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Show company and it claimed for its twenty. Among the names on this location ffi V of Gt'n- p- K. Connor Ihe extension to this claim was taken UP m the name of Mrs. Robt K Keid and others to the extent of 2400 feet was found they knew at once win t ? misNlrpndefdm!ich f R could not b mistaken for it was pure galena in masses of hundreds of pounds THE FIRST CARBONATES DISCOVERED 1,ei?n-yon ,vas f,rst mado cogni-zant cogni-zant of their value, was by the Dixon toother, m the Winnemuc. When that Tdt fo,uud .there was rge ainouut of galena in lumps in a vein of heavy gray sand (carbonates). These chunks of galena they used to sort out, and as they did so used to remark on the weight of this peculiar sand, which they threw over the dump. All of this was ore would ruu , one hundred ounces in silver, and when the Wiunimuo company com-pany bought the mines they found some thousands of tons on the dumps, t here was a time when this was THE GREAT CAM!" OF UTAH; when the Telegraph occupied the proud positiou on the pedestal which the Ontario does today. And at this time tliere arc as many good mines, just as many or more, capable ca-pable of producing as there ever was in the past. There are many reasons why the place was out ran iu the race for prestige other than lack of ore. But perhaps the two principle ones which nave the most disastrously attested it are bad management on the part of companies which have secured properly here and the other is the hypocritical ruling of the treasury department on the lead question. That ruling to a district where nearly every ton of its ore will run as high as 25 per cent, lead and much of it 40 or 50 per ecu, was a severe blow, four aud a half cents a pound for lead, meant good dividends at three luid a half with only a low grade in silver, it meant a positive loss to work the mines. And so manv of them were either compelled to close down or at least reduce their forces. But with the receut advance in lead IM1NES0FB1NGHAM. Pit Casey" Sends Another of His In-teresting In-teresting Letters to "The Times." VEBY EEMAEKABLE REGION, its History of a Section of Country Tributary to Salt Lake City. , On my first visit to Bingham I was ite charmed with the rugged and ro-antic ro-antic beauty of the "Old Reliable." it has s frequently been called, that lias adopted the name as its own. u,l why should it not claim such a i-oud vet homely title? . , Yot "over a quarter of a century iiice 1863) iu sunshine and storm, iroiiirl! good and evil reports, while ie fame uf its more brilliant but less jble rivals has waxed waned, as Millar as the rising of the sun or it going down of the same, H has been nlributing its quota, aye, more l;,u thai, even supplying the de-its de-its of other camps, to the wealth ik: world, with scarcely moro than A, plo ou llif liuaiHilal river, 'liingham, pretty, picturesque aud laa-fui: . . . : .' Some of it inhabitants, liowevcr, iilier complain that thoy are troubled itliiin excess of the latter virtue, huh pervades their caiiyoued promts. pro-mts. They complain that the amount treasure which they monthly and uuully produce, to well the coffers uauy millionaires, does not create c stir iu the mining world its weight ;ilu'i. Aud so they seem disposed to i their peaceful robes and don an wor of more assertiveness, and to , echoing blasts on their bugles. Think of it ! While other cities and ffns are boasting of the efficiency of ir police forces, this miniug camp, place usually supposed to contain ore vices than other towns of the same id lias and surer, Bingham is coming tip again or at least getting much livelier, for it really never went down. it only got quiet. But if tliere. is anything that will KILL A MINING CAMP deader than the proverbial mackerel, it is to have a few of its good mines sold to some company at a big price aud then have its affairs cither mismanaged or not managed at all, so as to result in a failure to pay dividends to their purchasers. pur-chasers. Just such instances happened here iu the sale of the Telegraph to the French syndicate, and that of the Winuemuc to the Holland capitalists. Neither have been worked to any extent or with any considerable success since the transfer. Wrhile the first named mine under the management of its former