The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-19
TAKING ON NEW COLOR
The Old Camp of Bingham in
Utah.
AN INCREASE OF ACTIVITY
The New Mammoth Company IL En-
couraged over the Showing Made
In the Property New Gold
Producer.

The old camp of Bingham in Utah
Is taking on a new colcr n indications
are for a season of increased activity.
The New Mammoth Is encour-
aged over the showing made in its
property. and the following. from the
Salt Lake Herald. will be interesting
reading for the many residents in Butte
who are familiar with the country OF
which the article treats:
From all accounts and indications
Utah will soon be able to boast of the
h property of the New Mammoth
company. which is located in the Dali
ton & Lark country I'm the Old Relia-
BILE camp of Bingham.
This mine has been the lodestone
which has attracted the attention OF
quite a number of mining men and in
vestors of late. among the most recent
visitors to this prospective bonanza
being George Moore, the metaliurgist.
assayer and chemist with the Con. X.
G. Smelling and Reduction company.
MI. Moore made a careful inspection
and examination of the mine the first
of the week, taking numerous n care
ful samples of the ore bodies exposed i'm
its workings, but IL was not until yes
terday that his fire tests on the same
were completed. the outcome being
much beyond his most sanguine expect
ations. n as he has seen the property
and took and tested his own ore sam
pies he was not adverse to giving a
representative of this paper the result
of his Investigations.
In speaking Of the New Mammoth.
Mr.. Moore stated hat the work al
ready 1aaA 10 10 HI
property had revealed the existence OF
a large ledge of gold-bearing ore in
quartzite, the vein evidently being a
true assure, the dip of the ledge being
from so to 40 degrees to the west, the
incline shaft having been sunk on the
hanging wall side of n deposit. the
wall being almost as smooth as a floor.
This shaft, Mr.. Moore went on to say,
has been sunk on the ore body for a
depth of 400 feet. with drifts on the
mineral north and south at different
levels. these drifts having been extend
ed both ways from tho shaft for 100 or
200 feet. all the workings so far show
ing the ~permanencey and continuity Of
the mineral deposits.
The ledge is from eight to IL feet in
width, being the former figure at the
surface and the latter at the bottom OF
the 4OO-foot incline shaft. work so far
showing an increase in the size Of the
utpoSlt as ueptn Is dttdlneO. ana IN the
middle Of the vein there Is a pay streak
which averages about two feet in width
from the top to the bottom Of the shaft.
this pay streak. according 10 samples
taken and assays made by Mr.. Moore.
carrying average values of S24 In gold
to the ton. while the bodies OF second
class ore on both sides of the high
grade streak, which. combined. will run
about eight or nine feet in width, show
ing average values of 81 in the yellow
metal. the average OF the whole ore
body of from eight TO IL feet in width
being 80 to the ton.
"Other samples were taken by Mr..
Moore. n of which was from the big
upraise from the 245-foot level, where
an average Of the deposit disclosed val
ues of s14.40 In gold. while from the
richest portion Of the deposit as ex-
posed by this upraise fire tests showed
the gold contents OF the ore TO be $32. so
10 the ton: while at a point only 80
feet below the surface samples were
taken from the tw%o-foot pay streak.
previously mentioned. which went s2s
I'm gold tn the ton. the ore i'm this pay
streak being a finely oxidized product.
free from tale and all deleterious sub
stances, the mineral being of excellent
teaching quality.
I'm summing mp his conclusions Mr..
Moore stated that he was well pleased
with the property. the amount of mill
ing ore in sight. according to his calcu-
lations. being i'm the neighborhood of
81 900 tons. which would carry average
values of 80 a ton in gold. To mine and
mill this owe. in his estimation, would
cost about 81 n ton, while o ecove Of
30 per cent. could doubtless be made.
thus showing about 1888. OO0 net now
blocked out i'm the property.
1T was learned Yesterday that J. Y.
Beveridge. the well known mining and
mill man.. is to have charge OF the
New Mammoth mine and also Of the
mill as soon as II Is constructed. Il be-
ing the intention of the to
have reduction works i'm operation on
the ground in the early spring"