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Show i rEBRUARY 6, 193 THE BULLETIN. RINfiHAM imu Pare Five IglNGHAPSFIRST BILLION CWl j Par of M Street i2 yh' J 1 BingHam,' Utah . -- s. ,i v,' 4 rl Nf " 5.- - , - jr Underground Hoisr'dt I ( J -- . ' fc s , ' Niagara Mine . ' 1 I - i - - Highland Boy, Yampa and other groups. In 1899 the Yampa smelt-er of 250 tons capacity was put is operation, continuing until 1921 After litigation with the Utah-Ape- t. which terminated in favor of th Apex, the Utah Consolidated passed to the International Smelting Co. and was operated as the Utah-Delawa- re Mining Co. The Utah-Ape- by shaft and winze, has attained a depth of 3700 feet. This Is the lowest depth reached by any mine in the state. The Utah Matals Mining & Tunnel Co. of today Is the result of con-solidations and purchases. It I south of the Utah-Delawar- Its ground has been mined for 50 yean and several large bodies of ailver- - By J. A. INGOLS tlM" Brldger probably was the " I nrst white man to see what is J Dow the mining camp of Bingham. This pioneer trapper and Lut Is credited with the discovery ot Great Salt lake in 1825. Presum-abl- y he looked upon the tree-cla- d mountains to the south which conc-ealed fabulous wealth in gold, ittver, lead and copper, then No more did the same scene suggest mineral to Brigham Young and his band of hardy pioneers when they emerged from Emigration canyon on July 24, 1S47. What attracted them was the wealth of timber available for logs and lumber. The idea of un-derground riches came first to Gen. Patrick E. Connor and his soldiers it Fort Douglas In 1S62. lead ore have been developed tad stoped by It. The main outlet from the Lark, or southern, end of the camp, Is the Mascotte tunnel to which world-wid- e attention was attracted by the practice of the Ohio Copper Co. In leaching cop-per from the beds and draining the solutions through the tunnel. Transportation has kept pace with the growth of Bingham. Horse and aerial tramway, narrow-gaug- e railways and then standard gauge lines succeeded one another. la 1911 the Bingham & Garfield rail- - , road connected the various mines with the Western Pacific. During the last 72 years, It is estimated, 1148,265,565 has been paid for labor by the deep mining companies of the district. This does not Include the millions speat on 400 miles of underground avenues which had to be opened before the ore could be mined. Where did all this money go? The miners, being miners, spent It It went Into circulation. From retailer to wholesaler, wholesaler to pro-ducer it rolled with frequent de-ductions for taxes. One should count also the millions diverted to Industry through the purchase of mining machinery, equipment aad supplies. Bingham has battled ceaselessly to commercialize lower and lower grades of ore. Up to 1895 the ore mined underground averaged about $47 a ton. Now the average is nearer J10. Science dares not re-lax Its struggle for lower costs. It has to compete with the autocratle labor control of Russia, the black labor of Africa and the peon labor of South America. It needs every trick the superior efficiency of American labor, the best skill of American technicians and modera-tion of the tax burden which threatens the low-grad- e mines wlta extinction and the American miner with a lower standard of living". Early in 1863 George B. Ogllvie picked up a piece of "float" which hi took to Gen. Connor. It proved to be silver-lea- d ore. Sept. 17, 1863, Qen. Connor, "Bill" Hickman and 23 others located the ground as the "Jordan Lode". The district was christened "West Mountain" from th Indian name, "Qquirrh". Transient miners began washing tree gold in 1864 and in the next even years recovered, it . Is . esti-mated, a million dollars worth. The Jordan passed to J. W. Kerr and Isidore Morris, who built a smelter; then, In 1875, to