The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-05
BINGHAM MINES THAT ARE ATTRACT
ING MILLIONS.

The Old Reliable Mining District of Bing-
ham, Utah, Is Fast Coming to the
Front as One of the Larger Copper
Producing Camps.
In describing the mines of Bingham,
the Old Jordan and Galena is entitled
to first place, being a monument to the
productiveness and vastness of ore
veins. 1t is the largest group of mines
in Utah, having been in steady opera
ton since the year 1868. This great
property has produced over So, 100000,
and it embraces some 700 acres in all.
The United States Con. has recently
purchased this property at a cost of
several million dollars, and 1t has over
Is miles of underground workings. The
Utah group that adjoins the Old Jor-
dan and Galena has over 5000 feet of
tunnels and it has produced thousands
of tons of ore. There is at present over
$4,000 tons of ore in sight already block
ed out.
The Niagara group is on the same
contact as the Utah and United States
Con. group. The Telegraph group also
has a record of over S11 200, 600 that it
has produced. This group is on the
United States Con. Mining company's
northwesterly extension of the Jordan,
Utah and Spanish Telegraph vein.
The Telegraph group contains 220
acres, with over 30 claims, of which
there is to-day about four miles of
workings opened up. The main ore
bearing zone is $50 feet wide between
walls and is known to be over 1000
feet in length, with a dixie of porphyry
cutting off ore on either end, which
faults the vein.
The Utah Consolidated Mining COM
pany, best known as the Highland Boy
group, contains 215 acres, with over
$500 feet on the vein. There are over
two miles of underground workings.
The Stewart group and copper CEN
ter is one of the old producers of
Bingham. This valuable group of
mines is now the property of the Bos-
ton Con. Copper M. company.
THE COMMERCIAL GROUP.
This property belongs to the Bing-
ham Copper and Gold Mining company.
The ore in this property consists of
sulphite of iron pyrites, containing
from to per cent. copper, IS in gold
and to 6 ounces silver, with streaks
of rich ore assaying as high as 80 per
cent. copper.
The Dalton and Lark group owns
over 80 claims and has produced thou
sands of tons of high grade ore.
The Wall group, which is located in
main Bingham canyon and which ad-
joins the Starless group, has recently
been purchased by Captain De Lamar
surface showings in Bingham.
The Butte & Bingham Copper NJ.
company contains IS acres. The COM
panys properties are located in the
center of this vast mineral zone, and
it adjoins the De Lamar group, the
Red Wing, the Starless and the Ala
mo mines. The company's mines ex-
tend from main Bingham gulch over
into Car Fork gulch and Markham
gulch. This company is a new enter
prise; it was organized June / by
Butte and Salt Lake mining men. The
shares We're first offered at 1 cent per
share and have steadily advanced on
the merit of the mines until to-day
they are worth 80 cents per share. The
manager reports that enough ore is
being extracted in doing the develop
ment work to more than pay the run
ming expenses of the mines. The west
tunnel has exposed several large bodies
of $50 to $40 ore. Already many of the
share owners in this company are talk
ing So per share inside of IL months
for their holdings. There is one thing
certain, no one can complain about
the stock being too high priced for
them to get in.
The secretary of the company re-
ports over 800 share owners in the
company up to date, and the heaviest
buyers are miners who are familiar
with the mines of Bingham.