Show 6 ahe ae bingham 0 copper toy BOK mine in in pine fine canyon cohere HERE is seemingly no limitations to 0 the marvelous mineral deposits throughout the bounds and metes of west mountain mining district more generally known the world over as bingham for years the old and long established mines of the camp have pro deuced their millions making bonanza kings out of their owners and men of affluence and standing of 0 f fortunate stockholders holders 3 in fact so great b has as become the fame of this section as a prolific producer of the precious metals that fo for several years past past there has been an earnest effort among investors experienced perien ced mining men and others to get in on the ground flowron flo floor oron on bed bedrock rock as it were in this great mineral bearing section the result being that of late immense consolidations h have a v e been effected big plants have been put in i n large aggregations of capital have found investment in A few years ago all was quiet as a graveyard up carr fork gulch in the vicinity of the old stewart mine now however thesis this is one of the most active and progressive localities to be found in the west mountain region for it is here that the highland boy mining com P numb 7 K 0 V IN 1 2 4 IF THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHLAND BOY BINGHAM some of the choicest portions of the district and rich and mammoth mines have been opened where heretofore nothing but sage and rocks were monarchs holding undisputed sway over territory now known to be by vast reserves of ore productive of the precious metals us pany now known as the utah consolidated owns an immense area of mineral ground its group extending from the bottom of the gulch west to near the summit of highland Hi ahland boy mountain from the crest of which can be seen tooele thoele valley and the great salt lake dotte dhere and there b by islands largy large and 11 small since the inauguration of the highland boy enterprise a transformation has taken place in this portion of carr fork gulch big reduction works have been beena installed the mine has been equipped with machinery an aerial tramway transports the ores of the mine to the railroad the K R G W in main bingham canyon and to such an extent has success cr owned crowned the efforts of the company that already during the present year it has declared and paid two dividends of each while this success has had a stimulating lat ng effect on the mining industry 0 f the immediate locality many claim holders and mining companies downin owning g adjoining ground are now being actively agn engaged in the endeavor to open up other dopper copper mines as big an and d as great as is the highland boy going up sap gulch from t the h e highland boy the traveler crosses the divide into the territory of the bingham h km copper boy mining company which in its extensive possessions covers nearly all of the west slope of highland boy mountain the group grou p embracing a large largel abea aiea area that is rich in its and carrying ing with it it is believed the same orl p zones and veins which have made so many profitable and paying mines on the he east side of the range As aa a matter affat of fact in a direct line the distance between the highland boy and the copper boy is comparative small although a clim bover the steep and sometimes precipitous mountain would convey to the visitor the idea tb that at the di distance stance was was s several everal miles in making this ascent to the top of the divide and the descent to the copper boy on the the tooele thoele side of bf the mountain the formation is as an open book and can be bd read by the geologist with ease the country rock as a general thing is lime the main ore channels are to the ahe east and west while the stratification is to the north north and south fractures ensuring large ore bodies at their juncture with the east and west ore channels it is hardly more than eight months now that the bingham copper boy mining company perfected its articles of incorporation ona group ol of twelve claims on the west sl 0 p e of highland spy mountain the west est endline of the highland boy joining the property of the copper boy for a di distance siance of feet the group is bounded on the west by the great divide on the northeast and north by the venice and on the northwest by the mckay mine since its incorporation inc orpo the company has ha sidone done a large amount of work in the way of mine development and surface f a c e improvements the work in hand being under the direction and supervision of john B taylor th the well known mining man and engineer who has been been anywhere inthe in the mountain fastnesses fast nesses of this great western country the main building feet and two stories in height is built of hewn logs the lower floor being partitioned off into kitchen and dining room with a cozy and well appointed office for the mine superintendent in on the top floor there are fifteen bunks for the men with room for eight or ten more the apartment being well heated lighted and provided with tables and other furniture for the comfort and coave convenience fience of I 1 employees nineteen men now being on the companas comp anys payroll in addition there are several outbuildings buildings out including blacksmith and