Utah Coppers state and local taxes since 1945 were paid for with ore that would make a train 1013 miles long Taxes of the Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation are paid for by the sale of copper produced from low grade ore. In the past 10 years, Kennecotts state and local taxes in Utah totaled 70,500,000, including this years tax of 10,750,000. Taxes are one of the benefits Kennecotts development of a great natural resource has produced for all Utahns. For example, this years school tax of 7,049,709 will meet the cost of educating 24,000 children. Producing copper to pay taxes is a big thing in itself, because the ore at the Bingham Mine averages less than one percent copper. As a result, to pay Kennecotts 70,500,000 tax bill during the past decade required the removal of 21,684,820 tons of waste material and the mining and processing of 15,271,000 tons of ore. If that ore were loaded into cars it would make a train 1013 miles long, extending from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kennecott pays its taxes by the trainload by producing millions of tons of ore. And taxes by the trainload mean benefits by the trainload benefits that help bring better living to all Utahns. Kennecott Copper Corporation