The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

BIta-IL ulNluenQ record Deen aU-
preached. And while each Of these dec
l%srations is Substantial by the evil
dence' no one at all acquainted WITH
the present condition of the industry
VIII attempt to deny that the great
camps OF this state are only Just be-
ginning TO emerge from the clouds of
comparative Cbscurity and taking on
the garb that will cause them to stand
out in a constantly Increasing light of
magniicence that must in the near
future attract he attention of the
whole world.
Statistics and the old figures in
which they are always more or less en-
Shrouded strike mosc readers as being
uninterestirg and usually u~ncailed for.
but 10 the acute investor and specula-
tor they supply a fund Of information
that forms the basis Of his business
dealings and 20 that class the COM
pliation OF figures concerning the mines
or this most favored of all the far west
ern states. found elsewhere. will be ex-
tremely interesting. incomplete though
they are, and must be at a season when
there are and must be appropriated.
Many features touching the growth
81 different lines in the industry cannot
De shown in figures and a glance over
them may help to emphasize the bright
outlook which the future presents. Tor
instance, the place which Utah is des-
tined to occupy in field of copper
production is only just beginning TO be
appreciated. and figures are not yet OBJ
talnable to illustrate it's magnitude.
The edvent of he great Bingham
companies and the Wonderfully en-
larged field to which copper has been
Introduced Iuri-- the past few wears
has caused the miners of Utah to de
vote more attention to the search for
and development of the zones carrying
that metal The result has been that
during the past three years Lodges.
veins, deposits and zones carrying the
metal a quantities little dreamed of in
the not distant past have been dis
covered and opened to that extent that
conservative n eminent engineers
and experts are now predicting that
Montana's record win be made to go
glimmering.
The Bingham mines are IJw. produc-
ing over 1000 tons daily and that with
out a pound coming from the United
states companys domain. that viii add
between 500 and 1000 tons more on the
completion of its magnificent smeiter.
scheduled for early in the coming year.
Then the De Lamar-Wa1 group-the fine
property Of the Tintic Mining & Devel-
Opme1t company. with its extension of
the Highland Boy lodges. and half a
dozen other properties Of the old camp.
are getting in readiness to pour out
from 1000 to 1000 tons more daily.
while more than n of them are this
moment contemplating reduction plants
The Tintic district has also come
20 the front as = copper producer.
with the Centennial Eureka. Carisa,
Tesora. Mammot'L Lower Mammoth.
Ajax. Bullion-Beck and Others all be-
ms in the productive list.
New fields are also being opened with
most positive assurances that the world
may prepare for a genuine surprise
from one of them, at least. That is the
Beaver county section. In the districts
about Frisco and Milford the strong
est financial talent of the country is
~eXpending vast sums in opening Up and
properly e%quipping properties that to
day have hundreds of thousands of
tons o. copper ore blocked out that
most cold and calculating engineers de-
clare will average. not for one property,
deposit or lode, but taking them in their
entirety. not less 6 per cent in the
red metal
In the Royal mines alone
the statement was recently made-and
It came from an unimpeachdble source
that there is now blocked out and
ready for removal more han Sc, OO0.O 600
worth of ore. The Imperial
is developing a veritabie mountain of
copper ore which. when the time comes.
viii be quarried rather han mined
and reduced to bullion in works to be
erected for the purpose
In The same vicinity a most fOrmid-
able combination. known as the Frank
nn syndicate, is opening the Copper
Eulch mines that give every indica-
zion of being just as valuable as the
NAhNAE- WntAt W NAA- east the tla~lllA-
cent mines Of the Majestic company.
n of which alone. the O.. X. is cap
able this moment of producing 1000
tons daily Of better than S per cent
ore from a vein running from 100 TO
300 feet wide and that without count
ing the great strata Of % TO so per cent
ore with which it is laced.
The Blue Bird company. the Milford
Mining & Milling company. the Copper
Ranch. the Montreal of the Glasgow
g. Western Exploration the
Skylark. Beaver Lake and numerous
other mines OF the same region are all
nov beirC brought to n stage of pro-
duCtiOn that guarantees for that sec
tion Of the state smelters. mills and
r~cfineries that within the next very
few years must be provided &C. treat a
tonnage that one Of the engineers who
has been engaged in that field during
the past year or more saws viii run
anywhere FROM 5000 to ~. coo tons daily.
The enterprises calculated 70 bring
about this result are now being firmly
planted and another year Will see them
am worked out To- perfection.
This description OF what Is haDneninE
in the copper fields OF Utah only par
taily tells g. Near st George the
Utah & Eastern company has a mag
nidceut copper bonanza in the old
Dixie mine and. with q little water
jacket smelter. * Is turning out $4,000
wGTth Of COPPER rer month. IT ONLY
recently acquired the mine and when
" -N- .H n AE
prcGucing 100000 worth per month.
p work there has stimulated others
% u or two Companies are now ore
pairing to omen up adjoining ground.
The Ia sal cOuutrv Is also coming
t. the front. as is the Deep Greek coun-
try and both of them VIII one day give
the other camps "a hard rub in mat
ter or copper and precious metal pro-
dUCtOn- Otaer sections also deserve
ucntion. but sufficient has been said
to show that Utah viii not be Ions in
entering the front ranks as a copper
producing state. % TACT that the in
weston and Spectator are both begin
ming 70 appreciate.
In this valley alone there Is now in
commission and building nearly 5000
600 worth 81 sme'ting and reduction
plants and that more are being counted
upon is assured by men in the bust
ness who appreciate the coming needs
Of the camps.
With the hi~tle for copper. the pro-
cuction 81 gold silver aud lead is also
being gradually Increased AMI from al
rnmnc in the STATE a,Fhfng k-.4 els