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Show . y 77"" " : I 1 722L. V -dMrk"" a ' " Utah Copper'sCfate and local taxes since 1945 were paid for with ore that would make a train 1 01 3 miles long Taxes of the Utah Copper Division of Kenne- averages less than one percent copper. As a result, cott Copper Corporation are paid for by the sale to pay Kennecott's $70,500,000 tax bill during of copper produced from low grade ore. In the the past decade required the removal of 21,684,820. past 10 years, Kennecott's state and local taxes tons of waste material and the mining and proces- in Utah totaled $70,500,000, including this year's sing of 15,271,000 tons of ore. tax of $10,750,000. If that ore were loaded into cars it would Taxes are one of the benefits Kennecott's de- make a train 1013 miles long, extending from velopment of a great natural resource has pro- Salt Lake City to Minneapolis, Minnesota, duced for all Utahns. For example, this year's Kennecott pays its taxes by the trainload by school tax of $7,049,709 will meet the cost of producing millions of tons of ore. And taxes by educating 24,000 children. the trainload mean benefits by the trainload Producing copper to pay taxes is a big thing benefits that help bring better living to all in itself, because the ore at the Bingham Mine Utahns. 1 ', . MkamecoU Copper Corporation I - ' ' A Good Neighbor Helping to Build a Better Utah |