The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

explained that copper mining IS
~ q distinct industry had really had
,s birth during 1899, AMI n predic-
.r WAS made that 1900 woIld witness
steady and pronounced adS ancement
in the position Utah would oc1upy as a
-r.7rcer of the red metal. twelve
-r.nfbs ago those With most optimistic
views on the subject were upafic TO
sa all that has been accomplished.
Irnanam began the year with is Its
srbffri-s well defined, while n nIneS
~ Tfntir and Park City were t1unted
rr1n 90 make some heaJw;-y IA their
--.srIs Ass contributors To N output
.r .au.er- but no one expected that
..-.sr rrmulnieS would be iOTU6C ana
that another of 1ranS Old camps
[..srTI BE- transformed int x CopIer
section demanding recognition as a IL
lrrb hnwevt is the case, and The
r..n and companies VINO are nov tut
1,rE rlafr money into il ANA tn- taent
engaged in laying the massive Iouuda-
ffsus un which the enterprises are TO
DE- builGed are today predicting that
even the great mines of Butte viii one
E4y be compelled TO rank as secOnI-
r4rars when compared with those of
Frisco. i'm Beaver county. The mines
relied upon to bring this about are
those embraced i'm the holdings of lae
Tmurriai and Royal Copper companies,
ve5.h cover several miles of the mon
star copper zone stretching away 10 the
northwest from the lines marking the
confines of the famous Horn Silver bo-
rauZa. Other companies With ClneF
mines in the same and surrounding sec
lions of Beaver county may ne depend
cd upon to greatly augment the how
ing which the big companies nam-d are
destined tU make. and it requires no
stretch eff the imagination to see that
Within the next five and possibly the
next two years the production OF cop
Iar viii cut very close TO being at the
head of the list in Utah's most import
am uduS-Ty-that OF mining.
The year just closed has not been SO
particularly remarkable Tor the in
crease in production as { has been fer
The immense amount of preparatory
work performed by oppeT mine own
erS. though the figures ObtaIuaOle
clearly indicate hat the production
has been easily One-third greater tnan
iD 1899.
To more clearly show what the future
is expected to bring forth in this field
g. short resume OF the accomplishments
Of The past Year viii be all that Is
necessary.
The Bingham Mines
The Utah Consolidated CHighland
a.f'E p A1A PC E2A1AN AtNtAAANA NF AAA nus
produced during the year more than
&. 100000 pounds of copper bullion, while
the capacity of its magnificent SmelteT
has been practically doubled, so that
the first year of the new century is sure
To close on an average production of
1.H10. 600 pounds per month. The three
great veins which traverse the com
rany's empire of ground have been
opened and developed by five tunnels,
and the necessary drifts, cross-cuts,
raises. etc, 10 place practically no limit
cu tine tonnage which may be extract
tj. Taken in its entirety, this work
GnprONimateS to date about 1S,GJO feet,
and still the ore bodies may be said to
have only been scratched. When the
company submitted its annual report
last June the ores blocked out were
t=rfmaTed at over 1000. 600 tons. and
that the mount has been greatly added
10 since goes without saying Every
thing Is i'm readiness TO supply the
shelter with 500 tons of ore daily, and
The mine could be relied upon TO furnish
twice that tonnage should it ever be
t.m8nded- The company viii he count
cd among the big dividend payers this
nu- or the most gratifying perform
gura- of the year is the record made
IE The Bingham Copper & Gold Mining
Company Tt has had possession of the
FORTY acres comprising its holdings and
On .#- pig. H|EEa- NAS SaAaANh STATE aaa
p Highland Boy mines just two years. 1t
esuS the apex OF its Lodges for fully
I-H Sect and an immense amount of
matte development work mas been
..Hs. During the past twelve months
,..g one mile Of tunnels. drifts, up
Uses and WINES have been opened,
and tie mine is DOW ready to begin
.rE-uE out its ores by h economical
aTl-E system introduced by Duncan
--hI.lle several months ago. The
most important n latest piece of de-
...Humeut work performed was the
completion of the 1,200-fOOt crOss-cut
r-uneL which taps the vein 700 feet be
attn the surface on its dip. OF 500 feet
.H# the top of the SulphIde ore bod
40 ore other than that which
me- out in doing necessary develop
' work.. has DeeIi mined This
tp some 1900 tons, which has
sent Co Do company new Smelter
..HaUOent- No measurements of
tonnage in sight has been made.
The reason hat developments are
Completed. but IL must be very
as The vein in the lower work
Us from ten TO forty feet wide. The
am IT1u-cOpper Sulphide. carrying
ICES iu gold and silver as well as
much the same in character as
ores of the Highland Boy. In ad-
non Go It's Bingham mines, the COM
also controls the Tesora of Tin
and that property viii send its ores
.#. Company smelUeT for treatment
So. The TeSOra ores average over ?
cent copper and there is no Ques-
N HNt "hat the states production Of
.-l metal during 1901 viii be |
led by at least 5000. 600 pounds by !
hilERam Copper & Gold Mining /
'auyS new plant. scheduled to go !
.'nWlSsion before the close Of the 1