The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
Pine Canyon Side of the Bingham District

Since the announcement that the
Cole-Ryan combination was going to
build the 2.000-ton smelter at the mouth
Of Pine canyon, on the Tooela county
side of the range IN which the camp OF
Bingham is located. not a little inquiry
has developed as to what was doing in
a mining way on that side, taking III
the region south and west from the
Utah Consolidated company's proper
ties. From IA resident of Tooele, who
is well posted on that side. the follow
ing resume Of conditions and what the
various properties are doing has been
received for use in this holiday num-
Der of The Herald:
The Bingham Metals Mining com
pany, in Middle canyon, is working q
force Of some fifteen men driving a
tunnel in a nOrtheasterly direction
This tunnel is now in some 1000 feet
and is in the immense lime beds on the
southwestern slope of West mountain,
Immediately south OF the Sierra Ne
vada-Utah and Bingham Central
standard Mining companies properties.
The workings are in very favorable
formations for the opening up of large
ore deposits. This property is con-
trOlled by interests identified with the
Quincy company of the Lake Superior
district, Mr.. Meserve being president
their mines with machine drills, having
an up-to-date water-driven power
plant electric lights and telephone ser
vice VIA TOoele.
The Rosa group. Middle canyon
owned by r N Bush. T. w Morgan &c
a., comprises eight claims OF great pros
pective value. Three men are employed
driving a tunnel in a nortnerly dIrec-
ton in the west transverse spur of the
frFnrr 7f1Taa s,E
Divide Mines cOmpany's southwest cor
ner. ]. A. Kaufman and associates
are also developing several groups or
very promising ground in this same
section.
The Argentine Mining company.
owning some eight patented claims at
the head of left-hand fork of Middle
canyon. is idle at the present tIm~.
This property has considerable pros
pective value and some fine surrave
showingS. but no effort is being made
AT present TO develop this property.
The Julia S and Daisy groups. stu
ated in left-hand fork of Middle can
yon, owned by the Bingham Centra;-
standard company, are being developed
from the Bingham side by that COM
pany works in Carr fork.
The Sunset group, situated on the
summit Of West mountain, and extend
ms On every slope. consists OF ten
claims, eight of which are patented. No
WORK. except some assessment work.
mas been done for several years. This
property has one OF the finest surface
shoWings in all the southern part OF
ne great Bingham district Four diff
ierent companies are driving tunnels
on three sides of II. and are headine
Tor the same objective point At great
depth the owners contemplate making
arrangements for a working outlet
through one Of these tunnels to avoid
working at a disadvantage from the
surface
Activity at New SmeIter Site.
II Pine canyon the Cole-Ryan people
nave several surveying corps in the
held They are now cross-SectioninC,
their railroad survey, the smelter SUR
vey being completed Teams are now
handling lumber and carpenters are a;
work erecting temporary quarters for
the vast army Of graders soon 10 be
employed. Several cars of lumber hav>.
been unloaded at Shields station for
this work
The H T. & c company owns a vast
area OF agricultural. stone and mining
ground and has some fifteen or twenty