The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Utah's Product for 1905.

Utah was able to produce only 10000
coo pounds mere than it did in 1905. T ne
state may do better than that this year
but not much. Nobody is ready yet to
either mine or .smelt the ore as rapidly
as they would like, and what is true OF
Utah is more than true of some of the
great copper regions of the country.
The unprecedented demand for the
metal will not be met this year That
is certain. and it is therefore just as
certain that the price will remain hign,
most likely as high. or higher, than IL
is today
The operators of Bingham are bend
ipg every energy to increase production.
and the season will witness great head
way, but the mills and smelters are not
yet ready to take care of the ore, and
X viii be on gradual scale that the
increase is accomplished. Toward the
close of the year the business of pro-
duction and reduction will be well IN
hand, and the railroads, it is hoped,
will then be in shape to meet the eA-
ira demands that viii be made upon
them.
Millions of money has been invested
in Utah copper properties during the
last twelve months. Millions more have
been poured into Nevada. Hundreds OF
men who have been fighting for an ex-
istence for years have been able to sell
their claims and retire with fortunes.
Bingham has had it's share of business
in this respect, and Beaver county has
/ enjoyed a large slice of prosperity
along the same lines. Purchasers OF
ground have organized companies, and,
without an effort, have raised fortunes
| for the development and equipment of
| the properties. Men who could rot ges
! into the promotion business have con-
tented themselves with taking whirl
at the copper share markets, and they
have made money also.
| Ely, just over the state line in Ne
yada, has jumped into the limelight al
most In a day, and, where there were
only two or three operating companies
there a year ago, there are now not
less than a hundred, with most of them
| IN fair way to become factors IN the
production of copper during the mex;
| few. years.
Ely and Yerington.
Salt Lake and Utah talent is in Ely
up to it's ears; this in itself is q guar
antee TO the outside world that the
camp is all right.
What is true of Ely is alss true. Of
| Yerington, the latest Nevada camp u
Jump to the front Salt Lake practsc-
ally owns the Yerington district. The
biggest, best and most sagacious ope-
rators of this state have got in there for
keeps and to stay. They are tearing
things to pieces there now; as the new
year advances they will be at 1t witt
more energy than ever. They win MAKE
the camp rival Ely: the ore is there
and they know 1t. Much of it is rich
enough to ship anywhere and thai
means quick returns on irvestment-ar
Unusual condition in copper mining.
The next copper boom is likely to
break out in the Deep Creek country
2. A. Heinze and other big operators III
the copper world have got established
there. and their operations are bound
to attract attention to the wonderful
resources of that section in western
Utah. The building of the Western Pa
eifie across the desert win afford better
and ouicker means of transportation
and when the Salt Lake route, which
has ALREADY taken the preliminary steps
| locking TO the building OF branch line
into that country, begins laying rails
nothing can hold the region hack Cop.
per and gold, silver and lead, and som,
| nf the rarer metals. abound In the coun-
trv bordering the desert, and rumbling!
of the approaching boom will be heart
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