The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-11
Utah Copper Property One Mine
Whose Tonnage Exceeds
All Butte's.
SPLENDID SHOWING
OF UTAH DISTRICT
Bingham TOnnages Are Aston
ishing to One Not Ac-
cuStOmed Thereto.

Comparisons are never odious as long
of affairs for those interested. And
comparisons are far from being objec-
tionable whom ii comes 10 placing Utah
copper mines beside those Of other dis
tricts throughout the country. George
l.. Walker, the well-known copper
writer of Boston is making q round
up of the mining camps of the West,
aud recently while at Butte he gave
out some very interesting figures re-
gardipe the available resources of that
poted copper camp. Mr.. Walker states
IL is estimated that there is u total Of
from 90 100000 10 25,000.000 tons of
ore blocked out in sight IN the mines
of Butte Mr.. Walker states that the
mines of that camp are now producing
$4,000 tons Of ore daily, the same yield.
ing 65 pounds Of copper per ton, making
the daily production little less than
one million pounds of copper.
Turning to Utah, the present show
ing at Bingham is so superior to that
at Butte. and the possibilities or Ger
tainties of the future arc so ideal, that
even the showing al Butte pales into
a state almost partaking of the insig
nifcant. One property among several.
the Utah Copper has blocked out in
sight grand total Of 40,000,000 tons
Of copper orc taking the value as 10
per cent rcd metal. On basis of as
says that do not run below l.2o per
cent copper this property has one hun
dred million tons blocked out. Butte
averaging 90 pounds of copper per ton
with It's tonnage rs above stated, mas
lust one-fourth as much ore IN sight
as the Utah Copper mine, while the ore
of the Utah Copper on the basis or
Ia per cent has nearly twice the
copper in pounds OF the whole Butte
camp.
And the Utah Copper property has
only touched very small percentage
of It's territory at Bingham, and 1t Is
only one of numerous properties whose
showinus are equal to. if not In excess
of, the whole of Butte. Among the
mines whose tonnages Will soar IN so
creditable q manner arc the Boston
Consolidated, the Utah Consolidated, the
Ohio Copper and the Nampa, while the
Utah Apex. Bingham. New Haven and
others are fast opening up an aValla pie
supplv of red metal rock that easily
will place Bingham at the very fore or
copper producing camps when thorough
ly limhered up. II is such showlngs at
bingham when seen and appreciated
that cause Eastern talent of prominence
and ability 10 Judge to state that
Utah in five years time Will ne pro.
duciug more copper than tho mines oil
Michigan.
There is no doubting the greatness
of Butte and her mines. nor that there
are many prosperous years ahead tol
operating companies there, but thefe
can be no doubt Of the fact that, with
the improvements being added TO prop
erlv handle Bingham ores, there VII
| be no camp in the country capable OF
greater achievements, AS genera
11ule Butte stocks are well ahead CT
Utah T9si copper cope stocks from selling p prize e
standpoint, and perhaps they should DC b,
considering the present usefulness OF
operating companies, but 1T can hardy
! be maintained that Butte stocks arc
better buys at this time, than the
| Utahs, if one wishes to buy from
| nermanept investment OASIS