The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-15

Fire yesterday morning shortly after
o'clock wiped out the Stewart mill in
Cars Fork, Bingham, thereby entail
ing a loss of in the neighborhood Of
S30, 200, but one third of which was
covered by insurance. The cause of the
confla grafton is not known but Ii
originated in the mill. which had been
closed down for three days, and spread
with great rapidfty to the adjacent
buildings, consuming everything in the
immediate vicinity and sparing nothing
in lhe way OF buildings belonging 10
the property, except the boarding house
and a. small clubhouse. With the other
structures the assay office went up ~
smoke and 1T was only with the great
est difficulty that the bullion Which had
been retorted and the amalgam were
saved without loss The mill was
closed down for extensive repairs and
dts loss will be a. severe blow to both
THE leaSerS, AIeSSrS. Dickson, Egan and
Glendinning, and the Stewart Mining
company, owner of the Stewart No. !
mine and other properties being de-
VelOped with the aid of the plant. The
interested parties state shat the loss
will not be less than $4,000, for that
much alone has been expended in the
erection and equipment of the plant
OF insurance but $4,000 was carried,
agency of W. Z. Smedley and COM
pany.
There are several theories as ID how
the fire originated but probably the
blacksmith's forge in the mill did it.
The first report which reached the city
was TO the effect that it had started in
the assay office where, for the past Two
or three days. retOrting of the months
product had been in progress. and then
spread across the narrow street. or
eIley, to the mill building, but later res
ports contradicted this and located the
origin OF the fire in the mill. Mr.. Glen
dfGning was out to the property at tine
time of the fire and upon his return
yesterday afternoon made the state
ment that the cOnfagratiOn burst out
without "A. moments notice from the
mill. With great rapidity 1T enveloped
the entire structure and the intense
heat made ii necessary TO at once
ebandOn the assay office in which req
TOrting was then in progress. Gold
bullion to the value of $500 had al
ready been run out and the remainder
of the product was still in the ANAL
gam the entire lot was gathered up
and taken to "a. place of safety, but
there was no time to save much OF the
other property about the premises
Within a comparatively short time the
entire plant was a mass Of ruins and
it is doubtful if any OF the machinery
the insurance companies are concerned
DIT is a total loss. The so, 900 insurance
was divided as follows: Commercial!
Union. $4,000; Sun of London, S1,50O:
Phoenix Of London $780, Manchester,
$1,000: Providence Washington, 81, 500.
TT is a little early yet to say Just
what the owners of the properties ana
the lessees will do as to the rebuilding
of the mill, but one of the interested
parties stated yesterday afternoon that
h had no doubt but that the plant
would be Immediately reconstructed
with probably some important i'm
provements. The Stewards are too
valuable 10 be long permitted to re-
main idle Within the next few DAYS
The interested parties will get to-
gether and decide upon the proper
course of action to take The loss Of
this plant is a. loss TO not only the
owners but also to the mining industry
OF the territory and especially TO Bing, !
ham.