The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

and silver ore gain in size and value,
and the indications are that the future
of the camp.in this respect has greater
things in store than has ever been
realized in the past
Gold is also a consideration in Bing-
nam. as there are mammoth deposits
of low grade gold-bearing mineral in
this camp which, up to the time of the
introduction of the cyanide process of
reduction, were practically worthless.
The past year or two however has
witnessed wonderful things in this
connection, and now one of the finest
cyanide plants in the west is in active
operation in the camp. A smaller mill
mas been treating low grade gold ores
Tor the past two years, and the in
dications are that within the next II
months several other reduction works
Will spring up in the district.
The gold placer deposits of the camp
are also worthy OF consideration, and
1t is believed that the coming year will
reveal the fact that it is not necessary
TO go to Klondike or the frozen regions
OF the far north in the search for gold
IN its native state, as in Bingham,
within two hours ride of the capital
of Utah, the main canyon is undertake
with wealth of the yellow metal, and
arrangements have recently been per-
fected by the consolidation of interests
and property whereby placer mining in
Bingham can be carried on success
fully
The copper interests of Bingham are
daily growing in Importance, and it is
only a question of time before this
camp will be racing neck and neck
with the leading copper producers of
Montana in the production of this
metal, and recent discoveries in Ring-
ham would lead to the belief that the
copper deposits of the camp would vet
make the district famous the world
over.
Eureka, Tintic, is another camp
OF pronounced merit and is also blessed
with a variety of mineral resources.
In fact, 1t is a close counterpart of
Bingham, with the exception that its
silver-lead ores are far richer and of
greater value.
In speaking of Eureka, the distinc-
tive camps of Mammoth, Silver CITY
and Diamond are also included, for it
is these camps which have added to
the whole which has made Eureka, one
OF the most popular camps of the day.
and while each place has it's own in
diViduality, it is the combination of
them all that gives charm to the dis
trlct and earns for it the reputation
OF being a camp without a peer in the
wide, wide west.
1t is impossible to review the entire
history of Tintic district, but it is
sufficient 70 state that the mines of
Eureka, Mammoth, Silver City and
Diamond
HAVE PAID THEIR MILLIONS
in dividends. 1t matters not whether
the distribution was made bv in
corpOrated companies or divided among
themselves by close companies or by
private individuals: the fact still re-
mains that in its production of wealth
TINS camp has done its share and is
sun IN the ranks with a brilliant flu
ture in store for it.
Like Mammoth, no narrow walls con-
line the wealth of ore revealed in the
mines OF Eureka, and this APPLIES also
20 d large percentage of the mines of
Ilntic district, and as depth is attained
there, the permanencE and continuity
of the mineral deposits are demon
strated beyond a doubt, so that, in
pol1l o. production, this mineral sec
ton is still in its infancy.
Silver and lead has been the nre-
dominating metals so far produced in
the camp, but a number of promising
gold properties are now being worked
and, at Mammoth. this promises to
form the chief object of mining re-
search IN the near future, While. in
various portions of the district. cop
per is found in paying quantities.
Utah's first purely gold camp can
only boast of a history that is brief
but the district has gained a reputa
ton during its few years of existence
such as many districts have not at
tanned in years.
Seven or eight years ago Mercur
was practically unknown in the mining
world unless that it once sailed under
the cognomen of Camp Floyd, a de-
serted silver mining camp. and those
who We're familiar with the blowout
OF clEnapar Just across the gulch from
the old Sparrow Hawk silver mine. at
tached no Importance 10 this freak of
nature nor, in their minds. had the
faintest thought or intimation that in
time, within few years, in fact. this
slight eruption on the face of the hin
would lead to the building up of one
of the greatest gold camps this coun
try has ever been able to boast of
Even the original owners of the Mer-
cur mine never had the slightest idea
OF the magnitude of the ore deposits
that this blowout of low grade gold
bearing mineral would lead to. and
the mining fraternity of Utah, skepti
cal and prejudiced, occupied several
years Of valuable time before admit
tlng the Importance and value of the
district
Now, however. all this is changed.
and since it has been discovered that
the naturalization of the district ex-
lists in great blanket veins and de-
posts and that the ores are easily
and cheaply worked by the cyanide
process the camp has grown in i'm
portance until today it ranks as one of
the greatest prospective
rANrpc
in the known world, and the improve
ments that have been made through
out the district during the past few
years in the way of mine development
and the erection of reduction works. is
something marvellous to contemplate.
and especially so as the camp has
grown until it has taken in Lion hill
on which two mills have been erected
during the past year. as is given il
detail By The Herald's Mercur CORE
spondent.
Following down the lst we come
to Park City. the home of the great
Ontario, the DAILY, the DAILY West, the
Silver King. the Anchor and numer-
Gus other producers of this magnificent
silver camp, nearly all of which have
paid out in dividends q sum, which, in
the aggregate. would enrich a Roths-
child Or 2 Vanderbilt
Park City has been noted for its
deposits of silver bearinr |
rock. and these have been noted be
cause of the gigantic size of the veins
The wonderful Ontario, during its life
time-and the property is still in
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