River of Copper Flows from ar Mountain Valley
A TREMENDOUS blast loosens thousands of tons of copper, ore, at head of mine, The huge shovel is one of many ready to move in and start loading the bre cars.
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This asial view of the barran mine area at Chuquicamata shows tremendous tailings which still contain are and will be reprocessed to increase output of metal,
TAY UP in the Chilean Andes, in the middle miles, they are there for one purpose-to-dig Wouderingly endless plateau desert into the largest copper deposit on earth. 10,000 feet high, is the sun-scorched "Valley of For over 86 years men have worked in a the Moon." Unlike a desolate crater on the non-stop operation, cutting away an entiro moon which it resembles, however, Chuquica- mountain and blasting a hole 11⁄2 miles long, 1⁄2 mata la Inhabited by almost 18.000 people, mile wide and 750 feet deep. It is an open-plt Living in a dead world of over 500.000 square mine with over 80 miles of railway track run-
"Because of this immense mineral - deposit, copper la Chile's No. 1 business-a US$100, 000,000 industry. From it the country derives 70% of its dollar income. Without the “Valloy of the Moon,” Chile might become an economic valley in despair.......
THE MILLION DOLLAR electically-operated shovel lifts high grade ore to cars standing on higher level bench. Note the man farrow) for comparison of size.
A ROTARY car dumper turns over two cars at a time to slide ore into crusher, Pure copper has averaged 1.8%; of 550 million tons of ore removed in the past 35 years."
INSIDE THE SMELTER, workers use alt pressure hoses to cool copper wire bars, which are cast in forms; on huge tum-
table. During war, 15,000 men were engaged in mining and processing copper, most of which was shipped to the U. S.
HUGE STOCKPILES of copper bars and billets are stored in Rich mineral ares which surrounds Chuquicamata in po vast the warehouse for shipment to companies all over the world.:!` that only u bare tired per cent of it has been fully explored
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