| Show ESDLTS AT BINGIIA3I The 11 rry in Silver Caused Tvrothlrds of the Sllne to Close BIXG AM Utah July 1Spccil In syn pathy with every other mining camp Bingham is under a pall of blue haze Over twothirds of the mines in the district and contiguous have closed down but many of them may resume now that silver has taken an upward turn Except prospects being worked by individuals and a few leases on developed properties every mine in the vicinity of Bingham has either closed down entirely or reduced their operating force to a nOl inil representation except the Stewart anu South Galena Three hundred and I fifty men are out of work in Bingham alone What the men will do to keep I their families from want for most I of the miners here are married mar-ried menis a poser as few have worked steadily for months past and many have their wages unpaid and with little prospects of getting what is due I them now that the mine owners are tied I up on every hand with no market for their product Should the Old Jordan Galena closedown close-down there will be less than 100 men at work in Bingham and vicinity a week from this day and a majority of those will be individual owuers of small properties prop-erties who will have no market for their product hence no income Beginning in CaT rk tha Petro have reduced their force of fifteen men to three men and a foreman The West working under lease have reduced their force I from sixteen to three men The Last Chance will lay off twenty of their thirty I men tomorrow it would seem from a j telephone message received here today I from Superintendent Tom Buzzo who is j in Salt Lake city as he instructed his I treasurer S Hays to be ready to payoff pay-off in the morning Mr Hays says it is possible that the mine may close down entirely The Stewart is a gold property and cuts little figure in the camp as it employs few men as the vein is worked practically from an open quarry The Stewart has I been turning out and treating in its combination method thirtyfive to forty j tons par day which yielded per ton The Spanish is working one man instead in-stead of forty The Live PIne closed down today with its twenty men The Sampson across the divide is paying off today discharging all but four or five of their thirtylive men The Yosemite with thirtyfive men closed down Tuesday Tues-day The Dalton and Lark with thirty five men has reduced to tjvelve The Brooklyn is paying off all its men today The people realize that they are not worse off than other silver camps and hope for a change in affairs soon I EXPENSES MUST BE REDUCED While it has been decided to continue contnue operations in the Anchor Silver King I and other properties for n faw days longer the managers arc yet undecided as to their future course They are now I formulating plans however to determine on what basis they will be able to continue con-tinue These plans it is given out involve in-volve a cut in wages in freight rates and in the general expenses of the mines ONTARIO AND DALY I is stated that the Ontario and Daly management is undetermined what course will be pursued but it is given out that the operating expenses will be materially reduced It is said that the mine was run at a heavy loss last month and tho manager has been notified that the expenses must be kept within the revenues THE SMELTERS While the larger mines arc able to dispose I dis-pose of their ores as nearly all of them have contracts with the smelters the latter lat-ter are not willing to receive any large shipments They are only purchasing such market ores as will enable them to work UD the present stock with a view to clearing up and getting in shape to close down i it becomes necessary The railroads anticipating a cessation of ore and bullion traffic are cutting their operating expenses down and reducing their forces to a minimum |
