Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

Stopping OF ore at all. The mill stuff
received treatment az the Wall plant
In lower Bingham
1t Is the intention OF the company a
little later, To- erect a large and up
to-date concentrating mill on the site
selected for II near the company's com
pressOr plant at the mouth OF the can
yon.
The development OF the Red Wing
mine is IN charge OF Walter G.. Orem.
the rcsidcnt manager OF the company.
United States Company's Mines,
If someone had yentured the predic-
ton when the United States Mining
company was organized several years
ago. TO operate the old Jordan Galena
and Telegraph mines In Bingham, that
It would become D power in the mining
and smelling world, The person doing
go would probably have suffered a Sc
we're rebuka from the critics
While tho promoters may have had
visions o. great things. /, ia doubtful
| II even they anticipated at that time
| that this corporation would grow. as
| y has done, to occupy the position OF
| the greatest competitor ot the Ameri-
| can Smelling & Refining cmpany, and
10 enjoy the prestige that II does today
| among the producers OF the west,
IL was not long after tho organization
| Of the company the fact becams
apparent that the ore from The Bing
! ham mines required a combination with
| other ore 20 render treatment success
| full
The Tintic district, +, was discovered.
| could furnish a proper hlende for tire
! refractory copper ores OF the company's
| Bingham properties, so the purchase OF
| the great Centennial Eureka mine at
! Eureka followed. Then came the con-
| structon of the smelter at Bingham
| Junction. which marked the beginning
OF the cOmpany's policy OF expansion.
| and its engagement IN the custom
smelling bushes in composition with
the American The latter venture prov
ed so eminently successful that tho
| company has continued 10 enlarge It's
| scope Of usefulness.
The next move towards expansion
was the purchase OF the Mammoth
| mine In Shasta county. CAL, near Ken
| nett a station on the Shasta Route OF
the southern Pacific railroad. During
| the present year three-stack smell
ter was erected at this property and
placed IN commission about two
| months ago. Recently, the company
acquired some valuable properties az
Eureka New. among which Is lnclud
ed the Eureka Consolidated, one OF the
old time silver-lead producers OF that
l
has interests IN Idaho,
| At Bingham Junction, the lead smell
Ter of three furnaces, which went into
commission early IN the present year.
| IS being enlarged by tho addition OF
three more furnaces. In other words.
the plant Is being doubled IN size and
by the beginning Of the now year Will
be In shape 10 handle twice the ton
mage Of lead ore that Il did year ago.
| 49,.
added 10 the copper smelter and third
will soon be under construction Be
sides the foregoing, q rcverberatory
furnace for the treatment OF fluo dust,
ore fines and concentrate has been in
stalled. ana IS working successfully.
The company has also acquired a con-
trolling interest IN the De Lamar Cop
per refinery at Chrome, n. j.
Managing Director Holden IS author
fly FOR the statement that the ore bod
ies OF the jordan mine at Bingham
have improved during the year and
that the grade and quantity is better
than II was - months ego. During
the year the Galena shaft has been
sunk TO the 400-foOt level, and this lev
Ell has been run north and south, with
| developments eminently more satisfac-
tory than was first anticipated.
New and immense ore bodies have
|
reka, and this property Is In better con-
dition than Il was a year ago by con-
siderable. The ore bodies on the 400
level have been opened and are as large
and OF as high grade as they were on
the levels above.
The Mammoth mine IN California has
/ been undergoing vigorous development
and the response has been satisfactory.
| In character the ore produced at this
| prnnpf-t,r q "a N iron aYlrtbiJa
But coming back to the Bingham
properties, the United States company
| probably possesses more acreage than
any other corporation operating In the
district IL owns close TO 1900 acres
OF patented and unpatented ground.
and includes some of the properties
which figured conspicuously In the early
development Of the West Mountain dis
trict The Jordan locations were among
the first recorded In the state, which.
with the Telegraph mines, were operat-
ed In those days by l.. r.. Holden faith
er OF A. +. Holden, the promoter and
present managing director of the
United states company, In 1878. the
senior Holden sold his interests to a
French company, which kept things
moving but n short time. For a num-
Der OF years afterwards the properties
were Idle in fact, until they became
part OF the United states oompany's
| domains
The Bingham mines OF the United
| States company have over 20 miles OF
underground workings and sufficient
ore developed above the tunnel levels
20 supply the smelter for a nall dozen
, years 70 come. The ore produced IL
| the typical Bingham sulphide and Is
| transported from the mine 20 the rail
road station in lower Bingham over an
| aerial tramwoy 1900 feet long; 1900
feet being main line and 5000 feet ad-
diHonal on the lines from tho mine 10
the loading station. The buckets used
have 4 capacity OF nine cubic feet, and
when level full carry 1880 pounds OF
| United states ore.
Clarence t. Alien f. thu acting man
ager OF the United States company's
properties. In the place OF Walter Fitch,
| va iosocd