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Show ( Sun Chronicle-Advertis- Thursday, December 23, 1971 er Tfa c 3 vu Bug by Glen The Perrins start because it ?wm was hit by snowslides, mudslides and even fire. It tried to fight back, but just never seemed to recuperate from the staggering blows dealt by the elements. mining town of Bingham in Bingham Canyon today is only a ghost town, being gobbled up by the tt ever expanding, busUing once-thrivin- i g Ken-neco- As the town dwindled, constant problems seemed to jump in and cut down the population and size of the community. And as the Kennecott Copper Corporations activities expanded, Bingham found it was only about one mile long and a few blocks wide at the widest point. Land owners sold their property when they felt they had obtained a good price, and the population continued to drop. Kennecott Copper Corporations mining activities. In the good old days when in full swing, Bingham was a prosperous, growing community boasting a population some here near 8,000 to 10,000 people. Nearly all the houses -- - remember -- - hung from the mountainsides from near the mouth of Bingham Canyon to the top. However, apparently from the beginning, the town was destined to failure from an early Copper Corp. acquired perty when needed for mine pro- s r dlwaondHos expansion, and today the town continues to fade into oblivion - to many its just a fond memory. Jesse Lopez, town marshal, says: "I hate to see the town because it has disappear, always been good to me, and I have enjoyed living here and working in the community. Marshal Lopez covers the town twice a week, even though there is no crime, except for We still have a jail traffic. in the city hall basement, he says, just in case. Mrs. May Stillman, town recorder-treasurand justice of the peace, says she has fond memories of Bingham and its Ive lived here for people. of Bingham er many years and worked for the city. It has been good to me and I hate to see it go, she added. The city hall and fire station have been sold, and City Councilman James Xanthos has sold his property and has promised to move by February, 1972. Ah, the memories of that town of Bingham Canyon town that slouched up a narrow from the street, and balconies leaned precariously over the canyon-sid- e, d and there were abruptly grass. Remember the ear-splitti- whistle which blew, warning of a coming blast at the pit? And -a the deep rumble that came weirdly at 3 a m.? Yes, fires, cloudbursts, landslides and snowslides always menaced Bingham. The frame buildings made a fire hazard, and in 1932 a $400,-00- 0 he gulch, sprawled over the steep sidehills, and finally collapsed near the enormous open-p- it mine of the copper company! the Remember, single street which meandered up the canyon which was framed by wooden houses and business buildings? Dwellings arose Then there was a cloudburst which hit Markham Gulch, part of Bingham, in 1930, which -- night-blasti- Boy. 17 pint-size- plots of us fcdbuM Records show that dwellings and a boarding house were swept from their foundations and buried beneath the rushing thousands of tons of rock, snow, ice and other debris. Highland y second-stor- buried cars and houses, business buildings. Traffic was halted on highways and railroads. Land, loosened by water, canslid down the steep-side- d yon, and damage amounted to conflagration almost wiped Then, old timers recall, there were snow-slid-- one in 1926 almost wiped out the little suburb of out the town. Thursday, December 23, 1971 Eagle Review Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Clearfield Courier $400,000. the which lessened stantly changing as earth is removed. Although the copper content of the Bingham ores Ah, those were the days! averages only about 1 But the town faced oblivion as or 20 pounds to the percent, ton, the conthe giant electric shovels mining, transportation, and tinued to eat away at the gray, smelting of these ores is one green and red mountain which of Utahs most valuable and rose like a huge stadium, its important industries. Utah levels like bleacher seats for Copper produces more than 90 ant-lielecgiants. Today, per cent of the copper mined tric shovels continue to scurry in Utah, and of the back and forth on tracks along total production of the world. those levels, and snake-lik- e ore trains crawled between the The mines pay millions and shovels and waiting railroad millions of dollars each year, cars. and are said to have enough ore Pit dimensions are con bodies to operate until 1990. measures dangers. ke one-twelf- th es Then came new regulations, retaining walls, and other safety contract, instructions. 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