Show i lAST lAhl CHANCE CLOSED DOWN Bingham Mines of the Nevada Utah Company Suspend Ore Production ORDER FROM NEW YORK ONLY TWO BIG MINES IN CAMP RUNNING WIDE OPEN The Last Chance mine mille at Bingham the property of or the company suspended active operations Thursday night on instructions from the head of ot offices offices of ot the company In New York Be Between Between Between tween sixty and seventy men were em employed emi employed i and all but fifteen have been given given en their time LIme Those remaining are do doIng doIng doIng Ing some timbering and otherwise placing placing placIng ing the mine in shape for a long siege of or Inactivity The Utah Consolidated and the Utah Copper are now the only topnotch mines In the camp that are running full handed though the Ohio Copper has not materially trimmed its forces yet et Under the of or M H Kirk the Last Chance mine has been placed In fine shape and a great deal of or development work has been done With Witha lt a n modest sized mill he has been able to tomake tomake tomake make the proposition more than take care of itself so the orders to close come somewhat in the nature of a II surprise particularly as the chief values in the theore theore theore ore are silver stiver and lead Thill closing cosing down business s Is Js becoming serious in the Bingham camp and with p winter rapidly approaching the outlook for the miners and all men employed at atthe atthe atthe the properties to say nothing of the business houses of the camp is anything any thin but hut bright brightUp Ip Up to the present time there has come comeno comeno comeno no intimation that the Utah Consolidated would suspend operations or reduce its production at all What Is true of or this company is also true of or the Utah Cop Copper per Jor cr As a matter of fact the latter is planning this very minute to place two more sections of or its it great milling Illing plant in commission The present prices of copper afford a splendid margin over Oer the costs of production pro with this com corn company company pany and the sale salt of a small proportion of or the output Is sufficient to keep things running while the remainder can be beheld beheld beheld held until such time as tha market im improves Improves Improves proves or the demand for tor the metal me al In Increases increases creases Manager D C Jackling declares that If It an order should be Issued to cease production at any time it t would be sim elm simply simply ply a matter of or policy polley and not through necessity |