Show BINGHAM A GRE GREAT T COPPER CAMP the mines of bingham utah are being drawn upon at the present time to the extent of 2600 tons of ore daily the bulk of this tonnage is sent direct to the amel in the salt lake valley while the balance is first subjected to concentration in the mills of the camp J the utah consolidated during the past year sent an average of tons a day to its smelter the united states company ig 13 sending down from its properties approximately tons a day the bingham consolidated sol soli mated dated tons the yampa mine supplies the yampa smelter with tons the utah copper company is running the first unit of its concentrator and is reducing tons the boston consolidated is shipping to the bingham consolidated smelters shelters sm elters tons per day the ohio copper companas comp anys mill is operating on tons while the miscellaneous cel laneous mines are relied on for tons per day bingham is wonderfully active at the present time and it is going to be still more prosperous there are good reasons to believe that by the end of the year the daily tonnage coming from the mines will aggregate anywhere from to the utah consolidated company will within the next few weeks bring its production up to at least tons per day the additional smelter buildings are nearing completion and the man management a ement contemplates blowing in within the next week the united states company is adding lead stacks to its smelter at bingham junction the utah copper company contemplates the early enlargement of its great concentrator and so successful has the demonstration been on its low grade porphyry ores that the management will ultimately bring the capacity of the mill up to several thousand tons the utah copper owns a vast territory covering the porphyry belt of the camp and it would be impossible almost to make anywhere near to an accurate estimate of cf what the ground is capable of producing the boston Consolidate ds domains extend into the porphyries ries and the success achieved by its neighbor has hag brought up the serious consideration by the directors of providing equipment for the treatment of these ores already the boston management has acquired a site cf such a plant at bingham junction and it is as not unlikely that the spot will be embellished with a plant yet this year binghan Bing nani is making rapid progress and at the pres pr off ent pace it is going the time is not far when hen it will challenge butte for the bono w of being the first coped copper c imp camp of th the e cow try |