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Utah Copper Co.

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1936

Administrative History

The Utah Copper Co. (1903-1936) was a copper mining operation in Bingham Canyon, Utah.

Citation:
Utah Copper Co., stock transfer books, 1912-1916 ("Utah Copper Co."; "Utah Copper Company")

Rio Tinto website, via WWW, Mar. 5, 2015 (Utah Copper Company; incorporated June 4, 1903; mine created to process low-grade copper ore in Bingham Canyon, Utah)

Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 5, 2015 (Utah Copper Company; formed in 1903 by Enos Austin Wall and Daniel C. Jackling; started a pilot mill at Copperton, Utah, and began digging in 1906; merged with Boston Consolidated Mining Company in 1910; Utah Copper Company assets acquired by Kennecott Mines Company in 1936)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Kennecott Corporation photographs and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 36
Scope and Contents

Collection includes three photographs with corresponding glass plate negatives depicting mining operations at Kennecott Corporation's Bingham Mine. The photographs were taken in 1906, when the mine was being developed by the Utah Copper Co. Also includes two copy prints, with corresponding acetate negatives, of photographic portraits of a man.

Dates: 1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kennecott Corporation photographs and negatives

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  • Subject: Acetate negatives X

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