The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
SALT LAKE VALLEY
IS THE LOCATION
Colonel PaSey and Associates Ar
rive From the East.
Will Commence the Erection of the
Plant In the Near Future+Will
Have a Capacity of 200 Tons
Immense Bodies of Ore Developed
In the Company's Property at
Bingham-Work to Commence
Soon-Own Great Gold Mines.

The Bingham Copper & Cold Mining
company, the owner of valuable ground
between the Boston Consolidated and
the United States company's ground, in
Bingham, is to erect a large smelling
plant for the treatment of the great
bodies of ore opened up in that mine,
which have been developed under the
direction of Colonel o. p. Pasey and
| local management of Colonel Z. G..
| Heffron.
The appearance of Colonel Pasey in
! the city yesterday, accompanied by A.
j. Corrum of Boston, and other large
! shareholders in the big Bingham bo-
nanZa, gave credence to the. rumorS
afloat that a big plant is one of the
possibilities of the near future.
Just prior to Colonel Posey's depart
ure for the east and abroad, several of
( the hackers of the enterprise, including
Ex-Governor Alva Adams of Colorado,
visited the Bingham properties. Since
then the company has had its agents
here making examinations and fixing
up matters preparatory to such move,
but up to last night no definite infor-
nation was given out as to the real in
tentions of the company. or its move
ments for the future.
The mine has been under vigorous
development ever since the present
company, organized under the laws of
the state of New Jersey. assumed con-
troll.
Shelter Decided Upon.
Mr.. Corrum was seen at the Knuts-
ford last night, and from that gentle
man it was learned that the building
of the plant has been decided upon,
and just as soon is a few details can
be arranged the actual construction of
the Smelter will commence. 1t is to
have a capacity of at least 200 tons a
day, and will be completed after an
outlay of something like a half a mil
lion dollars.
Mr. Corrum stated that it has not
been fully determined whether the
plant will be patterned after the works
of the Highland Boy, at Murray. How
ever he stated that it is very proba-
bic the plant to be put up will be
pyritic smelter, as recent tests made
in sampling the ores of the mine indi-
cate that that method is probably the
most correct way of treating the ores
extracted from the mine.
Immense Ore Bodies.
Mr.. Corrum says the ore bodies dis
closed are simply immense, and enough
ore has been blocked out to justify the
erection of a plant even larger than the
one proposed.
When asked where the plant would
be located. Mr.. Corrum said that was
one point that would have to be de-
cided upon. The company. he says.
has number of locate in view, and
some suitable site will be selected from
among them. There is no doubt that
it Will go to some point in the Salt
Lake valley. where all the facilities for
water and electrical power are con-
venient.
The same interests behind the Bing<
ham copper proposition are the own
ers of what Mr.. Corrum says is one of
the greatest gold mines in America. |
The Cochiti mine of New Mexico. |
which is operated under the name of |
the Cochiti Gold Mining company. The |
mine now has 100000 tons of ore in
sight in veins of pay ore seventy feet !
wide, and the 3000-ton mill, which |
handles 80 per cent under the cyanide |
and the balance by the Pelatin process, |
is to be increased at once to the ca |
pacity of 1000 tons a day
Colonel Pasey and Mr.. Corrum have |
just come from the property, and while |
in Denver ordered a big consignment |
of machinery for it.
Mr.. Corrum will be here for several |
days before going on to Montana to
look after mining interests there.