Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-14
UTAH,s SOLD RELIABLE" CAMP.
A ssDcmocrat', Correspondent Talks
Little of the Mines OF
Bingham.

Special Correspondence DEMOCRAT.
The ride from Salt Lake to Bingham is
not altogether monotonous and uninter-
esting. 1t is made on the Bingham Rail-
road, the train consisting of an engine
and two cars. After leaving the Jordan
river the road is skirted on either side
with ripe and ripening fields of grain.
The valley just now is lovely sight, and
in marked contrast to the snow-covered
peaks which can be seen lowering over
Alta.
ON ENTERING BINGHAM CANYON
The sight of the valley below is shut out
Several houses are scattered along the
canyon, and in a few fields attempts are
made to raise crops, but they are of slow
growth, and consequently late in matur-
ing. They, however, arrest the eye and
give a picturesqueness to the scenery, re-
lieving it from what otherwise would be a
tirasome sameness.
A few miles from the canyons mouth
are located the concentrating mills that are
is located some three miles away in the
mountains to the southwest, and near the
Brooklyn mine. The lead ore is loaded
in tram-cars at the mine, and after cir
cuitous three miles run on the tramwav,
is brought down to the mills just men
toned. Here it is emptied into chute
situated some 800 feet above the mill.
The mill-site is located in nearly flat
and somewhat widened part of the can
yon, and is pretty and healthy place to
live in
From this point the road gets sleeper
and more difficult to climb, which, how
ever, arrives at Bingham, the terminous
station, in about an hour and a half after
leaving the city-distance twenty-six
miles.
Bingham is known as
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE
CAMPS
On the coast In former DAYS il was
famous for the quality of rich ore it turned
out, and it has not vet lost it's grip, for it
still continues to be prosperous and work
ing great many mines. The district is
one OF the best prospect regions in the
Territory, and there are more holes to the
hill here than in any other camp in Utah.
Ever since the district was first opened
it has been kept up by new discoveries
and fresh developments, the old mines
not holding out, or working them was so
extensive that their yield would not paw.
Around many valuable properties all is
silent and deserted; the works, boarding
houses, stores and cabins look like haunt
ed buildings-the squirrels and mice are
their only inhabitants.
THE STEWART MILLS,
No. l and No. 2, are hushed in idleness.
and consequently the claims connected
Herewith remain unworked.
The Revere, Mayfower and many
others are in like condition, and until
very recently the once famous Old Tele-
graph was lying still, but there are four
or five men doing repairing work, re-
placing timbers and cleaning up, the
intention being to put on force of men
and once more make the old mine give
up its hidden treasures. With the ex-
ceptlon of these stand-still properties, the
summers work has been resumed in dead
earnest, and operations are in full blast
in all parts of the district. Many old
separated from the waste through iips
Quite a large number of mines are
worked by leasers, who are shipping a
great deal of ore.
THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTIES
Now in operation include the Brooklyn,
Lead, Yosemite, Mast, Utah, Spanish.
and several others. They are steadily
yielding great quantities of ore and en-
ploying large forces of men, the wages of
whom vary from $3.50 to $500 per dav,
including board.
AS some of the miners are reticent as TO
the amount of ore they ship, saying it is
of more importance to them than to the
public, or even to newspaper reporters,
it is difficult to approximate the output
OF the district; and yet others Of the min
ers think the newspapers don't do enough
for them and mining matters in this Ter
ritory. So far as the DEMOCRAT and the
present correspondent are concerned,
they will do all they can for the mineral
interests of Utah, if furnished
with reliable information as to the pro-
gress and developments in mining prop
critics. We have faith in the mineral re-
sources of this Territory, knowing how
much they contribute to the wealth and
prosperity of the people. California and
Colorado are indebted for their wonder
full wealth to the resources of their mines.
and the same thing is making Montana
and Idaho powerful and affiuent; and
Utah, though she has done much, could
do more, and will continue to be in the
future, as she has been in the past, one
of the great wealth-producing centers of
the Rocky Mountains. MILo-ZrP.
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