The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
Splendid Showing In This Bingham
Wealth Producer.

One of the most interesting portions
of the "Old Reliable" camp of Bingham
is that section known as the Dalton &,
Lark country, the home of the old Lead
mine, the YoSemiteS, the Sampson, and
| the Dalton and the Lark, the keystone
and the Fortune, all well-known and
prolific producers, mines which have
added thousands upon thousands to the
imperishable wealth of the world, and
which in years to come will still rank
as heavy shippers, these properties be-
ing connected with the outside world
by the old Lead mill tramway, the con-
nection being made in Bingham canyon
with the Rio Grande Western road.
The locality above mentioned has
been noted for its production of silver
lead and copper ores with a sprinkling
of gold, but it has not been until the
past few years that the residents Of
that camp and also a few enterprising
Salt Lakers began to realize the fact
that the Dalton & Lark portion of West
Mountain district was destined to be-
come still more famous in that it is the
poSSesSor of a camp within a camp, =
Mercur within the environments of q
great silver, lead, gold and copper dis
trict, and there is reason to believe that
within the next 10 or u months Camp
Floyd district will not be the only To-
cality in the state where the cyanide
process of reduction is extensively and
successfully used in the extraction of
gold from low grade iron and oXidiZed
ores.
A few days ago a representative of
The Herald visited the Dalton & Lark
country, and while there took several
Photographic views of the Dalton &
Lark hoist and mill and the keystone
works.
He was also given an opportunity of
inspecting the underground workings
of the property of the New Mammoth
Gold Mining company, which is north
of and a short distance up the noun
tain side from the Dalton & Lark mine
and mill, and While the name of Nam
moth might look to some like an in
fringement, still the property is entitled
to the name, as the Mammoth of Bing-
ham was located and recorded 20 years
ago and several seasons before the
Mammoth Of Tintic district sprung into
such prominence as a wealth producer.
The early owners of the Mammoth
did considerable work in the develop
ment of this property with the expec-
tatiOn of disclosing deposits of GOLD in
paying quantities and of good shipping
values, but in this they were dIsap-
the mineral being found in i'm
mense bodies, but the values were so
low, comparatively, that the ore could
not De worked DN any process Known
at that time, and so the mine remained
idle for years, and would most likely
have been considered as being of but
little value today had it not been for
the discovery and application of the
cyanide process.
Through the kindness of z. G.. Rog-
non. the president of the Mammoth |
The Herald reporter was en-
abled to inspect this property and to |
inc he Of
ground workings.
The New Mammoth property, it is |
learned, consists of a group of six |
claims, three of which are patented. |
while the other three are now passing |
to patent. The group is cut from one |
enc to the other by an immense quartz |
tie dyke, vein or ledge, which is $50 feet |
N width, the strike of the ledge being /
and southwesterly, while |
rs dip is TO the north at an angle of
about 80 degrees, the vein carrying with
{ three separate ore zones, all three