L. E. Holden, of the United States Mining Co., and eventually, In 1905, to the United States Smelting, Refining & Mini-ng Co. This, with other acquisiti-on!, gives the U. S. company the largest area and the largest prod-uction of lead-silve- r in the Bingham and adjacent Lark dist-ricts. Copper, destined to be the domi-nant metal of the camp, was not recognized until 1868, when a carl-oad was shipped to Baltimore by Walker Bros., and It was of no commercial Importance until after 1S07 when concentration on a large Male was Introduced. Including topper, Bingham's production from 1863 to 1936 Is calculated officially t 252,658,000 tons of ore worth 11.021.375,900. The Bureau of Mines la 1933 counted 33 producing mines 18 the district. Samuel Newhouse was proraot-t- e the Highland Boy as a gold m 1895. Copper In the ore ttiterrered with cyanlding. New-- i " was In Denver raising money Payrolls when his superinten-- , Thomas Weir, wired him that Percent coj.per ore had been opened. Utah Consolidated Mining MI(omie.1. it took over the - - - r ".....,,. T T , , , Society - k tag In honor of Mrs. George Chris-topherso- n who has left Bingham to make her home in Mountain City, Nevada, where Mr. Christopherson is now employed. Mrs. Christopher-so- n was presented with a ring. The evening was spent playing Five Hundred and high score prizes awarded Mrs. Carrie Kresean, Mrs. Delia Della-Luci- a and the house prize given Mrs. S. T. Nerdln. A lovely luncheon was served. jl were arranged for Five Hundred and prizes awarded Mrs. Laura Mac-Donal- Mrs. Ida Mugfur, Mr. R. E. McElroy and George MacDonald. Copperfield Fire Auxiliary, The Copperfield Fire Auxiliary met Monday evening at the Fire hall. Mrs. Robert Burke, Mrs. FJea- - Teacher Entertain. Miss Ellen Sampson and Miss Jennie Buchman entertained at the ' Highland Boy dormitory Wednes-- ' day evening for a number of ' friends. Two tables were arranged for Contract bridge and one for Monopoly. A well-arrange- d luncheon was served later in the evening tu Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Tregaskis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Boe, and Miss Mope Ingols. 01 W. B. A. Mrftilif. Regular meeting of the Women's Benefit association was held Wed nesday evening at the home of Mrs. Al Ablett. Mrs. Ablett was in charge of the business meeting. During the social part of the program bridge was played and high score prizes were won by Mrs. Charles Sulleng-e- r and Mrs. Ida Kanniainen. Con solalion prize was won by Mrs. Fan-nie Johnson. A lovely luncheon was served. Contract Foursome. Mrs. Jim Householder entertained a contract foursome at her home Saturday evening. A delicious two course luncheon was served to Mrs. Al Ablett, Mrs. Jack Davidson, Mrs. J. J. Doyle and the hostess. "Mrs. Doyle won high score prize. jt Fivr. Hundred Foursome. Mrs. Joe Gobbis was hostess to her Five Hundred foursome at her home Thursday evening. A one o'clock luncheon was served to Mrs. Jessie Caldwell, Mrs. Louie Panos, Mrs. Donald Reed and the hostess. nor MacDonald, Mrs. Walter Scott, Mrs. Carl Parks and Mrs. John Anderson were h on the committee, After the business meeting Five Hundred was played, and high score prizes were won by Mrs. Flos-sie Anderson, Mrs. Gladys Quinn, Mrs.' George MacDonald, and Mrs. Bernlce Foster. Thirteen members wera present. A late luncheon was served. Jl Legion Auxiliary. An Americanism program was giv-en at the Wednesday evening meet-ing of the American Legion auxili-ary at the Civic Center. Miss Betn Chris,tensen, Girl Scout leader, in-troduced Willa Dean Hodges who gave a reading, "My Country" ana Ada Ray Watts who read "Lincoln's Letter to Mrs. Bixby". After the program Contract bridge was played and Mrs. Bryan Bird won high score prize. Mrs. Rex Tripp and Mrs. Wilford Harris served luncheon. jl Engagement Announced. Mi and Mrs. R. E. Burke