The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-20
Writer Recommends a Visit to
Bingham, Which Shows
Legitimate Mining.
TYPICAL CAMP IN
UTAH MOUNTAINS
Mining and Milling Resources
Upon Wholesale Basis Is
the Theme.

ham) for the first time is, l think i'm
pressed especially by the enormous aroa.
or mlneralized ground, mostly of low
tenor, and the ingenuity of man In clab-
orating methods for realizing profit there
from. Untl quite recently the greater
part OF the material now designated as
ore was worthless country rocz. or sui
phide mineral too lean TO be utilized
says the Mining and Scientific Press
Bingham is one of the Oldest mining
comps in Utah, but In the earlier days
Its products were practically limited to
gold. silver and lead. In all the history
Of mining. an industry ever fascinating
perhaps for It's surprises, no more as
founding romance can be found than the
transformation OF tho Highland Boy In
Bingham canyon, Regarded and equipped
as q gold producer. and fairly profitable
for n time as such. after awhile the re-
turns dwindled, then profits ceased, and
The surplus capital evaporated until ut
ter failure threatened Its promoter, Sam
uel Newhouse. then on the threshold Of
his mining career. But just when the
crisis was imminent, material that had
been going over the dump as waste. was
discovered to contain an unsuspected
mineral. and Mr., Newhouse found him
self at the head Of one OF the great cop
per enterprises of the day.
Fortune. which has been so conspicuous
In its attentions TO MIR. Newhouae had
other equally startling surpriscs IN re-
serve for him. In the very field of his
side of Bingham canyon he gradually ac-
1uired control OF large holdings not In
GUIDED In the Highland Boy combina
iion. In these claims diligent prospect
Ing ar length disclosed enormous lenses
Of copper bearing sulphides, formed by
replacement In limestone, And even this
was by no means the limit, Further
Investigation revealed the fact that hun
dreds of acres OF the old igneous in
lrusive monzonlte porphyry. through the
agency OF a later eruptive, perhaps the
hnt vic .o,1f
In the limestone, had been impregnated
with copper-bearing solutions. which left
In it a sufficient amount OF this mineral
in such condition and distributed with
such astounding uniformity that the
whole mass TO great depths was turned
into ore.
II is interesting. TO compare the large
orcbodies OF Bingham and Ely. each OF
which Is TO be numbered among the
worlds greatest copper districts. AT
Bingham. as far as disclosed. 1t appears
10 be monzonite that has become ore
through the Influence of later eruptive.
while at Ely the great deposits In the
Ruth and Copper Flat mines have been
found to be later erupuves mineralized
as the result OF processes In which mon
zonite played an important part. BY
this statement ] do not mean that any
one has suggested that the monzonite
al Bingham has derived its copper prin-
ciPaly from The late eruptives. or that
the converse holds at Ely. In the com
pl!cated processes acting through many
rocks has played It's part. Now II ap-
pears that at Bingham nature has pre-
pared the monzonite for mans profit
able use, while at ely 1t chose the rhyo-
lite for that benencent function. The
student of economic geology will hope
that as development proceeds in each
camp some new facts will be disclosed
calculated TO aid us In learning the COM
plicGied scheme OF ore genesis from the
first appearance In geologic time Of any
valuable element. to It's final concentra-
tion for mans use
To reach Bingham one goes on the
main line Of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, eleven miles south to Bingham
Junction, then southwest on branch
fourteen miles, making twenty-five miles
ia all, the time consumed each way is
one hour and ten minutes, with double
daily train service. About five miles be-
low Bingham is the junction OF this
branch with the new double track line
20 Garfield where the American Smelt-
ing & Refining Company has already in
operation m smeiter ,an OF 1000 tons daily
(lSnown as the Guegenhelm property, is
about completing concentration to re
duce Qn the ratio OF 20 70 ID, over 1000
ore. aud where within six months the
Boston Consolidated (known as the New
house property, expects TO put Into COM
mission its concentrator OF about the
same capacity for kindred purpose II
IS q suggestive fact that neither OF the
three corporations just mentioned seems
TO feel half the, concern about its own
stupendous problems that II does about
thc ability OF the double track standard
gauge steam railroad. twenty -one miles
long, tV handle. as It's exclusive traffic.
the tonnage that Bingham will send to
Garfield.
Two miles below Bingham. OH the
branch line, is the sIuelter OF the Yauopa
Consolidated which has been running
way from this smelter TO Bingham is
concentra'or where tho Utah Copper
Company treating 1000 tons per diem
OF the rlonzonl,a ore, has demonstrated
20 It's own satisfaction that II can pro-
duce copper thcrefTorn OF cost OF 10
cents per pound. j am advised by con-
10 know the facts, that tho Utah Copper
has opened UP within It's ground 3s,oo0-
600 tons of this ore of an average tenor
better than TWO per cent
Arrived at the Bingham station, the
stranger finds about him q scene of i'm
pressivs mining activity, Continuing UP
road has come on steep grade, runs
ton Consolidated and Utah Consolidated |
ss hs shaaS s tho ees espo esSh "e 1s04s e se So s
70 Upper, Bingham. The grade Of the
ssaG up 1he =, canyon ,n3 rs is "eF = steep seldom
opening occupied hy the depot and a
IeM ,S aus,nsss s,,T tGn, nnHsss soon narrows %
above which ihe houses stand on shelves !
9ng into the hillside: On both sides tho !
hill rises rapidly, the s,ope IN pieces (
reaching 40 per cent; Rnnning ali over
tho hilisldes, 10 height OF 20d0 feet az
more above the town. may oe seen the !
Copper Belt railroad, a standard gauge !
Feeder OF the Denvor Rio Grande. Con- !
Meeting with it Is the narrow gauge line (
q the Boston Consol.datsd. with lie nine
d.nky erZtnes frsking Abou. Ike lot |
OF wild coles. In every direction. from |
adits, sha!thouses and headframes TO |
snolters, concentrators and railroad bins !
ere secn wire rramways, with buckets |
5l,at seem 10 Nit about like flock of !
bifda No wonder Salt r.ate City feels |
1ubilan. with golden streams flowing |
into II from inin!s like Bingham. Tintlc, !
Besides the Boston Consolidated. Utah |
Copper. Utah Consolidated there are now !
Operating Operating a. Bingham the Ohio Copper !
s;as sSni,sd statSs (pr2pesty Of the United I
company. Bingham Mary "a Ban,bereeT /
Ssopsr,y)s Phoenix. Bingham Consoli.
oa'ed snc Brigham and the New Haven