The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-01
BINGHAM
What the Old Reliable is Up to-
BINGHAM, March 20, 1880.

BINGHAM. March 20, 1880.
Editors Herald:
The old camp still holds her own
while ell is peace and quiet roR
The winter has been long and drea-y
but spring seems near. For {
few days past the sun has melted 9
great deal of tie snow, and miners
can be seen going in all directions tC
ferret out some cd prospect hole,
either for gold O. lead. The people
here anticipate good times this year,
and not few are thanksgiving thai
they did not ireezs TO death the past
winter.
Many of our old neighbors are
talking OF going to Colorado to try
their luck in a new field. Some
twenty miners are nov ready, waiting
till tie weather set les before starting
on the journey.
Preparations will soon be made to
pat up forty additional stamps here,
and long before the present season is
over We expect to have 100 additional
stamps pounding away at Bingham
gold ores, extracting therefrom the
Puritanic root of all evil"
The Stewart No. l keeps UP her
lick under the management of Mr..
R. D. Clark, who Is always to be
found at bis post of duty. Professor
Seymour, of New York, is putting a
new kind of machinery in the mill,
the object of which is to save the
gold in the lailiDgs, and it will shortly
be in working order.
Stewar. No. 2 Mill is taking a rest
at present, but expects to start up
Fred. Day and c. II. Lashbrook |
have shut down on the Gipsy Mine,
but, in a brief period, will commence
business on the new gold strika in
the Gipsy. which is said to be exceed.
ingly rich; free gold ore going as
high as 81 900 per ton.
The rumor that Mr.. Lash brook had
failed proves wholly unfounded, the
gentleman having fully satisfied his
creditors, and is now preparing to
business en- O larger scale
han before.
The Tywalkie Mine is in full blast
md continues to ship the usual
amount Of ore. The mine is under
,ur old and esteemed citizen Mr..
Fred. Gochst, who is always to be
ound at his post of duty.
The Yosemite is running the same
Is ever, under the superintendency Of
Jol. Merritt.
The Lead is owned by Messrs. May
Todman, situated in Copper Gulch,
N the Butter6eld side, and several
cams are engaged in hauling the ore
o Sandy,
Frank Hoffman, ESQ, has been
nut from the city, looking after his
situated at the head of Black
sck and Bear Guleh. Forget the I
lame of his mine, but it is SAID to h
cry rich in gold and silver, being a
rue fssure vein, as l kuoS, having :
cen it.
The Dam Phool mine is situated !
GLOW the Winnamuck Mine, on the
outh side OF main Bingham, and is
true fssure vein, carrying 40 o. of
liver, 81 per cent. lead and IL in >
old. Two hundred feet down is a I;
certified mastodon, which is o =
rest mystery to many of the {
miners. 1t is suggested that
be fellow was in the gulch
t the time of the deluge, and finding '
MS ledge cTaWled in to keep out of
he rain, when it closed in on him,
nd he is to be seen there to this day. a
Iouis Deronzo and your esteemed I
ownsman Mr.. Frank Hoffman, are
be lucky owners of that famous mine.
Little Matchmaking is going on at .
resent, and it is net a paying indu-
try at present. There have been no
marriages., deaths, or shooting serapes
{ late, but one OF our old assayers
avs he has patched long enough,
nd is determined to jump the fence. ,
10 his domicile is undergoing q
borough cleaning, preparatory to the /
lew and angelic advent.
The puzzle has got us-we are in {
Is clutches, and for over a week past,
be vacant, wild expression so com.
non to men about to start news {
iapers, has seized every Binghamite 6
-13, 10, 14-'It can only be did one s
1ay." LIBERI.