Show FORTUNA FORT UNA OF BINGHAM SOLD control of the property of the fortuna mining company at bingham utah has passed to leroy eccles and associates of ogden and salt lake negotiations have been under way for the ground for some time and it is stated now that the first payment was made in may the price is said to be with payments extending over a considerable period of time the group consisting of nineteen claims and fractions adjoins the dalton lark property of the bingham mines company the ohio copper and the congor ground and has been well developed by the former owners the keystone tunnel along the fortuna vein is feet long besides which there are two tunnels of about 2000 feet each running with the formation and the mayflower tunnel about the same length but crosscutting the formation the ground contains a number of uil undeveloped develop ed veins there is considerable equipment including a small mill it is estimated that the past production of the group was in the neighborhood of the property has been owned by simon bamberger and associates of salt lake it sidney bamberger but was developed by has been idle since his death several years ago |