carpenter shops stable powder magazine zine tunnel house etc hs as well as a fine store room and cellar which are now stocked with provisions and supplies in such quantity as to last with the present force until the first of june next the company believing that first class care of its men will insure first class have disclosed values going as high as 42 cent lead 26 aund per p n ounces es silver and 3 50 in gold to the ton at a point feet further in the tunnel cuts through a vein gold bearin bearing g rock that carries of average values of in gold to jo the ton this ore be beino aug a fine cyaniding cyan iding proposition tw two 0 hundred feet further in the first copper hearing bearing zone was encountered as shown hy by the accompany ing a flashlight flash light illustration this vein is no now being crosscut cross cut in order to determine its width the ore is of low grade but its cop per contents will make of it a good paying proposition with reduction works on the ground in the upper upped or surface works this vein is feet in width between walls and recent assays essays show 55 per cent copper 18 ounces silver and 3 in gold the copper boy or upper tunnel is in the mountain towards the workings of the highland boy for a distance of feet w 0 AV v 71 V A LT 4 4 west side of highlund High lend boy mountain bingham showing apper workings copper boy mine identified and familiar alt with h ginghams Bing bams hams mining industry and history for the past eighteen years seon after attaining a legal existence the company began beg an making arrangements airan emen for permanent workings and successful operation in order to facilitate transportation and travel down the canyon to the railroad i in tooele thoele valley the oregon short line for it is is by this way that supplies provisions and machinery are sent in three miles of mountain road has been constructed a portion of this thoroughfare ough fare being over a rugged country necessitating si the building of substantial bridges and the making of numerous cuts and fills this wagon road was completed in september and since then the company has been busily engaged in the erection of winter quarters and buildings so that now at this writing it has one of the most comfortable and convenient winter damps camps to be found work As we have stated the company has been exceedingly busy during the past summer and fall in getting ready for an active campaign this coming winter and yet during the past few months the work of mine development has not ot been neglected As a matter of fact several hundred feet of tunnel work has been recorded and from now on a large extent of territory will be explored and at steadily increasing depth it being the anten tion of the mand management gement to put in machine drills in the near future the motive power for which will be electricity to be furnished by the telluride power company of provo which will extend its line from bingham over into pine canyon for this purpose in the copper toy boy or upper tunnel at a distance of thirty feet in a large and well defined vein is exposed carrying lead carbonates silver and gold samples from which the main or lower tunnel the mouth of which is near hear the companas comp anys boarding house is now in a distance of about feet this tunnel is five by six feet inthe in the clear and will be the main working avenue for the property it is being equipped with track cars air pipe and will tap the ore bodies exposed in the upper workings of the mine feet b below e I 1 0 w the copper boy tunnel the mat mation on of this section is almost identical with the highland bo boy y side of the mountain being sedimentary contacts between lime and quartzite the vein gangue gangu in the copper belts being highly si 91 licious while in the lead silver veins the gangue is more of a cal carious porphyry the ores occur as oxides and carbonates upon the surface but with depth change chang ae to sulphides sulp hides no zinc occurring in the ores of the pine fine canyon side aide of the range ranae in many places at the juncture of the ma main in east and west ore channels with the north and south fractures lead sometimes occurs as a fault phenomena in the copper veins the editor of the mining review recently visited the holdings of the bingham copper boy mining company and he was favorably impressed with what he saw the there re p the indications being that the compa company w with ith more extended de development will open up a prolific producing and paying mine in this locality already the company has expended thousands and substantial of dollars in legitimate development surface improvements and while not much has been said of the affairs of the company in the press there is every reason to believe because of location and merit of its ground and the systematic and energetic manner in which development is being prosecuted that in time it will tr transform this prospect into a bonanza proposition the personnel of the company is a strong one its directorate being as folio follows ws judge C W morse president A hanauer jr vice president W A cooke treasurer and man ager J H hurd secretary and hon john dern the capitalization is placed at 1500 shares of a par value of 1 each the main office of the company is at 14 west first south street salt lake city |