Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

LTHOUG1t Utah showed
N slight decrease i'll her divi-
~ dcnd column this year. big
ger things transpired in min
ing nGthc state than at any time in
It's history. On account of the prices
of metals, which only began to I'M
prove ut the close OF the year, many
mines slowed down to increase de-
velopment work and improve equip
ment. For their size the Beaver
county districts improved as rapidly
as any. Development has been rapidly
pushed ahead there. The Bingham
district troubled her dividend roll and
brought out the largest copper mine in
the world--the Utah Copper; Tintic
fell short on dividends and shipments,
but performed an enormous amount
of development work; Park City regis
tered a consolidation with talks of
many more, It increased its shipments
and laid out a brilliant future for the
year 1911; Alta came to life with
number of new shippers, new strikes
and several consultations: American
many others have continued to add
their mineral wealth to the state:
Ophr aud Stockton have showed UP
strong during the year and increased
shipments were. received from this
districts.
If mining has been slow this year
1t has been one Of great achieve
ments At the camp Of Bingham this
year the shipments reached close to
100000 tons of wet ore. This is by
far the greatest figure the camp has
ever made. With close to 100000
tons in 1908, the camp fairly jumped
ahead in 1910 and scored another
great figure, establishing the greatest
record of any camp in the world. In
the past six years this camp has ship
ped out to smelters and concentrating
mills close to 100000 tons of ore
of probable gross value of s50.000,0O
As less thans10, 700, 900 of that amount
was paid in dividends the remaining
sio.oo0,o00 was spent in equipment,
wages. mining and transportation.
This makes Bingham one of the
richest camps in the world. 1t is not
fuc,uating but steady.
BINGHAM GROWS LARGER
A new light has been thrown on
the camp Of Bingham. The Ohio
Copper company has been showing
that by the caving system of mining
some remarkably cheap work can be
done. The mill has been demonstrating
some exceptional savings in the treat
ment of It's porphyry ore. The Utah
Copper company has shown that it
can save close TO 10 per cent of the
COPPER contents on Ia per cent cop
per ore. All figures in cheap mining
ana milling In Bingham were broken
during the year.
During the year the Copperton plant
of the Utah Copper company was
closed. throwing close to 200 men out
OF employment. This plant has been
dlsmantled The Yampa smelter was
closed. which gave employment to 400
men. This plant will probably start up
again next year In spite of this the
men readily found employment with
the railroad being bult into the dis
trict by the Utah Copper Mt cost
or $1,000, 900 or at the Garfield plants
OF the company where the capacity
Of the mills has been increased by re-
arranging the machinery.
The Utah Metal company during the
year started on its long tunnel into
bingham, having completed It's power
pant IN Middle canyon on the Tooele
side The company Is now advancing
at the rate of I 0 feet a day
DIVIDENDS OF YEAR.
Dividends in Utah this year amount
cd to S7,?71. 800, which figure will
probably be increased by Jan. l. 1911.
RMS Is SGS.35S less than during the
year 1910, when every mine was work.
tor the exceptional showing of the
utah COPPER, the dividend record
would have looked sick this year.
from close to s3,000.O00 last year Tin
uc dropped to little over $500. 300
ms year. There was also u decided
tt:t,iiiins off at Park City where the
SILVER King started large campaign
od development and putting IN new
cquiPnent, and the, DAILY West ceased
: ne1avy shipping to develop ore bodies
sufficient to justify n new mill
although Park City has not come IN
III dividends 1t has during the year In
creased Its shipments by 11,00O,0OO
hounds. The properties OF the Thomp-
S S Mining company and the West
.,JtI ,'i''liS cpIlpuny were con-
solidated during the year and arrange
mems, ~ ,,ts, made for permanent draining
lacliities. This new company gives
promise of becoming one Of tho big
.nlngs Of the district. The Little Bell
company, the youngest OF dividend
pnsers' erected now mill during tho
me camp has been very active The
american Flag was taken over on a
, ,uase ana an active campaign OF de-
Selopment has been startod under r v
nouilsh of Cripple Crock. This Is the
1.nN gold mine In the camp and Its
future looks bright ~, y at,s,.
ANOTHER CONSOLIDATION.