Utah Copper Mine

Original Vintage Card

Sale Price: $6.95

Original Price: ~~$11.95~~

Stock #: 332632

Type: Postcard

Era: Linen

City: Bingham Canyon

State: Utah (UT)

Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.

Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Of the Kennecott Copper Company, is located about 30 miles southwest of Salt Lake City in Bingham Canyon. 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 employees 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. A no place in the world is power shoveling and moving of rock done on such an extensive scale

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WHEN BAG ATTACHED 3¢ 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 GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO

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