Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

S,374ss4 pounds of copper month. For
the third quarter the average was
7,7,3l $40 pounds.
Relative to the decreased output for
the third quarter, General Manager y.
G. Jackling says in his quarterly re-
port;
"rhc decrease in output is due in
part to the decrease in tonnage result
ing from the closing down of the Cop
perton mill during time when the
other plants were i'll process of recon-
struction, ana before they were pre-
pared to accommodate all of the tom
mage that had been previously milled
factor in the decrease in productions.
however. was that of the lower grade
ores handled. The average copper con-
tent of all the ore milied for the third
quarter was La per cent, and the grade
for the month Of September was only
Ia per cent"
EARNING CAPACITY.
The report of the third quarter gives
some idea of the earning capacity of
this company. The net profits for the
quarter from mining and milling opera
tons were S9iG. 025 3d. rents and other
sources. $12,2lO.9t. and from Nevada
Consolidated $37l, 1909, making total
Of sl,3299 66,SS.
These earnings We're computed on n
basis of 12ia cents per pound for cop
per. At the close OF the quarter no
conner due for delivery from retincriea
remained unsold.
The average cost per pound OF net
copper produced, after smelling dcduc-
tons were made, was So cents per
pound, as compared with 1853 cents per
pound during the previous quarter.
According to the last report So per
cent of the ore mined Is coming from
the steam shovels. while II per cent
comes from underground workings. IN
I'll sufficient stripping has been done at
the Boston Consolidated, underground
mining will continue. No steam shovel
ore has vet been taken from the Boston,
but four steam shovels are now en-
gagged in stripping the territory. Three
additional steam shovcls Will shortly
be operating on this part Of the prop
crty. The shovcls have already been
ordered and should arrive most any
day This will increase the number of
sshovcls working 10 20, II being already
on the ground, aas
GARFIELD RAILROAD.
The Bingham & Garfield railroad is
30 per cent finished on the open grad
ing The tunnels and bridges will be
finished by April |. 1911. There are four
tunnels, $50 feet, $50 feet l,2S0 feet ana
212O feet in length. There are three high
steel bridges necessary crossing Carr
Fork, Markham Gulch and Dry Fork.
the length of the bridges being respect
lively G9o feet. $40 feet and SO feet. This
road will be rushed through and should
be ready to open by June /, 1911. This
will be one of the great achievements
Of the company. Tho Rio Grandc rail-
road has had monopoly on the haul
ing until the Utah Copper secured
right of way and started through the
district
Another great work that has been ac-
complshed during the year was tho
largo amount of stripping that was
done 1t Is estimated that the COM
pany has 100. 100000 tons of available ore
in sight To afford proper facilities
for dumping, Copper Center gulch has
been so transformed that it is no longer
recognizable Where q year ago there
were numerous houses, they have all
been removed and the gulch Is being
filed with waste and Gaping.
Tho little camp of the Bingham Mines
company at the mouth of Lower Com
mercal tunnel in Copper Center guloh
has been abandoned, the houses re-
moved and the work discontinued at
that point TO make room for the adj
vance of the Utah Copper company.
one would scarcely recognize Bling
ham today as compared with two years
ago. Great terraces have been cut
in tile side of the mountain until there
are now 20 levels bearing the names
of the letters of the alphabet
LARGEST OF MINES.
The work of the Utah Copper is a
revelation in mining. What can be
done with the low grade porphyry ores
is science that Is moving rapidly
ahead In the few years of Utah Cop
per's existence 1t has outstrippcd all
others. It has jumped to n place where
it owns the largest mine In the world
and also controls the Nevada Console
dated. which is the cheapest known
producer of It's size in the world.
The Utah Copper company was or
gani2ed in 1903 by Il syndicate brought
together by D. c. Jacklng, now general
manager and vice president OF the COM
pnny, and to whose unusual ability as
q concentration expert Il great part OF
the success of the company is due. The
syndicate was composed of Mr.. Jack
ling, Spencer Penrosc,f c. NJ. MacNeill
and RI a. +. Penrosc atof Colorado
Springs. They took over II group Of
claims in Bingham canyon and began
the erection OF the Copperton mill IN
Lower Bingham. Prior to this Mr.,
Juckling, after much careful work, had
decided upon the plan of concentration
and to him IL due the credit Of bring