The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-09
UTAH CON. TO
BUILD BIG TRAM
Contract Is Let for Construction
of Largest Aerial Carrier
in State.
IMMENSE SAVING
TO BE EFFECTED
This Move Shows Mine TO Be in
Splendid Physical Con-
diti0n.

The contract for the aerial tram
way of the Utah Consolidated Mining
company has been let Grading for
the wagon road, which will deliver
the material along the route selected,
was started yesterday. The tram line
will be four miles in length. extending
from tho mine in Carr Fork canyon
over the West mountain range into
Pine canyon. The work is to be com
Pletcd. by the first of the year.. and
the line turned over TO the mining
company ready for use by that date.
The contract for the installation of
the tramway was awarded to the Tren-
ton Iron works, who have recognized
the Importance of this city as a min
ing center by moving their western
headquarters from Denver to Salt Lake.
The contract provides that only the
best material shall be used, and the
bidders were requested TO spare no ex.
pense TO make the carrier the best and
most upto date that can be supplied.
The poles are to- be of wood. and the
terminals and the central station on
the summit of the mountain are 10 be
of steel.
The Bleichert system of tramways is
employed in this construction. When
completed it will be the longest and
have the largest capacity of any tram
way in the state The terminals and
the central station are to be fireproof,
and the line will have a daily capacity
of 1-500 tons. Originally the Utah Con
solidated asked for heavier installa-
ton than was practical for use, and it
is inferred from this that the mining
company had In view the delivery of
a much larger tonnage than the ca
pacity of the tramway would admit
This being true, it is taken to mean
that the mine at Bingham is in much
better physical condition than was gen
orally known. lis contract with the
international Smelling company calls
for the delivery Of from 1000 to 1900
tons Of ore daily for a period of ten
years, while the smelling plant will
have an initial capacity Of 1000 tons.
1t is said that the Utah Consolidated
may decide 10 duplicate this tramway
should the directorate conclude that
market conditions warrant the deiv.
cry Of larger tonnage.
While the local offices had nothing to
give out regarding the cost OF the
tramway, ii is understood thai the bid
accepted called for the payment of ap-
proximately 100000. The company is
now paying 40 cents a ton 10 have its
ores delivered at the Garfield Smelt-
ing plant by the railroad route The
cost of transporting the ores over the
tramway is fixed at cents ton. The
saving OF So cents ton will result
in the mining company being able TO
pay for its carrier within nine mouths
time, At this rate Utah Consolidated
will save enough each year in its
transportation alone to declare an ex-
ira dividend of 30 cents a share. IT. |
will save several hundred thousands Of |
dollars each year on its new smelling /,
contract, and when it begins to de. |
liver It's ore next April 10 the Inter
national smeltcr, it will be one of the |
most economically operated mining
III the west
a remarkable feature of this tram
way is the fact that it is TO be so CON
structed that there will be absolutely |
no weather interferences The snow |
fall is very heavy in that portion of |
the district during the winter months. |
The line Of route has been so selected |
that only about one half mile of snow
sheds will be used on the summit. The |
opera tion is 10 he conducted from the |
central station, and the carrier win |
be propelled by gravity force from
each side of The mountain.