Show before after in mining 0 g n IX A Z one could hardly believe that the above t two 0 pictures were taken ot of the sa same me mountainous hills both are of bingham canyon utah and serve to Indi indicate bate how mining transforms barren wasteland into industry the top picture was taken at bingham 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 band what a contrast little did the pioneers who roamed that area in the early days realize that it was to become one cne 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 if 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 raili oads representing an annual payroll ot of over up to the end of 1937 the mine had paid 12 9 in wages spent tor for power supplies services etc paid in federal state county and city taxes and j paid tor for freight smelt ing refining refiner refi etc most ol of this money remained within the state in 1938 the assessed valuation on which the company paid taxes was equivalent to 55 percent ot of the valuation of salt lake city and it was 13 per cent of the valuation of the entire state it was colonel daniel C jackling who visualized the possibilities of this great enterprise and made it possible colonel jackling Jac klins made his original report in 1899 1890 and launched the project in 1903 it took millions of dollars to prove his theory which revolutionized copper mining and has been a benefit to humanity ever since the mine is now treating ore averaging less than 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 state |