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Show ' ' fLmST IN THE BINGHAM ' CAMP " j Substantial from tlic start, proved fbc immense Ficheess of the properties, aed las reached a stage of development wMeli. may serve as ait example and a model to aSl fmtare mining companies. II !Time is the greatest of all tests. Time brings out the good and the bad. Time will eventually do away with both, and nothing remains. But while there is good, time will have done its share in tho scheme o the universe. Antiquaries lovo time. If a thing is old, hns stood tho toBt of time, it is usually revered. And Biirely that which stands tho test of time must needs bo worthy must bo strong and sturdy and enduring. All this by way of saying that time has made tho "Utah Consolidated Mining company one of the greatest copper propositions in tho Timu enters into the statement thnt the Utah Consolidated is the oldest cupper mfhe in Bingham, and time also al-so figures in the statement that tho Utah Consolidated has been successful from tho start. There aro 230 acres of land in Carr Fork gulch, Bingham division of the Went Mountain district, known as tho Highland Boy croup, which have mado the owners rich, pnul some of the larg-oat larg-oat dividends over paid iu the country in connection with similar proposi lions, and brought lasting famo io tin management. Four years ago the Utah Consolidal ed Mining company was organized un dcr the laws of New Jersey with a cap italization of $1,500,000. The organiza tion was evolved out of tho Utah Con Bolidated Gold Mines company, Ltd., i British corporation which in turn sue ceeded tho Sevier Gold Mines companv Ltd. Tho Utah Consolidated Mining com pany is tho holding company for tin Highland Boy Gold Mining company which holds direct titlo lo tho Utal properties. Lcsb than 20 per cent o the capital stock is held in Great Bri tain, and the Utah Consolidated i purely an American enterprise, dis covered by American energy und pluck and managed and controlled by Amori can brains and money. Again that question of tirno come forward, It takes Mino to organize ai ontorpriso as gigantic as the Utah Con solidated, it takes time to develop, i takes timo to mako tho public believe it takes timo to provo the wisdom am tho worth of the investment. And (ho Utah Consolidated has doni all this, withstood time, trained th - confidence of the public, proved the im- 0 menso richness of the property, and reached a stage of development which - 'may serve as an example and a model - lo all future mining industries. Probabl' uo other mino is so well - known in Utah as that of tho Utah i- Consolidated. Its fortuues have been 1 the fortunes of the people, it is looked - upon almost as a State institution, and ', its affairs arc considered b' thousands of persons almost as their own affairs. From tho beginning, tho manner in 0 which tho business of the company wns , done brought admiration. Those boil bo-il hind it were in earnest, they were de-f de-f tormincd to win, they overcame ob- - atncles that others less etiff-nccked s might have shied at, and the..y made out - of a holo in tho ground what if? consid-:, consid-:, orod ono of tho finest-equipped mines - in the world a money-maker and an enterprise such as few communities can s boast of. a Sb: Distinct Oro Bodlea. There aro six distinct oro bodioB in t the Utah Con. The ores aro sulphides, !, occurring in shoots running from 2 to 1 13 per cent copper, with averago values of $2.i)0 and $3 in gold nnd Bilvcr to i) tho ton. Tho average ores carry about 30 per ' r cent each in iron, silica and 6ulphur, rendoring them sclf-lluxing. And in this very fact lies part of tho remarkable- success of the Utah .Consolidated. Tho greatest mining experts in tho world have said that, taking everything, every-thing, into consideration, the cost of Bmolting tho Utah Consolidated ores is tho lowest known in tho United States, and that may as well bo the world. There 1b at Murray, seventeen miles north of tho mine, a 000-ton smelter, tho equal of any in the intermountain country. Twenty calcincrs, three