Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-27
Bingham Metals Companrs OH
Gals Claim TO Have Found It
ID TooeI, County
IDENTICAL. WITH UTAH COPPER,
Tunnel 10 he Started Into Mountain
From MIddl, Canyon --Ccppcr
Glouee Developments

Tho Bingham porphyry bel, now eY.
tends over tho divide Of the Oduirrh
mountains into Tooolo county, at least
that N The opinion held by ofI1cIals "
the bingham Metals company who
were IN the copper camp ON nm llbnec.
ton trip during the week Tho Bul.
le,ln relates that present eupcrlnlen.
dent and former owner Of the group, j,
A Kaufman, some months ago dis.
covered The presence ~ pornhyry ON
the ground lie conlcnded that II was
identical with the mincrarboorlng rock
fund ON Tho Boston Con, and Utah
copper ana his assays showed tho
presence of one half OF one por cent
copper near the surface, but othora
wore ekopllcnl and dlsnclInod % take
hS contention seriously However,
when H. L. H. Warren, the genernl
manager Of tho company recently an.
rived from Boston ne proceeded TO IN
vcstlgnio the subject with the 70.
fult that hc H. firmly convinced that
the Bingham Metals company has The
same mincrnll2el norphyry that has
served az the foundation for several
bonanza mines,
On the Bingham Metal ground the
porphyly N covered with "A lime cap.
plnp but this Gaping has been pcno-
iratod IN several places, and the por.
phry exposed II has not been opened
"a any depth, bu, on the surface ear.
rlcs onc.half of ono per cent, which In
MS rich ae the surface rock ON the
Utah Copper II NJ stated that u prom.
inent Official N the Utah Copper CONF
pNny when shown samples Of porphyry
from both properties and asked 10 pick
out n piece from the Utah, selected
ono Of the fomplos from the Bingham
Metal
Tho Bingham Molal ground In ocat-
cd fully three miles southwest of the
OtAh copper, and extends clear over
the divide into Tooele county Should
n develop that the porphyry belt oy-
tends that far II " evident that Il In
oycrlald by other formations through
the intervening territory, or else tho
low was cUt ON by some mysterious
physical condition
Tho Bingham Metal company was IN.
corporaiod n few months ago With
Clarence Mccormick Of Salt Lake AZ
president, and wealthy Boston oapltals
ista uro among the stockholders, Since
llh lNVoIOOlNlloNi " nus NNNNlltl iNo
M Aetna group under bond that
calls Tor the payment Of handsome
sum TO the owners j, A. Kaufman and
othcrs Tho two groups comprise over
300 acres ana the around " 10 ho do.
yolopod through tunnel that will ho
started In Middle canyon, on the Too.
Gle side This tunnel win he run IN on
n voin Mt u point whore thore arc min.
ornlIyod groupings "a feet wide, A
carload of lumber has been ordered for
the boarding house, managers Once,
assay Office and othcr buildings and
no time VIII be los, IN getting down 10
work Al " the claims nro 90 be pat.
onlod at once,
The mineral porphyry hli been
opened IN IN slill another property, the
Copper Glance, adjoining the Starlcaa
ON tho east This company has been
driving tunnel 10 cut the veins that
II opened w by shafts on the opposite
side W tho hill ana has gone through
700 feet NJ quart1lto, \ few DAVIS ago
small assure was crossed and I'M
mcdlately the character " the rock
ohnnRcd Now the whole face ~ tho
tunnel II IN blue nornhyry strongly
mnerAll2ed, aud II appears ~ hc idon.
tlcnl with tho rock taken from the
Utah Gopher and Starleps, no nssnys
| have vet been made. but Suporlnton
| don't sawyer reports that the porphyry
| II becoming more strongly mlntrnlHod
| with oyory foot NJ development