The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-14
HOW VISITORS SAW
SIGHTS OF BINGHAM

Immediately on the arrival of the
special at Bingham, Mayor A V. An
derson boarded the train and gave
each visitor a pamphlet setting forth
Bi0gham's resources and telling of her
present municipal government This
pamphlet. entitled Facts About Bing-
ham, stated, among other things, that
the district had a population Of 5000;
that Bingham had a good town gov
eminent, fire department and water
works system, and that the camp was
producing more ore than any other two
camps in Utah.
After luncheon had been served, the
members Of the party alighted, to find
banners flying a w Welcome TO Los An
geIenOs" Another huge streamer bore
the inscription, Bingham, the Largest
Copper Camp in the World" From the
depot up to the Utah Copper cOmpany's
mine the canyon street was daily dec
GRATED with flags. the Binghamites hav-
ing taken advantage evidently of the
nearness Of the approach of the An
geIenos and of Flag day to kill two
birds with ona stone.
Al Bingham part of the visitors pro-
ceeded at once to the Utah copper mine
by stage. others to the concentratOT
and mills north Of the town, while 9TH
ers found much to interest them in the
lower terminal or lower head house Of
the Highland Boy, where the ore is
received from the mine and dumped
into railroad cars. Eventually the
different members of the party had an
opportunity to visit each of these
places. Those at the lower terminal
were surprised to learn that every
minute and a half SIS worth Of ore shot
down over the ca bic in buckets, or At
the rate of s. per bucket After learn
ing that each of the buckets. or pals.
carried d weight of some 200 pounds,
the visitors to the terminal were care
full about edgiug around corners when
one hove in sight.
Watch Man in Bucket.
A feature of the stay at the terminal
was the chance given the visitors to see.
what to the mining camp Is no extra
ordinary feat. slide by the Highland
Boy tramway foreman, Joseph Kettles,
down the p 500 feet Of cable from the
upper TO the lower head house. The
journey is no lightning speed affair.
taking twenty-five minutes, but never
theless Mr. Kettles feat was watched
with much interest At least half a
dozen Angels kOdaked him as he was
flying through the air.
The stay at Bingham and visit to the
surroundings was without incident o.
an unpleasant nature, with one eXcep-
ton.
While one of the last parties was re-
turning from the Utah Copper mine the
VA on wheels cramped in the narrow
roadway as the horses were turning,
and the vehicle was upset. There were
about six passengers in the rig and
these were thrown out, and some en-
tangled in the harness. Had II not
been for Mine Foreman Smith, broth
er of Judge Dana 7. Smith, the double
Z F7l
yon. Foreman Smith grabbed the
leaders and held them until the erst-
while occupants of the stage could eX-
tricate themselves
No one was injured. although the
wagon pole and trees were broken
Taken Into the Mine.
During the inspection of the mine,
the company shut off tram car OPP
Grafton. This eliminated any dan
ger of electric shock from the
overhead trolley wires. The different
parties were escorted through the main
tunnel by Superintendent John Mac
dOnOugh TO a distance of about LOCO
feet Much interest was excited es-
pecially among the Salt Lake cOntin-
gent by the method used in numbering
the different branch tunnels. The sys-
| TEN is much the same as that employed
in the naming of Salt Lake streets.
There were First South to Sixth South
streets" and any number of east and
west streets" At intervals as the
party learned its whereabouts some
member would sing out that he was
getting near home OF his place of bust
] ness.
All were enthusiastic over the Utah
| Copper mine, many having never had
| the experience of going into nature 5
treasure house before.
Go Through Mill.
| The last party returned from the mine
at 3 O'Clock and ten minutes later the
train pulled out for the Utah Copper
cOmpany's mills. Colonel E a Wall
| escorted the visitors through che III.
pointing out the process Of concentrst-
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