The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-28
NEWSPA PER MEN
HOLD A MEETING
See Wonders of Bingham,
Transact Business and En-
Joy Good Day.
VISIT THE GREAT MINES
UTAH COPPER PROPERTY IN
VADED AND WONDERS SEEN.

Especial to The ald-Republican)
Bingham Sept 27.-Bingham opened its
doors yesterday to the third quarterly
session of the Utah Press association, and
eighteen representatives of the craft in
Utah had a successful session and an in
teTest1ng view of the camp, The follow
ing were present: II. G. Hicks Ernest
Evans William Buys and wife, J. s.
Barlow and wife, Charles England, Le-
Roy Armstrong, S. L. Radon, w II.
CapWel, P. 5. Peet, A. II. Shulteiss and
wife. /. Z. Diehl. George Car
penter, 7. L. Holman, Farley Jensen, K.
A. Vandeventer
Representative T. l. Holman received
the visitors on the arrival of the morn
ing train from Salt Lake and conveyed
them in Omnibuses TO the Commercial
club. where President Farley Jensen
promptly called the meeting to order and
proceeded with the business of the assO-
citation.
In the absence of the secretary Mr..
Hicks of Provo was called to the vacant
chair and after the transaction of TOu-
tine business Mr. Diehl made a report
from the National Editorial association.
Aside from the formal report was run
ming comment on the marVels visited by
members of the delegates to the
national meeung-a tour which included
the coast points of interest in Alaska
His statement that he was banqueted on
ripe strawberries and kindred dainties at
the terminus Of the Copper River rail-
road. constructed by the Guggenheims
was challenged by the company, but MT
Diehl refused to withdraw a single straw
berry.
Short addresses were made by Mayor
Quinlan of Bingham. DR.. F. +. Straup,
president of the Commercial club, and
by Leroy Armstrong.
At noon the meeting was adjourned,
ana the delegates took luncheon at the
ElmertOn hotel, and then returned to the
OmnibuseS and were driven up the can
] A.
| old Telegraph mine. Colonel d. c. Jack
/ ling had given permission for their in
yasiOn of the Utah Copper property. and
! the visiting newspaper people saw the
working of the steam shovels and the
process of removing a mountain of ore.
Returning to the main camp, they were
driven up Carr Fork to the Highland Boy
mine, an altitude of about 1000 feet and
/ all the workings of the trans and switch
/ back railroads were explained to them
/ by Mr. Holman and DR.. A. l. lnglesby.
J Souvenirs of the trip in the shape of
| a booklet prepared by the Bingham Com
merciat club were presented to each visi-
| tor. and the fact was CLEANED that the
| first recorded mining claim in the state
! was made by G. 3. Ogilvie on Sept. T.
1863. The claim was filed in the name OF
( the Jordan Silver Mining company, and
was familiarly known as the old Jordan
| claim"
As a mining camp Bingham has had
| a history of interest from that date. and
has produced gold, silver, copper and lead
in splendidly paying quantities. 1t is
said to be the only mining camp in the
country which did not feel the stress OF
the panic of 1907, and that through thai
trying time work in the mines and mill.
was not suspended, nor the production OF
/ the camp reduced.
At o'clock the visiting members met
at the railroad station, unanimously
| adopted a resolution thanking the Com
mercial club and the people of Bingham
/ for a very pleasant and Instructive dav
and took the train for their respective
[ homes