calcining cal-cining furnaces and nine roverberatory furnaces form part of tho apparatus, Tho ores givo clean slags, and the plant cxcollcnt results, turning out 90 per cent blister copper. Plans arc; now un-dor un-dor consideration for the crcctio.ii of an acid plant, which, when completed., will add considerably to tho enormous income of the company. Of tho six distinct oro bodies, throe mnin oro shoots aro developed, tho largest about 220 feet wide, and almost al-most 400 foot deep. Tho Highland Boy. considered ono of tho most important propositions in the mining industry, Is opened by ono shaft of 000 feet. Ores are extracted by means of tunnels, of which there aro seven, the lowest, .700 feet below the crest of- tho mountain. : All of tho tunnels are connected. ' Ore is milled down to the bottom tunnel tun-nel for removal. Tbo tunnels vary in length from 1000 to 2500 foot. Ore extraction ex-traction is by the top-slice caving sj's-tom. sj's-tom. and square-set timbering is used. T1h shoo.ts are somowhafc smaller, it is said, in the lowor levels, but carry exceptionally ood values, nnd are likoly to continue- workable to g-rcat depth. Two years ago there were twelve miles of underground workings. Since then thoso have ooen greatly extended, ex-tended, until under the surface tho Utah Consolidated is similar lo (ho j great mines of tho Lake Superior dis- i trict, Long- ago the Utah Consolidated was ropulcd to bo a gold mine, and wns worked ns such to good advantage. In thoso days a cyauido plant was in uso for treating the gold ore. Copper im-monso im-monso deposits of it wore revealed, and gold mining wns partiall' aban- ' doned for tho extraction of copper ore. "When the mill was constructed, tbo company, then known as tho Ilighlnnd Boy Gold Mining company, was undor tho direction of Samuel Ncwhoiiso and Thomas "Weir. In the vcars that followed, fol-lowed, tho company changed handa ... and the nature of its mining, to whal advantage tho world already knows. Never before in the history of miU' ing in tho West was there such excite monfc as when the great strike was mado in the northern ond of the property. prop-erty. Tho slock of the company mado a bip lump upward, and stockholders wore hugging themselves with ioy Their ,ioy hns continued undiminished ever since. Their hopes havo been realized. Tho new strike was called the largest and richest, body of ore exposed in this wonderfully rich mine. Tho new ore body was found in exploratory drifts in what is known as ''Fault Thirteen and Ono-Ilalf," some 2000 feet west of the main oro body. Tho ore carries from 8 to 0 per cent copper, about in g,old and tho same amount in silver. sil-ver. fn a stratum of limcstono 2000 feet long and SJOO foot wide, the operations of tho Utah Consolidated havo been confined. A nnrrow dyku of porphyry cuts tho stratum longthwiso. Before tho last great striko, tho company claimod 1,000,000 tons of oro in sight, which figure has since been sustainod by mininp expcrls. It is tho on S3' cost of production - . which has made the Utah Consolidated one of tho richest proposiuons or l kind in tho world. Closo calcu aiioas 3 j havo brought tho cost down as low" a .! ; I 5 cents, and with copper w,lita v .11 example. 20 cents a pound, " ". J 51 s readily be seen where and how tbo inn j lions were made. ninany. v . Tho last statement of the 1 I issued the beginning . of " t . showed surplus of .W- bc0 - ..J Utah Consolidated has alwy , looked upon as a dividend-paver, ai j j i this year, it is claimed, wi" ul , wider the eyes of the m Those .in position lo kno. cstim thnt the profits this year w" -TflJ to $1,500 000. and this after mceu p j dividend 'requirements and pei f m Perhaps no other conipanj jus hind it such enormous pojcj wealth as tho Utah Consol idaicu. a m ban II. Broughton of J01 ot J is presidont; Adolph J0o;s th U the greatest popper fi"crcrcsi- i worldlias over known, first PJ dent; T. L. Hermann, v ami d dentj F. P. Addicks, woptno, j treasurer: J. B. Kisqu e. c N j ager. James PhiHins, Jr., aa fl. fl JCing are. also members of mo ; torate. i |