The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-16
ANOTHER MINE IN
CAMP Of BINGHAM
Bingham Amalgamated Copper
Company Is Meeting With
Good Results.
HAVE GREAT ACREAGE
AND MUCH GOOD ORE
Property Destined TO Maintain
Dignity of Utah's First
Copper Camp.

4 visit to the properties Of the BlnC-
ham Amalgsmated Copper company OF
Bingham will convince the most skep.
ticsl that this young organization has
typical Bingham proposition upon lis
hands with which 10 enjoy many long
years of prosperity and usefulness. DO
seph Oherndorfer. the well-known
broker. returned from an inspection of
the group Friday evening, and on sat
urday he stated to The Tribune that as
general rule people Of Salt LAX.
have a very incomplete conception OF
what this company owns, and OF what
from every possible indication 1T VIII
be capable of accomplishing in due
time.
1t will be recalled that the Bingham
Amalgamated Copper company is the
organization thar recently took over
one of the largest and most richly"
blessed portions of the great copper
zone of Bingham Among Its posses
sions is the old Illinois group, and the
control of the Copper Glance posses
sions adjoining. Mr. Oberndorter
states that the development work being
carried forward by the management
consists of the main working tunnel,
now penetrating the Copper Glance ter
ritory towards the Illinois group to the
east, and of tunnel going west from
the Illinois ground, both tunnels be
ing destined III time to meet. There is
also an incline. sp)endidly equipped for
quick and efficient work, going down
upon one of the lodges on the Illinois
side of the mountain.
Ever since the same stockholders
have been in charge of the Copper
Glance company work was centcred up
on the tunnel going east. This work
L., 30 ,.+A Il
of 400 feet cast, and in this distance
four distinct veins were cut which gave
copper averages all the way from 10 TO
. per cent. Orc also was found In
quantities in the lime beds. The pres
ent face of this tunnel has vertical
depth OF 500 feet and it is being
pushed into the new territory with fine
speed.
The Illinois tunnel has been swung
back intc% line from the twist it took
into the porpbyry under former own
ers, and in directing IL again towards
The lire of procedure followed by the
Copper Glance tunnel, the present man
aeement has run into splendid body
OF ore. Mr.. Oberndorter states that the
tunnel has proceeded along the strike
of the body for 40 feet so far without
any indication of the same pmching
out, and that crosscuts run in this dis
lance show the body to he forty feet
in width. \ series of fifty samples
taken from these cTosscuts demonstrate
the following average metallic con-
tents per ton: rs per cent copper. 50
silver, aud So gold This ore carries 30
per cent excess ron. II can be seen
readily, therefore, how splendidly the
management is directing lis efforts. and
the task of sending daylight into the
resources only is in It's very first stage.
The incline on the Illinois group is
now down between sixty and seventy
feet aud it is descending upon one of
eight Lodges upon that side of the
mountain, the average width Of which
The several workings on the great acre
age is driving into most interesting
territory, and ultimate results. as
shown by those already secured, easily
will be IN proportion in every way 10
the typical Bingham propositions whose
lame Is world wide, The Copper
Glance tunnel not only is going into
ores, and Will be an ideal exploratory
working. but II opens upon the Bing-
ham side within ethrowing dis
lance of the Sky Linc' railroad
tracks. thus presenting Il most advan-
tageous avenue for the ores to reach
the channels Of commerce,
The favorable opinions gained by
Mr.. Oberndorfer upon personal iu-
spection of the Bingham Amalgamated
holdings is cumulative in character.
for all who have preceded him are
equally positive III their admiration for
this ground. The company S stockhod.
ers are almost entirely Salt Lake in.
yestors, and investors whose confidence
has been evidenced by liberal outlays
of capital III pushing ahead develop
ment work, and III equipping the prop
erty. with an up.to date line of mine
machinery.