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1043-Utah Copper Mine, Located in Bingham Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Utah
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Utah Copper Mine, of the Kennecott Copper
Company, is located about 30 miles southwest
of Salt Lake City in Bingham Canyon, Utah.
The mine is a theater-like quarry covering
approximately 855 acres. Ore is mined by
42 electric shovels with dippers of 10 tons
capacity. Normal daily tonnage (ore and
waste) is 180,000 tons. There are 2,200 em-
ployees at the mine and 2,100 at the mills.
It uses sixty-two 75-ton electric locomotives
and 156 miles of standard gauge railroad
track. Height of the mountain above the pit
is 1,960 feet. At no place in the world is
power shoveling and moving of rock done
on such an extensive scale.
DESERET BOOK COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
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