owners, used to pay dividends of from $20,000 to $80,000 a.month, it did very little after it changed hands and its uew owners either could not or did not care to more than pay expenses. The mines of Bingham will be continued tomorrow. tomor-row. Pat Casey, Shift Boss. XUTUKU CONSTABLE OK JCSTICE the peace. A condition of affairs at speaks loudly ou the virtues of its habitants. But as 1 said, the people are hanker-; hanker-; for a little more hurrah and hilarity their midst. They say they have sn neglected tli at they have neg-rted neg-rted themselves, to push together as porously as they should. - Before 1 go farther, let me say that this tie elongated town that is grottoed this canyon, is a truly beautiful and nuautic spot. One might think on a t visit that instead of a mining ,mp, it was selected on account of its iiuctive coolness, for the summer mes of wealthy people. For here, jtling in coy shyness amidst rust-ig rust-ig leaves of maple aud poplar, are i.y cottages which indicate comfort, iDteutment aud culture. A gentleman was overheard to de-ribe de-ribe Bingham as a town that was venteen feet wide and seventeen iles long. The description, while ins far-fetched, was graphic and rcible. for from north to south it es cover a great deal of territory. But it is not alone its romantic loca-'i loca-'i that commands our respect and tention. IT HAS RICH MINES gold, and silver, and lead, "that are oducing today as they have for ars past thousands of tons of ore, and 're is still in sight yet other thousands at generations hence will not see ex-usteil. ex-usteil. There are fortunes here that rkon the capitalist to come and claim ;ra. The camp claims that for years as never failed to fulfil its promises ih that it should not be doubted now. Bingham has for years been one of 'important joints in Utah's back-ne. back-ne. Without its steady stream of wmrI iluxing lead, many of the miters would grow cold aud the wkeno louger curl from their stacks. Ihe place has never boasted of its Jh grade assays or rich specimens, 11 it is justly proud of its record AS A BIG PRODUCER, its enormous tonnago from year to conclusively proves. Here are ims that when found leave no doubt toe possessors mind of their capacity. Unu ore is found in such huge blocks t amaze aud bewilder one who con-mpjates. con-mpjates. 11 s true that much of what is proved pro-ved here does not leave a prodigal rSm per ton, but this is far more 0Miensated for by the generous WEsT .MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. l mines of this dis-. dis-. which embraces a strip of lTn,? hom Salt t0 Utah lake "s tne Jordan river, and a distance l"enty miles south ou both sides of "imnli mountains, is one of the wnmh-rfully rich aud productive lllf"is in the territory, and its W-0LOGY AND MIJJERALOLOGY 'A interesting. A great portion of jwict is ribboned with alternate Z-t 'jo'omitic limestone and "w. auu between these two for-the for-the mineral bearing contact , L ily occurs, though there are said I "Mi- iissurcs; their veins cutting e stiatas. Where these contacts ; ""'is and (iiartzite are found j'fwst certain that at sonic point ,.niiticsn 'e wU1 be 01' iu payiu 1 toust not be understood, however, rMKiilg of theso contactSi j thut . . only one, for there are several, i' the foot wall of some mine -hVw slont' and tbis will form li2'?"' wal1 f an adjoining and ?tftm- Theu 5n tnis ne or ffren, onu anit quartzite there jjeqnent eruptions of porphyry, as 'x, ?nded, themselves into the : cutting them off for a consider-illy consider-illy -U,;,;' although they cangen-i cangen-i '.J36 i?und again on about (C and taken up Whw VuIn s"PPort of tbis theory a tha, u hre competent mining br e'? Telegrapn and Spaa-i Spaa-i Khi.0J wch are famous proper-Soh,:k proper-Soh,:k fiave l-rodnced over a m are on the same vein, al-tfi, al-tfi, if,never hae been and .it is 41 'hey could be connected by mS the walls. , 8V BINGHAM WAS FOUND. ;0veq"Clit,y beeU assel"ted tllat 1 dktri,;ry of 8 mines and min- -cl f. r than of systematic no, 4V!em- 'Il,is- however, I Jt tlunk will hold good ?" fonr i.i the first mines tCoSS? soldiers-part of Gen. ;'tii? in ,i 8 trooPs, who were pros-fim pros-fim t6?6 mountains. "thii ?stllck iu the district :hla rVan mine. near the town r4th ?' Thereare also the Utah the Jordan Silier Mining |