The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-31
BINGHAM IS TO
BLOW ITS HORN
Chamber of Commerce De-
eideS Camp Shall Get
Credit for Its Works.

1t is said that the Bingham chamber Of
commerce is standing sponsor for the IS
suance Of a graphic and highly illustrated
booklet that is soon TO make its appear
ance and which Is being compiled with a
view of giving credit to the camp TOT all
that il has done for the mining, milling
and smelling world, for the upbuilding Of
Salt Lake and the fame which The state
has attained i'm the outside world. The
citizens of Bingham have heen able TO see
the chance TO shine ana they are taking
advantage Of the opportunity. 1t VIII be
a hard matter for the photographers and
the writer's to overdraw the picture.
Bingham stands out as an object les
son en- the fine art of mining; II has been
responsible for all of the great pioneering
work in the field Of ore dressing and
smelling that has attracted the broaGeSt
attention TO the worth OF loW-grade de-
posits of ore and the problems that nave
been and are being solved in the com
mercializing of the camps mountains OF
concentrating porphyrieS, lines ana
ouartzites have paved the way for
mighty ENTERPRISES on similar lines in
other sections of the country. The WOrk
that has been done at Bingham ana az
Garfield has laid the foundations on which
other enterprises Will be builded and l.
has relieved them from the heartaChes
and worries. the slecpless nights and the
seemingly WautOn expenditures OF money
that have mad to be borne i'm setting on
end the letters that have finally spelled
success II is right. then, that Bing-
ham should foot its horn and the camp
will he justified ia blowing hard enough
to tear the beil-shaped end Of the instru-
mCnt into fragments.
Millions upon millions Of dollars have
been expended i'm the opening OF mighty
mines, the construction OF mammoth con
centrating mills and smelteTs and, while
iC has taken rev years OF ndru WOFh OF
the part of many of the brightest minds
in the business. metallurglcdl and me-
ChaniCal world TO bring order out or chaOS
and get things moving SO that the money
extended may be returned with lavish
interest and great commonwealth de
rive lasting benefits therefrom, It. can
now be truthfuiiy asserted the goal has
been attained.
operating I'm the camp declared yesterday
that the world had never seen anythlns
like it, Within few years tens OF mil
lions of tons of ore hac been placed lh
shape for profitable handing. the trans
portatiou problems had been solved oy
the railroad engineers, milling Iaclltles
had BEEN provided that were the marVel
of the. world and the smelling experts
had finally worked cut the mighty task
of converting into bullion the fine. ilOury
products OF these mills. That TINS mas
been finally accomplished in manner
that is entirety satisfactory is indicated
in the last statement given out by Daniel
CfuSgeuhcin, i'm which 1t was shown Jnat
the American Smelters securities com
uany. the owner of the Garfield shelters,
was on paying basis
To ST., the perfect working of the great
est electric power plant in the state; To
understand the workings of the water
system through which the milling plants
and tEe smalters get Lhei- supplies and 10
realize thar these great corporations are
equipped with the finest machine shops,
fcuudrls. etc. that can he found IN this
iutermountain country. must have Its eI-
feet i'm convincing the world that Utah
auC Bingham. i'm particular, stands pre-
rminanUy in tine front ranks with the
mighty minds and the mishtier mines OF
copper that have made the presentation
of the exhibit possible by the chamber Of
commerce of Bingham
The data now at hand makes it certain
that the July record of the Boston Con-
solidated and the Utah Copper companies
viii eclipse ali past efforts and what is
true Of them. will also be true of the
Garfield smelter Each will have at
tanned their maximum production levels
under the limits of present equipment ana
Utah will undoubtedly be able to show
that nothing stands i'm the way, of at
tanning still greater results with COM
paratively slight additional OUTLAWS of
capital