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Show - - " " " . dp'''-- cV'-t- is ' ? .Vn n . . . - ; I v - .r . ' : ' ' A - r . I VOLUME 50 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1920 NUMBER 10 s - i' ii . , r I Deficit Shown After Dividend I Had Been Deducted which I was Caused by Higher Costs I and Lower Grade Ore Being I Treated. Recovery was Less I Than for First Quarter of 1 This-Year- . Production was In--, v creased However. ,. - r Utah Copper company sustained a net deficit-afte- r dividend during the ). second quarter of this year, according I: to the forty-nint- h quarterly report of the company, which has just been re-leased. The report shows that pro-duction of ore was increased over the i first quarter production but the pre , was leaner and the percentage of cop--f per recovered was lower. The report says: - .'' The gross production of copper con-- . tained in concentrates for this quarter and the preceding quarter is shown in the Jollo wing tables: , '.;.; ;. , " Second Quarter 1920. Pounds. April 9,313,227 May 9,829,781 ( June 9,554,119 Totals 28,697,127 Average monthly production 6,565,709 First Quarter 1920. '! ' '. . Pounds. January 9,151,144 February 9,211,806 , March 8,894,596 27,257,54-9,085,84- In addition to the above, there was a total of 307,234 poud3 ct copper contained in precipitates from the leaching plant, making. the total gross production for the quarter 29,004,381 pounds, as compared with 27,257,146 pounds for the first quarter of 1920. . During the period there was treated V" at the Arthur plant a total of 1,428.-- P 600 dry tons, being 145,300 tons mora than for the preceding quarter. The I average grade of the ore was 1.2130 per cent copper and the average re-covery was 82.80 per cent as cim-- pared with 1.2829 per cent and S6.H ; per cent, respectively,' for th.) first quarter of the The average cost per pound of uet ;, copper produced, including plant de-- i preciation' and all fixed and general charges, but excluding federal tuxes, and without credit for gold and silver or miscellaneous income, was 11697 , cents, as compared lth 13.202 cents for the previous quarter, calculated in the same way. The value of the geld and silver in the concentrates totalled $235,544.54, and the' miscellaneous In-come amounted to $300,767.25. These items combined are equal to 1.929 cents per net pound, of copper pro-duced. ' The financial results of the opera-tions for the first and second quarters of 1920 are shown below: Second quarter, 1920, net profit from coper production only, $1,254,033.13; first quarter, 1920, $2,291,$12.91. Mis-cellaneous income,' including paymeni for precious metals, second quarter, , 1920, $536,311.79; first quarter, 1920. i $329,451.95. , Income from Nevada Cons. Copper company, second quar-ter, 1920, 3250,125; first quarter, 1920, $250,125. Income from Bingham Garfield Ry. Co., second quarter, 1920, $200,000. . Total net profit, second quarter, 1920, $2,240,469.94; first quar-ter, $2,870,589.86. Disbursements to stockholders, second quarter, 1920, $2,436,735; ' first' quarter, ' 1920, " Net surplus for the first quarter $433,854.86; net deficit for the second quarter, $196,265. - The earnings of the second quarter are computed on the basis of 18.209 cents for copper s ,as against 21.994 cents for the previous quarter. The regular quarterly disbursement oi $1.50 per share was paid on June 30. During the period there 4 was re-moved a total of 760,710 cubic yards of caping, being an Average of 253,570 cubic yards per month, as compared with 839,713 cubic yards and 270,90-- i . cubic yards, respectively, for the first quarter of the year. A daily average of 16,905 tons of ore and 2,163 tons of other freight was transported by the Bingham & Gar-field railway, making a total of 19,068 tons per day, as against 17,458 tons per day for the previous quarter. This increase was due to large shipments of ore from the Utah Copper mine. PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN " MbOlB3 This prosperous Gent with the Care-free Air is a Steady Advertiser. Busi-ness is i Good, and Bank Account Is Growing every day and a . New Car roosts in the Garage. His only Worry is that his Competitor will Wake Up some day and be a Steady Advertiser too. In which case he .Wouldn't have It So Soft. , FORMER POSTMASTER AND "PiONEER OF BINGHAM DIES Barney B. Quinn, One of the Earliest Settlers in Bingham Passes Away SSuddehly in Salt Lake ipity. "' l" Among the pioneer builders in the great copper camp of Bingham was Bernard B. Quinn, a brother of P. W. Quinn and Mr Annie McGuire. Mr. Quinn served this town as postmaster for years and as justice of the peace and was one bf the leaders of the Democratic party in this state since the state was divided on party lines. He was 60 years of age at the time of his. death which occured at his home, 715 East Third South street, Thursday afternoon at 1:15. The cause of death was diabetes, from which he had suffered for a number of years. Mr. Quinn was a very active man and was down town on Wednesday before taking sick