The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

Adjoining the Bingham-Mary On the
east is the property Of the Phoenix
company. It has been steadily produc-
ing throughout the year. and IT is said
That large quantities of shipping and
milling ore are now blocked out In the
mine. There has been talk of the
Bingham-Mary company claiming apex
to the ore bodies of the Phoenix. but
well-posted engineers of the camp place
but little stock in these reports. con-
tending that the Phoenix has the ledge
IN its own ground, as well as has the
Bingham-M Mary. The ledge. it is
claimed, runs into the Phoenix on it's
strike, OF course, and not on its dip.
A Bunch of Good Ones.
| A bunch of properties nestled to-
gether in a favorable location i'm tha
camp are the New England, Bingham
standard and Bingham Central COM
panles' mines. There has been consid-
cradle talk lately about a consolfda-
ton of the New England and Bingham
standard. 1t will not be altogether sur
| priSfng TO see them come together one
OF these days, while the event may take
place before this paper finds its way
into the world. The Bingham Standard
| has magnificent block of ground ana
the New England company is equipped
to take care of the ore that might oa
opened in it at great depth from the
latters workings. However, both are
able to maintain themselves separately
and become prominent in making the
history of the camp.
The Bingham Central company has
been steadily at work during the year
crowding development and, while no
startling disclosures have vet been
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| that is necessary to bring the property
to the front
The Last Chance is another property
that is beginning to attract attention
1t belongs to the Nevada-Uteh company
and has been producing for several
months. 1t is one Of the old mines re-
claimed, and The management considers
that It's best years are ahead Of 1t.
Fortuna and Some Others.
The Fortuna company owns a fine
group Of producing mines adjoining the
| Ohio Copper. From fifty to 100 tons
Of ore a day has been coming from the
property during the year and. now that
a big compressor has been installed and
started up on the long tunnel level, the
management will put IN nard ticks at
tanning still greater depth.
The Silver Shield and United B1ng-
ham properties continue to develop with
satisfactory results, and the impression
prevails that they will yet make a
noise in the district. Both have ore
bodies and both are being operated
with a purpose of making real mines OF
them.
At the Copper Glance cornpany's
properties a lively campaign of develop
ment is being carried on, the Monte
yuma is opening up We and there are
a number of other fine prospects in the
camp, particularly on the west end and
south side, that give promise of turn
ing out we'll
There has also been some good work
done in the northern limits of the Bfng-
ham district, and this end is expected
to become prominent some cay, as it is
the opinion of men of judgment and ex-
! perience that the wonderful lodges out
cropping in that direction are not bar
rem of the metals that have male the
main portion Of the district famous.
Something About the Town.
In this brief review of the year in
the Bingham camp nothing has been
said of the wonderful business growth
OF the town, nor of the prosperity Of
it's merchants. Owing TO the narrow
ness of the canyons of tbs camp the
town is not and never can be much OF
city. 1t is a regular stringtown, reach
ing from the mouth of the main can
yOn for three miles or more into the
mountains, branching out into each
guch as it is met in the ascent from
the valley. A tremendous amount Of
business is done there, northumberland
ing the fact that it is within sixteen
miles of Salt Lake. There is talk now
of building another town out en- the
flat, at the mouth Of the canyon, where
the main yards of the Rio Grande rail-
road will be located; where all the ore
trains for Garfield and other sTnelters
will be made up and where all freight
designed for the mines and the upper
portion of the cid Bingham town, will
be switched around for proper handling.
When the new milling plants are all
in full operation and the mines of the
camp are sending out from $4,000 TO 90
COO tons of all classes of ore per day,
as it soon will be, Bingham viii be
about the liveliest camp in this coun-
try. 1t will take Ely some time TO
equal It.