Show A comparatively new feature of mining and milling in utah is the employ employment merit of electricity electric electricity it y in several leading mining camps as a motive power for the operating of mill machinery and in the the utilization of machine drills and the introduction of this and effective power promises to cheapen mining 0 operations materially and to a certain extent to revolutionize mining methods mercur is now in the electric circuit and so is bingham and it is believed that it will not be long before tintic gintic mines and mills will utilize this agency in a variety of ways at mercur the golden gate chloride point and overland are using the fluid from the system of the telluride power compa company nv and it is learned that thle the sacramento and mercur mines at mercur and the new mammoth and the bingham tunnel company operating in west mountain district have just awarded contracts for electric power to the salt lake city water and electrical power company this company which is the outcome of a recent consolidation with the jordon narrows company already having its lines running into mercur and bingham and in successful operation the application of electricity for power and lighting purposes in a mining camp is tho tha next step toward giving it railroad facilities and when both of these advantages are enjoyed as in the case with with mercur and bingham the outlook for sul successful operations is especially bright and gratifying |