totaling over 100000 000 this is an upstr ...» v an ca phase in the construction of grass river lock being performed foi u s corps of engineers at a cost of 30,000,000 and scheduled for completion in december of 1959 during the closing months of the fiscal year kennecott copper corporation awarded two contracts to utah construction company in connection with its open pit copper mining operations at bingham canyon utah under one contract our company has been engaged to strip 8'/2 million yards of overburden on the upper east and west side levels of the huge bingham mine additionally under this con tract we will construct the necessary haulage and access roads for the company mining operations which will be undertaken when stripping is completed in approximately one year's time under the second contract utah will drive a 17,000 foot railroad tunnel through the mountain bordering bingham canyon at the 5,490 foot level this tunnel will enter the mine pit at a new low level area to more efficiently service and handle the future shipments of ore mined from the deeper areas of the pit at the end of 1956 our backlog of uncompleted construction contracts was the highest in our history the work portfolio is well diversified by types of projects types of contracts and geographi cal areas in which the work is to be performed we are hopeful that the new contracts added during the year will produce a profit commensurate with their size and the degrees of risk undertaken in late 1955 the u.s navy department called upon utah lo perf restoration work on its cat creek dam black beauty reservoir a the pipe line and access roads near hawthorne nevada this vie shows our stiff leg and hoist installation on the 100 foot dam cre from where we excavated muck and debris from the canyon belo