The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

T WAS glorious year for Bling
ham.
The evidence is all in, deductions
have been drawn and nothing remains
put to- proclaim Bingham the Butte
OF Utah. the biggest metal producing
camp in the state of Utah. Park city
has held the medal for twenty years
and while il still holds the champion
snip as a dividend payer it viii have
to hurry if il does not lose that also
this year II is hard TO draw the fig
uTes down 10 a fine point on account
OF the numerous amounts that have
beer contributed by the small shippers
but sufficient data is at hand to sub
staptiate the claim thar Bingham mas
produced during the past twelve
months approximately SO, 100000 in
copper gold and lead
The camp has produced more pounds
OF copper than was credited to the on
tire state during the previous year
while the output of gold and silver has
Increased in proportion. And. with il
al, production has been sUbordinated
to development and betterments a the
mines and company smelters to a de-
gree that has kept the totals far be
meath what they might have been had
the mana gements of the biggest prOpO-
Siuons willed otherwise. While en-
Iargements of shelters and mills were
under way development work WAS
crowded in the mines and the tonnage
Of ore blocked out in most Of them is
fully 30 per cent greater than il was
when the year opened This i'm itself
means millions of dollars to the share
FOLDERS of the companies operating
there. and inSures mammoth earnings
Tor the twelve months to come
The town of Bingham has also grown
al an amazing pace, both a 5 respects
population and material Improvement
there are easily :, 000 miners now work
Of h IL,
the men engaged in raiIrOading, team
ing, mill and smelter work will swell
the total to at least $500. This means
that the West Mountain district is
now fostering a popUla tion of men.
women and children of very close TO
IcO OO OF 5000 more than Park CITY
ever boosted y year ago it looked as
though the camp would be producing
over 5000 tons Of ore per day by this
time. and it would have been doing so
but for the fact that lack of transpor-
tation facilities inability of manufac-
turers to fill contracts for building ma
lerial, machinery, etc, aided and
abetted by the clements, kent things
back
improved Transportation Facilities.
one year ago the producers of the
camp were handicapped on account of
inadequate transportation facilities
During the season that difficulty was
ment of the Copper Belt railroad.
which worms its way around the
mountain sides between the loading
stations at lower Bingham and the
mines. and the construction of new
branches So rapid has become the
growth of the camp. however. that still
better facilities will have to be pro-
Nlded this year. When new cars and
new locomotives were added to the 1T
lie roads equipment it was principally
with the idea Of giving better service
10 those who were already using the
line. But new demands were made
upon it The Bingham-New Haven
was brought in as a heavy producer.
the Dtah-AjaX increased its output. the
Fortuna was added TO the list of pat
rons, the Boston Consolidated made ex-
ira demands upon il, as did the Utah
Copper company and the YamDa In
the early part of the year for several
months storms played havoc with its
Toadbed and two or three serious
wrecks occurred. Engines were badly
lSa bled and cars were rendered worth
less All kinds of hustling had to be
done to catch up and keep things NOV
ing. and IL must be said TO the credit of
the management that, under the cir
cumstances, more could not have been
expected.
To further facilitate the movement of
ores, many of the companies erected