late that night. He grad-ually grew worse until he passed away the following day. ' Mr. Quinn was born at Lake Garra-cide- , County Leitrim, Irreland. He came to the United States in 1882 and moved to Iowa, where he worked on a' farm until 1883, when he settled in Utah. His first position in the state was that of a clerk in a store at Bing-ham. It was only a few months until he came to Salt Lake to become a clerk.at the CJift house. He served in this capacity until 1885, when he again moved .to Bingham. Here he accepted the management of the Bingham office of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company. ; The next Btep upward In Mr. Quinn's career was his appointment as post-master at, .the mining camp, an office which he filled creditably until . re lieved from his duties by a change in the national administration. ' During Mr. Quinn's tenure as postmaster he acted also a$ mining recorder. For several years after his retirement from the postmastership he was jus-tice of the peace. From 1896 to 1900 Mr. Quinn was recorder for Salt Lake county, being ejected two consecutive terms. TlA Irf&Vyiibltc-Offlc- e held by Mr. Quinn was that of license collec-tor for Salt Lake from 1906 until 1908 Since his retirement from public af-fairs Mr. Quinn had been active in both the real estate and mining busi-ness. At his death he was interested in several mining properties In the Bingham district Mr. Quinn became widely known by his activities in behalf of the Demo-cratic party in Utah. He was most ardent in the organization of the party in the state and was a member of the first Democratic state committee. A-lthough he was a staunch Democrat Mr. Quinn won many votes from the members of other parties during his political campaigns. Mr. Quinn is survived by his widow 'Mrs. Julia Coleman Quinn, a son, Ber-nard F. Quinn, two daughters, Miss Lucy and Miss Marguerite Quinn, all of Salt Lake, and by four sisters an8 two brothers. Two sisters and a brother live in Ireland. The brother and sister living in America are Fran-cis W. Quinn of Bingham, Mrs. Annia iMcGuire of Bingham, Mrs. J. F. Davis of Blencoe, Iowa. i Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at the Cath-edral of the Madeleine. The funeral cortege will leave the residence at 8:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery. A TRIBUTE TO JOHN M. HAYS OF THE UTAH 50PPER CO. Under the title "Who's Who" "The Porphyry," official house organ of the Utah Copper company, devotes nearly a page to the life story of their re-spected treasurer, Mr. John M. Hayes. Amony other things they say: John M. Hayes, the man whose hand holds the financial reins of the Utah Copper company, is a real native born Irishman. An ancient clipping from the New York Police Record, carefully preserved in the archives of the Hayes family, states that when he first land-ed in the United States it took just nineteen per cent of the New York police force to convince him that it was not necessary, or usual, to carry a shiljalah in that peaaceful city. To return to -- the beginning, how-ever, Mr. Hayes was born in the city of Belfast, on September 18, 1866. The above mentioned clipping is .. dated 1886, therefore it is a reasonable in-ference that he was just twenty years old when he first set out to conquor the United States. For the first few years he followed the printing and lithographing busi-ness.' and while it is a far cry from printing to copper mining, the experi-ence gained during those years has since proved invaluable to him. In 1900 he became associated with the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting company, and remained with them for about four years. In 1904, the first foundations of the Utah Copper company, afterwards to become the greatest enterprise of its kind in the world, were beginning to take definite form and substance, un-der the irresistable energy of D. . Jackling and his. associates. These men, concentrating their attention during every waking minute on the mining, engineering and. mechanical problems that had to be overcome, needed a man to take hold of the fin-ancial and accounting end of the busi-ness. ' Mr. Hayes fitted into the posi-tion as though it had been made to order for him, and became cashier for the company. That was in February, 1904 and he lost no-tim-e in getting on top of the job. Handling the In-numerable details involved in im-mense purchases of supplies, a huge and constantly growing payroll, and the necessity of keeping an accurate and intricate costs account, was quick-ly systemlzed and placed on a stable basis. In two years Mr. Hayes was promoted to assistant secretary, and in April, 1916, he was made treasurer of the company, which position he still holds. He was also responsible, to a large extent, for the accounting system installed at the Ray Consoli-dated Copper company, the Chino Cop-per company and the Butte and Su-perior Mining Company. During the whole time Mr. Hayes has been with the company, he has had entire charge of ttie nnancial end of the business. The largest checks ever drawn in t he