The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-14
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4 1910 u TIE 4lllE udillc- AAlA tA'lA
and Canyon-fTed the daylight
hours for the AngelenOs yester-
day After seeing mines. mills, ore
DinS, tTamWays. railroads, SmelteTS-
etc the men from the coast were IN
possession of many new ideas concern
ing the production and reduction of
ores. The processes were new to most
Of the visitors. who were almost daz5d
by the magnitude of the operations in
progress al the Bingham Junction
smeiteTs and the mines in the canyon.
Putting or a little extra squirt for
our benefit today. aren't they one
Angeleno inquired, after he had
watched tons of ore pass by tramway
and car through the camp.
No sir. This is the way it goes all
the time" he was told, and was fur
Their informed that the great mine he
later visited had been shut down for
the benefit Of the AngelenOs. thus max
ing the output less than usual
The day was rather strenuous one
and the guests were tired when they
returned to the city. Unused to noun
tain climbing and accustomed to the
low altitude of the coast. many of
them did not stop to appreciate their
eNertiOnS until they were 50 weary that
the train returning to the CITY had
more than one sleeper huddled up in
car seat. The walk about the smelter
IN the forenoon and the trips through
mine and mills. with incidental walk
ing about the camp. made up a good
total of pedestrianism for the day
Visitors Are Impressed.
Yet the day was one of unusual in
terest and served to give the Califor-
mans an idea Of what resources are
behind Salt Lake and Utah Their
questions came thick and fast as
usual, and beyond doubt d majority of
the visitors returned to Salt Lake with
q fair general understanding of the
methods employed to extract money
from the great ore bodies of Ttah's
foremost copper camp.
The Rio GTande Western train that
conveyed the visitors to the camp con-
sisted OF nine coaches and two baggage
cars The baggage cars had been con-
verted into buffet and cafe by the rail-
road officials. The arrangement of
these cars was especially well adapted
10 the purpose of serving a heavy
trainlOad Of hungry men. Superinten-
dent A r. WeIby said the idea be
longed to Master Mechanic John
Hickey. while Mr. Hickey mOdeStIv dis
claimed the distinction and insisted it
was Mr. WeIby's idea. Mr.. WeIby and
Colonel l. A Benton general agent Of
the passenger department accompa-
MED the excursion to Bingham
Visit at SmeIters.
The first stop was at Bingham juno
ton, at 10 a. m, where the smelling
plant of the United States company
was visited, the guests being received
by Manager Fitch and Superintendent
HaZletOn- The party divided into
squads and viewed the works in de-
tachments.
Members Of the Commercial club
committees, including Senator Simon
BawbergeT. John Dern. A. Y TAYLOR
Colonel Nicholas Treweek. J. D. Wood
CIeSsOn : Kinney, Joseph Dederichs
A. l. Jacobs. H s Joseph. and others
, acted as guides and information
= buTeauS- The visitors herOicallv bravpd
the heat and fumes of the blast furn-
aces for many minutes at a stretch I'M
their anxiety to learn about the treat
ment Of the ores and made Their inSpey-
ton a thorough one. Before leaving tho
plant the visitors were given souvenirs
In the shape OF copper paper weights.
produced at the SmeIteT. and bearing
the initials u :. :.
Visit Mine and Mill.
Bingham canyon was reached at z 10.
The first business after stopping was
lunch. which was served to the pas
sengers in their seats under the direc-
ton of Franklin of Salt Lake With
the lunch put away the visitors Sepgr-
ated. some going to the Utah Copper
company's mine at once. while Others
went TO the mill Before leaving the
Car< almost every visitor had mad
trips through both mine and mill had
watched the operation OF the aerial
trans and had secuted about the town
more or less Many of them elected II
walk back from the mine for The our-
pose of better studying the place n ne
real estate men were mucn impressed
nv the town of Bingham, aside from lis
mining enterprises As they proceeded
in the wagons arc md bend after bend
10 meet an almost Unbrokea line Of
homes and business houses the real
estate possibilities Of the town excited
much interest.
At 800 o'clock the train pulled down
10 the mill. where a short stop was
made. and at 4 O'Clock the return trip
10 the city was begun Street cars
were in waiting at the Rio GrInde sta
ton and the AnEelenos were quickly
taken to their hotels to remOv. the Cx-
ternaI and visible evidences Of their
day of mining ana smelling. and pre-
mare for the concert at the tabernacle
in the evening