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Show BIS CHAM ITEM. Our correspondent "Peter" furnishes fur-nishes us the following news from Bingham : Business and everything pertaininr thereto is picking up with wondertui strides. Every branch of business is receiving its share in their increa. Ihe staaes come in loaded, and in fact overflowing, and ko one empty. Hoteis are luj and running over. Guests are fortunare thit find even a 2 i 6 claim on the floor. The increased aocomtno-datioRs aocomtno-datioRs of the Dixon House wui be ready for guests this week. Society, although not up to par, is improving. Very little drunkenness is to be seen on the street, and what few fights occur take place in the sage bruh. The fighters here are getting more modest every day. Ail the producing mines are making preparations to ship ore on an extensive exten-sive scaie. Thirty more teams have been put on the road to haul from the mines to the Kerr Smelter on the Jordan. Jor-dan. The grade of the Bingham Canyon K. K is nearly completed; ties are on the ground; and a strong force is engaged en-gaged on the bridges and culverts. Bv the Uth of July the canyon will resound re-sound with the snort of the " iron-cayuse." iron-cayuse." Several rich strikes have been recently re-cently made in the mines. Among them are the Snow Storm tnnnel, owned by L C. Bateman and others, which has developed a fine body of galena; and the Hyat k Bemis tunnel, owned by Messrs. Swediey k Burns, of Leaveoworth, Kansas, which has also struck two or three veins of very rich ores, and has not yet reached the lode the tunnel ia intended to develop. The Neptune mine, recently purchased by H. Rogers, is turning out fioely, having recently struck a large body of carbonates and galena, running up high in lead and gilver. The Sultan, owned by Fuller, Fiynn and others, improves daily. The Winnemuck is as usual working a lull force, and under un-der the efficient superintendency of Mr. Pinedo, is doing better than ever. The gross receipt of bullion shipped during the month of April was over iG.OUO. The company expect to force the figures up to $100,000 lor the present pres-ent month. |