state of Utah are signed by him and in the aggregate he has handled many millions of dollars. No less than eleven of the large banks and depositaries In various parts of the United States are used in handling the company's money, all of which is under his charge and direction. ' In addition to being treasurer of the Utah Copper company, Mr. Hayes is secretary, treasurer, auditor and direc-tor of the Bingham & Garfield Rail-way, a director of the Garfield Bank-ing company, Magna Banking com-pany, Copper State Bank of Bingham. and the Utah Power & Light com-pany; also a director of the Utah Man-ufacturers association, member and di-rector of the Alta club, and a member of the Rotary and Commercial clubs of Salt Lake City. In private life Mr. Hayes has few hobbles. He is an enthusiastic base-ball fan, and always enjoys an auto-mobile trip. THREE JAPS INSTANTLY NIIEHY; COLLISION ' An ore trW backed 'lntoa work train on the TJtah Copper hill Friday morning at 10:40 and instantly killed three Japanese workmen who were In the back of the freight car which waB backing in their direction. The ore train which consisted of seven cars of ore was pushed by engine No. 29. Seven other Japanese were pain-fully Injured and one of these may prove to be serious. The cause of the accident has not been fully ascertain-ed but the switchmain must have fail-ed to' signal or else the engineers failed to heed the signals. WATTIS DAMPA1GN ' FOR GOVERNORSHIP' OGDEN MAN'S CANDIDACY FORi REPUBLICAN PLACE 13 8TR0NGLY URGED. ' Weber County Republicans . Give Unanimoui Endorsement and Ask the State's Approval. Active campaigning has been start-ed by friends of W.' H.' Wattis of Og-de- n, candidate for the Republican nom-ination for governor, and during the past week he has become the leader in that contest Which will be concluded when the state convention makes Its selection In Salt Lake on Thursday, August 26. Although the candidacy of Mr. Wat-tis was strongly urged at the time of the Republican national delegate con-vention in Price, several months ago, active work toward his nomination was not started until the past week. Even without that effort, however, the Wattis campaign gained an ' impetus throughout the state which assured strong support and now his support-ers say there is no doubt of his se-lection. Weber county Republicans, through the Weber county committee, 'have s'iven unanimous endorsement to Mr. A'attls for nomination as . governor, Itavlng passed the following resolution at a meeting held on Saturday, July 31: l. ; "The Republican county committee ;f Weber county wishes to call the ittention of the members of the party in this county and state to the fact hat Utah is confronted with financial, ndustrial and political problems of he gravest character. We feel that for the office of governor during the omlng four years will be required a nan of the highest type of citizenship, if proved Integrity and "patriotism, and one possessing business , expert-nc- e and administrative capacity of .tie best order. v "We assert that Weber county has uch n ninn in the person of Willinra H. Wattis. We commend him to the "nvorable consideration of the Repub-lican state convention and urge the 3epublicans of tills county to choose lelegates who will work untiringly, :nuking use. of every honorable politi-cal expedient to bring about his ." Mr. Wattis' supporters offers a can-didate who, by reason of his exception-al executive ability, strong personal-ity and wide business experience, will i'ive Utah and the state's affairs a real business administration. Mr. Wattis Is a sterling American, ;enial in his presence and firm In hnracter. He will so arrange his per-sonal affairs as to give his undivided attention to the business of the state. Mr. Wattis is a native horn son of Weber county, a self-mad- e man in the truest sense. He has resided In Utah throughout his life and has studied Utah's economical needs. He has de-veloped In Utah and he has materially issisted in developing Utah. Mr. Wattis' record as a builder of roads, railroads, irrigation systems and manufacturing industries shows .hat he Is a man who can grasp the ilg problems of state affairs and put '.hem on a sound financial basis. His experience as agriculturalist and stock raiser Is another factor that Is sug-gested as Important, for Mr. Wattis was born In Uintah, a farming com-munity of Weber County, spent the .'list years of his life there, engaged in farming undertakings during va-.io-years of his life and has become as head of the Utah Construction, company, the director of great farm-n- g undertakings in the .west. He nderstands the problems of the Ir-rigator, the dry farmer and the llve-Uoc- k raiser for these are all prob-lems that have arisen with him and .vhlch he has successfully solved. Slm-larl- y Mr, Wattis has solved the lnhor luestlon and there has not been a strike on any of the great Wattis enterprises, Including railroad build-jig- , reservoir or Irrigation system con-struction, coal mining, Industrial con-struction or other work. As governmental finance and