Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
WlNNAMuCK MIL |, OPERATED BY OHIO COPPER COMPANY

The Bingham Consolidated company
is the owner OF control Of q yaua-
bic proposition I'm Tlntic-the Eagle
g. Blue Bell mine Not long ago a
Bingham official made the statement
that the Tintic property was worth not
less that a million dollars.
! Capt Duncan McVichle Is the Utah
manager Of the Bingham Consolidated.
THE NEW ENGLAND NINE.
The New England Gold and Copper
Mining company which f. composed
principally of Massachusetts, capitalists,
is the owner OF what was once known
as the Mast group. located just above
the Boston Consolidated. An expert
mental mill was Installed during the
year and the demonstration with It has
been so successful that the company 10
already taking steps 60 increase It's
capacity. The Mast IN the early days
Of Bingham was an extensive producer
Of silyer-lead ores and the former own
ors realized quite he isomely from
the shipments made therefrom, Prac-
tically all the mining has been done
above the tunnel level as facilities
have not been provided TO handle q
heavy volume Of water, which would be-
required II sinking below the tunnel
were undertaken However, this will
be done sooner or later Some right
good bodies Of copper ore were encount-
cred this year some Of which Is rich
enough TO ship out In the crude Cross
ing the New England ground are a
number Of fissure veins, In tbs respect
the property Is unlike many other
Bingham mines, there being a conspic
uous absence Of the characteristic bed
ded veins
The company Is preparing to install
an air compressor plant and machine
drills.
Henry NJ Atkinson, a mining engln-
Ger OF wide experience and training,
is manager Of the property
GREAT ONO COPPER MINE
The Ohio Copper company Is operat-
ing the group OF mines formerly known !
as the Columbia, in upper Bingham /
canyon. The organization OF the COM /
many WAS effected during the latter !
part of 1908. at which time the promot- |
ers. anu principal shareholders In the |
present company purchased the prop /
erty and absorbed the original Corpor- |
atlon-the Columbia Copper Mining |
company.
The territory embraced In the pres.
ent company's holdings consists OF
about 1870 acres OF ground, the principal
flaims being the Alrs Well No, 2 What
Cheer. Gold Trail and several others.
The clnlms embrace three or more iis-
sure veins carrying high grade cop
per ore. with q large tonnage " con-
centratlng ore Ia the several veins,
Between these assure veins there are
large bodies Of mlneralized porphyry
the mining and reduction OF which has
not yet commenced, but Ia In contcm-
plation for the near future.
Since commencing operations and up
10 the present time, the company has
treated It's concentrating ore IN the
old Winnemuck mill IN lower Bingham
which has been operated under lease
from the owners OF the Winncmuck
mine. When possession Of the plant
was given, Il was remodeled and
equipped with modern machinery and
appliances, and, while OF small capac-
lty about i25 tons, has made very
record. II Is the Intention
Of the company 20 increase Il at once
10 200 tons capacity and, next year. to
700 tons
During the past few months, the
OF the Ohio. realizing the
Importance OF the Winnemuck proper
les, sought 10 purchase them and
bout the first OF the present month the
Teal was consummated and the deeds
,assed. Through this transaction the
ohio company has come into possession
II valuable water rights. from which I
supply can be had sufficient TO oper- I
tie mill several times the size OF the !
resent plant The acquisition was, I
indeed. an important one for the Ohio /
company, for there were other COM \
,anies ready for the opportunity to /