The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-14

Bingham" said a prominent mining
man to representative Of The Her
aid yesterday "is che OF the greatest
mining camps in the west, and yet less
is SAID regarding its great mineral
wealth than any district in the state. -
Another gentleman. in commenting
on the condition of the camp said that
i was in better shape today than at
any previous time in its creditable his
tory: yet at the same time the people
of this country know sut little if any
thing regardins the merits ana worth
of the camp. which. besides its in
mense deposits Of silver-lead ores, the
lead contents predOulilating. (Which
have been worked for years and which
have made marx fortunes3 is noW be
coming renowned for its lodges and
zones Of sold and copper bearing ores.
a The loW grade gold ores of Bingham
have been neglected in the past be-
cause thec7 could not be treated at a
profit BY the processes of reduction
then known. but now that the cyanide
process has been adopted ana worked
successfully on this class Of mineral,
as has been demonstrated by Colonial
H. g. Heffron at the old Spanish mill,
and is now being utilized at the High
land Boy mill, another source OF reve-
nue. has been added TO the district, and
it promises to be q large one.
OF course Il has been known for a
lorg time that bingham was copper
bearing country, but it was not until
the Highland Boy workings exposed a
mammoth body of this mineral that it
was demonstrated that this metal eX-
listed in enormous quantities, but from
this time on Bingham is likely to rank
A SECOND ANACONDA
or Butte in the production of copper
ores.
II vas not long ago that this dis
coYery was made on the Highland Boy
hut The Herald is informed by Man
ager Thomas Weir that IN prospecting
the vein it has been found that the
deposit IS al of 30 to 60 feet wide. and
the ex tent Of the mineral zone has not
bean fully determined as yet. But this
is big enough, especially as the whole
body will carry average values Of from
8 to 9 per cent copper and about 81 In
gold to the ton.
AR Weir settled for a shipment of
114 tons Of this ore yesterday, the Ger
mania smelter being the buyer. and the
settlements were made on control as
says showing values Of 7.5 per cent
copper, $3.50 in gold and small
amount OF silver 10 the ton, while the
iron contents were greatly in excess Of
the silica. This was very satisfactory
showing for a test shipment and Mr..
Weir was highly pleased with it and
has great hopes for the future of the
copper side of the enterprise over which
he has charge. and he assured The
Herald that it was more than likely
that ia time q
SHELTER WOULD BE ERECTED
on the ground Tor the treatment Of the
ore, although the copper deposits would
have to stand large amount of de-
Velopment work before any active steps
would be taken in the construction Of
the proposed plant
IN speaking Of the cyanide mill on
the Highland Boy which is being run
on low grade ores, Mr.. Weir stated that
it was nov treating about SO tons OF ore
daily, the battery tests Of which
showed values Of from s. to 50 q ton
in gold, and it was expected that by
the lst of October the mill would be
handling at least 100 tons Of ore per
day. It is quite probable that a clean
up will be made about that time.
There is considerable activity in other
portions Of the camp, and it is stated
that w l. pickard the we'll known
mining operator, is making arrange
ments to resume work on the old Bar
stow mine, at the head o. Spring gulch.
The Barstow IS one Of the Oldest pro-
ducers in the camp and is still VAL
uabIe piece of property.
At the Phoenix the output is larger
Shan ever before in its history. The
ore Is carrying higher values and the
company is getting better prices for it
than ever before, which would point 70
REGULAR DIVIDENDS
in the near future. In fact, the an
nouncement has been made that the
payment Of dividends would be re-
sumed in October.
The North Last Chance, which lost
SITS mill by fire some time ago. is about
to be embellished with a new plant.
Manager Hodge is now busy getting
out the plans. and it VIII not be long
before work in its erection will be fully
under way.
At the Red Wing. in Markham galch.
recently Incorporated, the tunnel has
cut into what appears 10 be a gold
vein and the officers are highly pleased
over the showing.
at present there is now more work
going on in Bingham than for many
years past, and the outlook for the fu-
ture is very encouraging.