ad-ministration, building of the state's roads and Irrigation systems on a sound economy basis and thte solu-tion of labor problems will be the chief questions affecting Utah's tax-payers during the next few years, the men who know W. H. Wattis best declare there will be no mistake if he Is selected as the Republican noml-- . uee und elected by the voters at the rtovembor election. Ii DERS III Al ABOUT CAMP Marvel of Mining World Located In Bingham.. Splendid Roads from Metropolis of Utah to the Great Mining Camp. The Wonder of the East and the West Is Within a Short Distance of Your' Home. - The following story was published' recently in the Salt Lake Tribune and reproduced in the Press-Bulleti- n be-cause few people In the great copper camp take the Sunday papers com-pared with the circulation of this pa-per: Why people will exert themselves to spend their money in any community except their own, or travel extensive-ly in any community except the one where they live, is one of the myster-ies of human nature. However, It is customary, especially with the Amer-ican public, to always see Europe first, and the idea back of this habit very aptly aplies to Utah's populace, as we have some of the wonders here of the entire world and they go unnoticed by the inhabitants of this state, who are continually planning a trip to some Bear-b- y state or country. Now, there is no more Inspiring, in-teresting or educational community than the mining camp of Bingham can-yon to be found in many a day's drive from Salt Lake. Tourists hear about the camp on the Atlantic coast and the Pacific slope and always endeavor to include this copper camp in their route book, but the residents of Utah and Salt Lake seem to- - take no interest in the matter whatsoever. That Bing-ham Is worth a day or so in the life of even the busiest men cannot be ques-tioned by anyone with intelligence who. has visited the community. Roads Are Good. For the motorist it can be said that , the road Irom here to the canyon is all . that a highway enthusiast could de-sire. From Salt Lake to Midvale the state road is followed, which ia paved to this-- point and beyond. The autoist should follow the Midvalo car line, turning off from State street at the point where the street car leaves the state road. Continuing straight ahead, west, paved roadway is to be found for about six miles, or beyond the station of Welby. From the point where the pavement stops the dirt road into the canyon is in fairly good shape. There are gas stations and garages for the convenience of the motorists in the canyon. The grades of the road the entire distance are moderate and should be easy for any automobile. With the exception of about ten ruilea the trip can be made on pavement. Attraction for Tourists. As for the attractions which should draw the tourist and pleasure seeker of this section of the country, they are many and diversified. The town itself is an example of of the type of mining camp which has become fam-ous In American history. It is built in a narrow canyon, tth mountains towering on each side, and possesses all the requisites for location work in one of Bill Hart's dramas of the west. Of course the real charm of the camp, the dives, saloons and gambling joints, are no more, although 'tis said that the truly curious may find Some forms of amusement not to be found in the most select of communities. It is only the natural manners of the true miner coming to the fore. A mining camp cannot be goverened with the same laws as a farming community until hu- - man nature has been revised. But the manner in which the town is con-structed is very interesting to the un-initiated in the ways of mining camps. It is many miles long and but a few yards wide, with the houses and other buildings literally built on the sides of the mountains in places, '"various Mining Methods. Besides the town itself, there are the mines, and these "diggins" are quite some example of the various ways, both ultamodern and very ancient, which those who toll for the precious metals use to get the shinning stuff out of the earth. Some of the mines are just prospectors' holes, while others are underground workings of the most complete type. Some of the latter styles go down many hundreds of feet and are examples of the latest safety-fir- s devices and possess the last word in modern mining equipment and methods. To a stranger to the mining Industry the magnitude of the operations carried on, the ways in which the ore is treated in the mills and the general manner of operating a mine, as well as the mine itself, prove extremely Interesting and also possess no little educational value. The underground workings deal to a great extent in gold and silver. Utah Copper Famous. As for the Utah Coper hill or mine, known the world over as a great pro--i ducer of copper, it is one of the most stupendous and magnificient sights imaginable. Here is being carried 01 work which will In time remove a mountain, and this mountain in ques-- i tion is no hill, but would be classed as a full grown mountain In any geo--t graphy. The