of Cop-perfield announce the engagement of their son, William Burke, to Mis Ruth Nelson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson of Pleasant Grove. The wedding will take place in the Second ward chapel in Pleas-ant Grove, Wednesday, February 10. The young couple will make their home in Bingham. Rebekahs Will Meet At 46S Main. Members of the Rebekah lodge will meet Tuesday evening at the homo of Mrs. Althea Christensen. Party Given Mrs. Christopherson. Members of the Rebekah lodge gave a surprise party Monday even- - No. S Fire Auxiliary. Fete Husbands. A delicious supper was served to twenty-nin- e at the Number 2 fire hall when the joint meeting of the fire company and the auxiliary was held. Mrs. Dorius Adams, Mrs. Tory Tobiason and Mrs. Gordon Buckles were the committee In charge. Five Hundred was played and prizes were won by Dorius Adams, Ted Robison, Mrs. James Householder and Mrs. Margaret Faddis. Piano Pupils Give Copperton Keciui. An evening musical was given Sunday by piano pupils of Robert Colyar in Copperton. Miss Margaret Fehr, pupil of Mrs. P. O. Perkins, was guest artist. Miss Fehr played Edward McDowell's Concert Etude "Hungary" in honor of MacDowell's seventy-fift- h anniversary. She also played Bohm's "Music Box" and Kreisler's "Leibestraum". The following pupils played sev-eral piano numbers each: Margaret Robinson, Betty Byrne, Willimay McDonald, Betty Bennett, Patricia Shilling, Donna Davies, Marzetta Colyar, and Florence Larson. Refreshments were served by Patricia Shilling, Florence Larson and Marzetta Colyar, to thirty guests. Bridge Club. ,' Mrs. Jack Householder was hos-tess Tuesday evening to members of her bridge club. High score priz-es were won ,by Mrs. Herb Gust and Mrs. Jack Davies. Mrs. Irvin Stillman won the traveling prize. Luncheon was served at a late hour to eight. i . ; Jl Birthday Parity. Mrs. Alvin Peterson was hostess Saturday afternoon to fifteen small friends of her daughter Darlene on her sixth birthday. The afternoon was spent playing games and later lunch was served. Prizes at games were given Colleen- - Robison- ;- Con-nie Gust and Boyd Householder. If No. 1 Fire Auxiliary. Members of the No. 1 Fire auxil-iary met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. James Carrigan. Mrs. Ray Tatton was chairman of a stork shower planned in compliment to Mrs. Carrigan. After a business meeting the evening was spent at bridge and Mrs. Loren Stokes and Mrs. Irvin Stillman won, high score prizes. Many lovely gifts were pre-iente- d to the honoree, and a deli-cious lunch was served. Relief Society Sponsor Dance. The L.D.S. Relief society officers are committee members in charge of a dance to be held in the ward house February 12. A charge of twenty-fiv- e cents a couple will be made. Mrs. Lucille Lambson, Dale Johnson and Wayne Shaw are in the orchestra that will furnish the mu-sic. Everyone is invited to attend. Ji-ll. And E. Club. Mr. and Mrs. Alger Baum enter-tained the H. and E. Club at a chick-en dinner Sunday evening. Tables. , Mrs. Mike Brisk, who has been a visitor in Long Beach, California, the past month, returned to her home Friday. Her father, Mr. lm Davis of Long Beach, accompanied her to Bingham and will remain aa a guest at the Brisk home. N Dance Students In Contest Miss Mattie Jean Adams, daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dorius Adam., and Miss Lorraine Tobiason, daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tory Tobiason, will dance at the Roxy theater lu Salt Lake City February 16. The two young ladies are tap and acro-bats dancers and also sing. They are pupils of Flcgal-Armstron- g stu-dio and are both eight years old. Mrs. L. P. Hansen of Richfield visited the forepart of the week at the home of her son in-la- and daughter, Mr. end Mrs. J. W. Grant. 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