| Show A spot in the mountains that became an industry 40 aei io it IF 10 ali 1 6 WI ref 1 1 xa N naw 1 I 1 aw abw 0 4 wati IQ t i 4 0 A X so y W vp m 11 1 1 1 V 2 1 04 all fill lc J ile afa hA baha hA U w tt lt new air view of utah copper pit at bingham the metal resources ot of a state are often erroneously considered in view ot of tha sum cotal cotal metal pr present caa beadily yea dily be sesa seen it i we wa take the case ot of the metal aluminum or magnesium whose silicates and oxides in large quantities are ara present in utah nevertheless tor for economic reasons only an isimal part ot of this metal can be mined at a profit most ot of the other useful metals are also present in quantities tips but mining like any other indest industry ry I 1 can only prodica when the cost ot of production can be ba maintained below the market value 0 ot f the product A huge mountain of 0 low grade copper bearing ore was wag known to exist at bingham by the early plo pio nears yet tor for nearly forty years it was considered valueless early prospectors prospector tunnelled tunnel led into the bingham mountain through the low grade copper in search of other metals like the aluminum deposit ot of today this great deposit of copper was ot of no economic value not until men ot of broad vision of organizing and financing a company to maintain production on a x large scale did copper become a resource of great value to utah alius thua a mineral deposit unworkable tor for economic reasons by individuals and small operating companies became the source 0 of a working industry of utah when operations consolidated into large larga operating units and the cost of production reduced to a minimum only by large scale production can this great porphyry conkie consume u e to maintain its eq equilibrium its f future life is dependent upon operating costs because as costs rise the grade ot of ore mined must be raised and the low grade that Is passed up now will probably be left forever in the beginning utah copper was started on an ore average ing 2 per cent copper today the c company is mining copper ore containing one halt half of one per cent copper you see the tonnage ot of one halt ot of one per der cent copper is greatly more than the tonnage of 2 per cent copper yes lets continue to mine the lowest grade possible at the great bingham mine |
