The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-22
BOYS IN BINGHAM
RUN MINES
Day of Young Man Has
DaWned in Great Cop
per Camp.
NEW METHODS EMPLOYED
SCIENTIFIC, MODERN MINING
THAT YIELDS PROFITS.
NEW METHODS EMPLOYED

The most impressive feature of the
mining operations that are going on in
Carr Fork, off the main Bingham can
yon is not, after all their magnitude:
II is not the great bodies of ore stopped
out under the hills; il is not the railroad
that circles the mountain. nor the
steam shovel that is biting it's way
through the rock. The impressive feat
ure decidedly is the fact that in charge
OF All these tremendous undertakings is
a crowd of boys The day OF the young
man has dewned in Bingham. And the
young man is delivering the goods.
Lafayette Hanchett, manager of all
The vast Newhouse interests, is 80 years
old. Louis A Gates, superintendent Of
the mines. the railroad, the grading and
excavating, the man in charge Of the
actual work. is IS years old Further
up the gulCh is the Highland Boy, or
Utah Consolidated property. The su-
0eTinte1dent is p. L. Williams, jr. Mr.
Williams is on the sunny side of &c.
His assistant superintendent Mr. Adsit
has just turned "A, There is hardly a
man in a responsible position around
either the Boston Consolidated or tho
Utah Consolidated workings who is
more than 60
For an account of the manner in
ests in their care it is only necessary
TO go over the ground. They are every
where all the time Carr Fork is 10
place for a loafer. The boys will not
tolerate MIN. A man must be attentive,
| ne must be industrious, ne must pos
seSS a reasonable amount Of intelli-
gence, or he gets his time check. You
can't fool the boys No tunnel is too
! dangerous for them to venture into, no
| drift is too remote, no detail too in
significant for their attention.
Old Method of Management.
In the days of old a mine manager
got q report at the end of every month,
showing the number of tons. Of ore,
! approximately, extracted during that
month. Other reports showed what the
| ore was sold for and how much was the
cost of extraction. The manager would
put some thousands into the treasury,
( providing the balance was on the right
side Of the ledger and he would dis
tribute some thousands more in divi-
/ dsnds. He didn't know whether or not
ell the values were being extracted from
/ TIE ores; he didn't know how much was
/ lost 8 The accounts were kept in a hap
/ hazard fashion that makes the boys of
/ today smile.
/ 4ney know Wnere every candle every
/ foot OF rope, every pick and shovel and
stick Of dynamite is every day. In
/ their offices are maps that are kept
/ absolutely UP to the minute, so they
can tell at a glance just how much
ore was taken out on a given day. The
! boys are taking ore that the old fell
lows were wont to throw on the dumps
and converting it into dividends.
In Bingham are some mining men
who were superintendent OF mines
when the boys who are now superin-
tendents of mines were wearing long
| dresses SOne Of them had not even
been born. But the old-timers are not
| jealous of the boys They are proud
of them. THE kids are making good, -
/ they say, and they say it with pride,
for they know the work they have been
doing is taken up by worthy hands.
And with it all, there is no bulginess
of chest among the boys. They bear
! their honors modestly, as becomes
capable youngsters. They rave the
| confidence of youth without its con-
oeit
No story of Bingham is complete
without the story of the young man.
The old fellow laid the foundation but
the boys are building the house Of
| permanent prosperity.