magnitude of this under (Continued on page four) BINGHAM FIREMEN WILL GO EUREKA NEXT WEEK Fire Chief Frank Thompson First Assistant John L. Sweat, C. J. Still-ma- n and Arthur A. Macke will attend the state firemen's tournament next week at Eureka. Bingham will not enter a team this year. MISS MILDREN MATTSON AND SAM c JONES ARE MARRIED One of Bingham's high school teach-ers slipped off the other day and did not inform Prof Nielsen of the fact. Miss Mattson has been head of the commercial department of the high school and is very popular with pat-rons and other members of the teach-ing staff. She is a very excellent teacher and Principal Nielsen is in hope she will not devote all her time to looking after the comforts of Mr Jones. He is well known in Bingham and has a fine position with the Utah Power & Light office. They are spend-ing two weeks on a honeymoon trip in Yellowstone National Park . HOW TO CARRY BOOZE WITHOUT BOTTLES Carlo Poll was arrested In Lower Bingham Wednesday morning with 6 big water bottles filled with "white mule" by Chief of Police Thompson and H- - N. Standish. He was trying to make his get away and had the liquor in a big suit case in order to prevent it from making a noise, he had purchased six new. water bottles and filled these with the booze. But Chief Thompson was not content with shaking the suit case to see whether It would cause the bottles to clank against each other but he made c more careful inspection. BINGHAM SCHOOL TAX I !) til !' i. I . : LEVY IS INCREASED The total tax levy for all purposes will be 26.2 mills in Bingham for this year. This is an increase of 4.2 mills over last year. The major portion of this increase la for school purposes, the levy being almost double of that zl last year. The Jordan school dis-trict requested a levy sufficient to raise $506,000. Of this amount 0 will be returned to the Utah Copper company for excess taxes paid In 1912, 1913 and 1914. ' Another reason for the Increased taxes Is the fact that the valuation of the Utah Copper is $26,000,000 less than previously and this decreases very materially the net income. UTAH COPPER POSTPONE8 HOME BUILDING PROGRAM The Utah Coper company had plan-ned to build a number of modern apartment houses In Carr Fork this summer, but will likely postpone con-struction. The reason given is the high cost of labor and material. CHARLES BRINK LAID TO REST BY FRIENDS i ' One of Bingham's pioneer settlers pissed away here Saturday evening at his home in the lower part of Bing-ham canyon. Mr. Brink had lived here for more than thirty years and had taken a very active part in all the af-fairs of the camp. The cause of his death was general debility incident to old age.. He has been sick for sev-eral months and spent some time at 4 sanitarium in Salt Lake City. Charles Brink was an active citizen and served in the state legislature with credit to his constituency and an honor to himself.. He was a member of the 'Masonic order and was secre-tary of Bingham lodge No. 72 A. F. & A. M. since, its ' organization in (the camp. He was laid to rest in Salt Lake City and the funeral services were in charge of the Masonic order and were held at the Masonic temple, tested the sterling .worth of this pion-eer settler and honest citizen who had gone to pjs reward, . He cams , Utah from Sweeden where he' was born 71 years ago and soon after settled in Bingham. His wife passed on two years ago and their daughter Mamie died in 1906. A stepdaughter of (Mr. Bring survives and some distant relatives. Mr. Brink was, a., staunch Republican until the progressive wing left that party and , later he followed the majority of the progressives into the Democratic ' party. t UTAH COPPER PRESENTS V' '! UNIVERSITY OP UTAH , WITH CAR OF ORE The Utah Copper Company has ' Just presented the department of metallurgical research it the University of Utah with a car load of ore to be used by that ' department, and . the U. S. Bu- - reau of Mines, which is located on the university ' campus, In 4 testing the Volitillzation process being worked out at the univer- - sity. When perfected this pro-- cess will make It possible to ex- - tract completely the metal from low grade ore. . BINGHAM MINE LABOR ' . SHOWS IMPROVEMENT , , .... 4 The labor situation at the dif ferent mines shows a slight im provement. Labor is reported as more effecient than for several months. Many workers leave here in the summer for the farms and return as soon as the crops ' are harvested. For this reason '4 conditions are sure to be better 4 soon. 4 4 BINGHAM POST OF AMERICAN LEGION FIXES MEETING DATES The Bingham American Legion post will, in future meet In Smith's hall the second and fourth (Mondays of each month, Richard Van Hake, who has been adjutant, will leave here soon and will be succeeded by R. I. Terrell. The local post will hold a picnic at Saltalr Monday, August 16.' The mem-bers will leave here at about 5 p. m. Prof. . Nielsen of the Bingham schools has recently returned from a fishing trip to Strawberry, where Tie states he caught the limit almost i every day , . |