The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

boasts. The strides which the camp
has taken during the last twelve
months, the wOrld-interest that has
been shown in its mines, emphasizes all
that had been previously said and
makes 1t possible to say now that with
In five years the district will rank with
the best cOpper-producing camps OF the
world. No other camp in the world has
today the natural advantages pos
sessed by Bingham. TT ores are not
measured by the widt.- of the lodges
alone. Whole mountains of ore that
can be worked at enormous profit from
the grass roots" down, are known to
exist. They have been punctured by
fnnumerable tunnels and shafts and
drill holes. And everywhere the same
story is told by the development: all is
ore Of commercial grade; there is mil
lions upon millions Of tons Of it. 1t can
be mined for q few cents q ton; il can
and will be transported and reduced to
bullion at cost that will leave a hand
some margin of profit TO the producer.
Market Conditions Help.
Park City, Big and Little Cottonwood
and American Fork districts all cover
the same mineral-bearing zone. a zone
which, though barely scratched as yet,
has returned to investors more than
$50, 900, 600 individends and produced
twice that much. The better markets
for silver and lead and the fact that
zinc is nov sust as much of a market
able product as lead and more Valu-
able is working a revolution in each OF
these camps. Old miaeS are being re-
opened and new territory - being in
Vaded as fast as money, TaVsuae, steel
and giant powder can accomplish it.
Results of the work are going Ia be
felt during the coming year and With
in q short time the smelters of this
valley have got to be enlarged to take
care of the tonnage of ore that will
be rolling out OF the canyons, the por-
tails of which are all within sight of
this city. For a correct Interpretation
OF what this statement means, the
reader is referred to the accounts of
what is doing in the camps referred to.
Stockton Is Coming Up.
Just over the hills from Bingham are
the camps of Stockton. Ophir, Dry
Canyon and Mercur. Two years ago
Stockton's mines were out of the reck-
oning, because they had been mined to
water level and the volume was too
great to make it profitable to mine and
driving Of the great drain and opera
ting tunnel by the HOnerine company,
nearly all of the older properties of
the district have been drained to great
depth and a resumption of operations
has followed. Some of the mines have
begun producing again, and within the
next twelve months there will be more
than a dozen steady producers. The
les of this district run largely to lead,
though silver. gold. copper and zinc are
all found there and in many instances
they are associated, The HOnerine
has developed wonderful bodies of ore
for hundreds of feet in depth below the
old water level; this ore runs about
half and half in shipping and milling
grade and its fluXing qualities makes it
very desirable by the smelters. What
is true of the HOnerine is also true of
its neighbOrs and just as applicable to
the camps of Dry Canyon and Ophir, to
the southeast, in the same mineral belt.
ophir in the Swim.
The camps of Ophir and Dry Canyon
are not troubled with water and now
that corporation with the right kind of
backing have invaded the districts, big
results are sure to follow. Senator w.
A. Clark has been doing Splendidly
with his Ophir Hill property for sew
eral years and now the BuckhOrn and
Ophir Tunnel combination is getting in
shape to make a record just to the east
of his bonanza. From the camp down
to the San Pedro railroad is only nine
miles, and the expectation is that dur
ing the coming year the railroad COM
pany will build a spur to the camp to
better take care of the production.
Tintic Gold Mountain, Beaver
County, Deep Creek, the districts north
and east of ogden, in fact all the
camps of the state are in prime con-
dition to make new records, and pros
perity is written in bold letters at the
entrance to each. 1t has been a glori-
Gus year for the mining industry of
Utah, but it will be completely over
Swallowed by the accomplishments of
the year now breaking forth.