The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-24
BINGHAM CITY MINES.
Rig Mine 1T Our Doors Being
vigorously Worked.

Rig Mine at Our Doors Being
vigorously Worked.
The Consolidated Mining and Smelt-
ing companys properties, formerly
known as the Garfield Mining company.
situated at Gold Hill, five miles north
of Brigham City in COX Elder county,
give evidence of developing into mines
of richness and value uneQualed in the
west All the usual indications, out
ward signs and inside evidence that
contribute to make a prospect look we'll
are here and no small amount of act
ual mine work has opened up rich bo-
nanZas of promise, says The Ogden Stan
dard a reporter for that paper visited
the mine last Saturday and describes
it as follows:
Tunnel A is 6, 700 feet above the level
Of the sea and was started in 1893. 1t
is SKI feet 1t was driven 1000 feet be-
fore water was struck, at which point
enough was encountered to supply all
necessities at the camp. One ore vein
was cut at $50 feet. Ore is continuous
from where it was first struck to the
breast of the tunnel, a distance of 1900
feet, with the exception of occasional
lime horses"
A large body of decomposed quartz
feet, extending 400 feet. A drift to the
north wall showed a width of sixty feet.
This immense body of ore can be con-
centrated on the company's grounds,
thus saving freight charges. Several
cross cuts from the tunnel. varying all
the way from 40 to 100 feet in length
have been driven, and ore has been en-
countered in many places. The objec-
tive point of tunnel a is the big body of
Gre or the main ore vein above the
quartzite and every effort is being made
to reach it. There are twenty men on
the pay roll. Three eight-hour shifts
are employed and every day sees the
big hole in the mountain a little closer
TO the ore.
Fresh air is supplied by Sturtevant
blower driven by three horse power
engine, the air being conveyed through
a six-inch galvanized pipe.
The surface Improvements consist of
buildings, yards, roads, etc. The build
ings consist of an engine room 20X30
feet, a blacksmith shop 12X18 feet, bunk
house 20X30 feet and a two-story board
ing house and office also 20x30 feet A
kitchen is attached and convenient to
the boarding house is a large cellar cut
out of solid rock
A graded dugway reaches the mines
from the level where the offices are To-
Gated. A train Of pack animals fur
nishes transportation for the supplies
used in the tunnel.
a great advantage is a water right
sufficient for power and concentrating
purposes possessed by the company
The mill site is located near the mouth
of the canyon and is to be connected
with the mine by means of a Huson
endless wire rope tramway The con-
tract for the tramway has already been
let. The excavation for the upper ter
minal of the tramway is nearly COM
pleted. as is also the grade from the
terminal to the mouth of the tunnel, a
distance of 300 feet. AS soon as the
mill and tramway are completed they
will be put Immediately to use, aNthere
is already large amount of concentrate
ing ore on the dump.
The properties as a whole are in fine
shape, and when the main body of ore
is reached the company will begin MAX
ing shipments. There is already enough
ore in sight to keep a ten-stamp mill
busy, but the company prefers to tap
the richer vein before building the mill.
Montana Snpphires.