Show prosperity AT BINGHAM staff correspondence A brief visit to bingham recently found that camp active its people confident of the future and the volume of business transacted immense the freight business of the rio bio grande western and the local copper belt ling line requires four regular trains a day to the junction on the main line notwithstanding the rush work of a great many teams in hauling freight to the mines mills and the business houses in the several gulches the depot and platform is filled and covered with goods of all description there is considerable agitation over the question of incorporating the camp into a city while law and order seem seem to be very uniformly respected and there seems little need of a city government to maintain the present friendly relations it is urged mainly to provide facilities for protection against possible fires and affording ample water for drinking and ordinary purposes the united states mining company continues its surface and und underground er ground improvements superintendent A pv may berry has the new 2000 foot air compressor in place and all the hoists drills and pumps are to be operated by compressed air surveys have been made for an aerial tramway with its terminus at bear fork the old jordan and old telegraph have tons blocked out and there are tons more in the same shape at the inner end of the evans tunnel the exceptionally neat appearances appearance of all the company buildings as well as the splendid condition of all the machinery and the character of the same give evidence toward a complete preparation to output largely as soon as the smelter in course of construction st at bingham junction is ready for the same the buckets on the aerial tramway are daily dumping tons of ore into the bins adjoining the rio grande western depot for the highland boy at a cost ranging between 10 16 and 15 cents a ton these buckets are 30 seconds or feet apart A new machine and blacksmith shop is about finis finished hedl and the surface about the mines is being levelled bevelled level led by a large force of men and teams A third boiler is to be added to the plant the foot air compressor is working finely and the I 1 local electrical plant is ample for all lighting purposes foreman ball is carrying out the details of the projected improvements with great care everything about the highland boy shows the faith held by the company in its great future the buildings are all painted neat and of a permanent appearance and contentment shines on the faces of all the employs foreman quinn is extracting some clean concentrates at the shawmut mill and fine work is being done done on the six tables power is supplied by the telluride company the main foot incline on the crown point fissure and drift ings from the same discloses a high grade copper ore together with lead silver and gold it is proposed to jiin run a cross I 1 cut feet from the incline to the U and I 1 vein the present main ore producer of the mill to facilitate the transportation of ores at present hauled over a difficult at wagon road by teams A E michelson engineer of the kee has the local affairs of that company well in hand the quarter mile horse tramway connecting the lower tunnel of that mine with the amuck mill is doing satisfactory service ce and the mill output is marketed at salt lake the faithful old mule that for the past four years has hauled loaded and empty cars put out and in the 1800 foot tunnel of the H highland ghi boy has departed this life he backed into a 10 foot at the face of the tunnel and wedged himself in with his legs close to his body he savagely fought against all efforts to release him and finally master mechanic J W booth got a rope around the mules body just back of the forward legs leas A block and tackle was put in place and just as the animal began his upward journey he died A L heaston was out over the line of the telluride power company on an inspecting trip engineer smith of the shawmut has several promising prospects in view fred bemis keeps the dewey mill busy on custom ore |