Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18
BINGHAM BLOSSONING.
TWO NEW MILLS ABOUT 10 START UP.
It.,.d stocks Neglected In the rit-.iiigh-
land hoy Railroad -Mercur and
Tintic Arairs.

bingham the Old Reliable mining
camp, IL In happy state Of progress
sion. Two years or more ago the dis
trict faded into almost total obscurity
because Of the closing down N IT, sill
YER and lead mines. and many sorrow.
fui hearts were then within
us confines gazing into the
dark and misty future be-
fore them. nut today the scene ha,
changed: the camp has taken on O. new
rhrb, 80 TO speak, and what was once
known as one u the foremost silver
and lead producing sections of the
West. has come out attlrcd ln more
fashlonnble costume. and now boasts "
IT, worth as "a cpntcr for guid and cop-
rsr. n Is this transformation that
has rcjuvcnatod the camp. she has
drank " this elixir NJ ne and Il now
I'M the full bloom Of youth. vigorous ana
In % healthy state Of preservation ana
advancement
bingham has seen many changes In
the past few months Old mills have
been abandoned because NJ having uut-
lived their usefulness. ana new ones
have sprung M nttad and equipped
with AN the modern attachments ana
improvements. Properties that year
ago were considered almost worthless,
have sprung up into hunnuznH and to-
day are contcts Of attraction because ~
the orr showing that ia IN them, and
their possibilities Tor the future Capt
tHl. hearing ~ the camps now and
8ctlyo condition. has been attracted
thlthcrwnrd. and n boom ls not on,
IL b. only because the boomers have
not matcrInllzed.
only n week or 80 nHo. the now Last
chance mill was started up az bingham
IA
puu. they being the ola Jordan and
Swan. uomla. spoken u by Fridays
bingham Uullcun ~ follows.
OLD JORDAN MILL READY
This evening the wheels " the Ola
Jordan cyanide mill will turn FOR the
first time Yesterday when our reporter
visited % the machinery was about
ready Tor the belts and some odds aud
ends in the way of finishing were being
done. Superintendent Holden, who
came out yesterday. said he was rn
won satisfied with the plant and ih"
way 10 had been put together that hU
should not wait 60 see 10 start but
would return 10 the city this afternoon.
Secretary Rowe ~ the Ola Jordan of
nre and Col Hebron VIII bo here Toe
day
Thc mill. which with nine ore tanks.
Will have 90 tn 80 tons capacity cone
yryH the impression under hnsiy lns
fp.ttlun that it ~ solid proposition In
every detail. and has been put together
ut q minimum cost The Honun
method ~ precipitation. which the Old
Jordan has the rlght o. use, b. 90 bo
employed. A trial run VIII probably be-
r.n urNt Monday hut the first month
win be- given tu short runs and expert
mentntinn lt being the Intention N pos.
HIhlr 10 avoid an mistakes The foreman
or the mill 10 J. >. FORESTER, and Col
d. o. d
Elu plant Hl fucceFafully, ~ a. be cN-
pert IN charge
OLD JORDAN GROUND.
The Excelsior tsa-cnlicD from which
the min viii he fed IL composed " the
Excelsior. Jordan. Jordan Extension.
Protector and Extension No. mines.
ivirr IN group. Practically there N ~
sight In this group sufficient ore TO Keen
trndunt Mnyhorry has about 5000 tons
now ready Tor the cr7iHhcr
A largo amount of development work
has boen done In the ola Jordan ground
and neiFhblring property during the
past six months, and Immense dumps
have grown along the creek IKE music
rooms. Tho Jordan ~ opening mp new
country westerly from tho old workings,
ana there are good prospects u find
Ing a bonanza,
THE swAN-nEAilS MILL
Yesterday and Wednesday 20 tons n
Niagara ore were put In the bins ~ tn
swan liyinln mill, and IL VIII be- the
first lot 60 be- treated. The finishing
touches are boiling put on the mill ana
70 viii turn IT, wheels sometime next
week. There have been many ycNlng
delays. but everything has been dnn1
rlght, and % II satisfying the owners "a
believe that the start Will boz al rshi
and inaugurate a prosperous business,