The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-24
BINGHAM MINES
TO GET RELIEF
New Road to Be Built From
Here to Camp and on to
Mills and Shelters.
REACH MINES IN NOVEL WAY
ROAD WILL BE A FEEDER OF
HARTMAN SYSTEM.

As result of the tremendous growth
Of the copper mining industry at Bing-
ham and a belief that one line Of rail
road into the camp will never be able to
handle the business. a combination has
been formed to give the district the re-
lief 1t demands. by the building of an
other line OF railroad from this CITY TO
camp and from there to the mills and
smelters that will soon be strung all the
way around the mountain at the south
OF the lake from point fourteen miles
west OF this city, to stockton on the
TOOele valley side The proposition is
one the details of which have been care
fully guarded and while nothing official
has yet been released. articles of incor-
pOratlOn covering the business will short
ly be filed with the secretary of state
and actual construction of the road will
follow as rapidly as forces can be mar
shaled and the work mapped out.
viii Be Hartman Feeder.
There is reason to believe that the en-
terprise had its birth last spring when r
A. Heinze was here; that ne is identified
with the proposition Is equally certain
while there is ground for the belief that
the new road will be operated as a feed
er TO the Hartman system. It is known
that w, H Bancroft, general manager
of the Oregon Short Line. sized up the
entire proposition some time ago and
there is little doubt but that E h Har-
riman, himself, gave the scheme his ap-
big mining and smelling interests iden-
tiled with the Bingham camp some OF
which were consulted yesterday, could
not conceal the fact that they were cog
infant Of what was doing, nor were there
any denials that the deal making sure the
building Of the road had been arranged.
Mine Managers side-step.
Captain Duncan Macvichie. manager Of
the Heinze interests, pleaded that he was
not in a position to say anything about
the proposition. General Manager D. c.
lacking of the Utah Copper company
put up much the same kind Of a plea, but
there is no doubt that both of them might
have said a great deal had they cared to
do
The new road is going straight from
here to Bingham The camp terminal
will be at Lark, or close To it, The Salt
Lake terminal will be the Oregon Short
Line depot, with an uptown station close
to Main street. From Bingham the road
Will skirt the western foothills TO the
mills of the Utah Copper and Boston
Consolidated companies. From there IL
will go on to the great smelling works
Of the American company at Garfield
and then continue on around TO the smell
tiers that Heinze and the Utah Console
dated company are going to build on the
TooeIe side, unless the tracks of the San
Pedro are used beyond Garfield.
Tap Mines by Novel Plan.
But this only is only portion of the
plan. AT Bingham it is understood that
the MascOtte tunnel viii play an import
ant part 1t has been agreed, so it is
claimed. that the MascOtte tunnel shall
be enlarged, If necessary, and that lat
erals from Il shall be extended into the
possessions of the Utah Copper company.
the Boston Consolidated. the Ohio and
such other companies as may elect to
avail themselves of the advantage. From
these laterals connections with the sur
face will be made through vertical shafts
and all the companies interested will
have the opportunity of receiving coal,
merchandise and supplies at their prop
critics and in addition, many as need
to. will be given the chance to send out
ores from their properties to the vari-
Gus reduction plants in the same way.
Passengers will also be handled and the
system will be made just as perfect as
money and brains can do it.
It is understood that rights of way
and practically all other details have been
worked out and the expectation is that
publicity will be given the entire prOpO-
sition by authorized parties the moment
articles of incorporation are filed.