into industry the tope lecture was taken at bangh bingham ini prior to 1900 when the camp was yielding small quantities of gold silver and lead below is a 1939 view of the same hills after science engineering and industry has taken a hand what a contrast little did the pioneers who roamed that area in the early days realize that it was to become one of the wonders of the earth the early day miners knew that there existed a great stock of porphyry that contained less than 2 per cent copper but they believed the deposit worthless it the hills had remained in their original state utah would be minus one of its greatest assets today and its greatest revenue producer for the past quarter of a century normally the utah copper which operates the great mine employs men at the mine mills and railroads representing an annual payroll of over up to the end ol of 1937 the mine had paid in wages spent tor for power supplies services etc paid in federal state county and city taxes and paid for freight smelt ing refining etc most of this money remained within the state in 1838 1938 the assessed valuation on which the company paid taxes was equivalent to 55 per cent of the valuation of salt lake city and it was 13 per cent of the valuation ot of the entire state stata it was colonel daniel C jackling who visualized the possibilities of this great enterprise and made it possible colonel jackling made his original report in 1899 and launched the project in 1903 it took millions of dollars to prove his theory which revolutionized revolution i zed copper mining and has been a benefit to humanity ever since the mine is now treating ore averaging less than I 1 per cent copper with small amounts of gold silver and molybdenum this is a thin thread upon which to base such a great industry which is the very heart of the business and industrial du life of the abate |