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was not left vacant even if it was on the steep mountain side. 

 People live almost in the midst of the great excavation, and they 

 soon become accustomed to the rumble of the train above, below, 

 around, and in fact on all sides. 



When the traveler has satisfied his curiosity regarding both the 

 mine and the town he can return by way of the Denver & Kio 

 Grande Western Eailroad, which runs in the bottom of the canyon, 

 to Salt Lake City to resume his westward journey, if he has not 

 reached the end of his route. 



to a maximum of 206,000,000 pounds in 

 1917; in 1920 it was 106,6^0,000 

 pounds. The aggregate production for 

 the district to the end of 1920 has been 

 2,100,000,000 pounds. In 1915 the gold 

 and silver were about ten times, the 

 lead twenty times, and the copper 

 thirty times the output in 1900. 

 Bingham should hare celebrated its 

 fiftieth anniversary in 1915, but the 

 date was forgotten in the anxiety to 

 add to a record of metal output valued 

 at nearly $280,000,000 in 50 years. 

 The total value at the end of 1920 

 was $538,000,000. 



Several large low-grade deposits are 

 worked in other States — at Ely, Nev. ; 

 Kay and Miami, Ariz. ; and Chino, 

 N. Mex. — ^but these do not compare in 

 size or output with the mine of the 

 Utah Copper Co. Credit for the great 

 achievement must be given to many. 

 Col. E. A. Wall always had implicit 

 faith that this grade of mineral would 

 eventually become commercial ore. 

 The Boston Consolidated Co., with Mr. 

 J. A. Bettles, worked out many of the 

 mining and milling difficulties, and 

 credit for organization and financing 

 is due to Col. D. C. Jackling, 



