Show possibilities bingham has always been a wonder in the way of mineral production ever since the camp was first discovered by general conners soldiers many years ago and for this reason it has well earned the appellation of the old reliable not only odily has bingham been a great producer in hi the past of silver and lead but the camp came is renowned and has been for years for its prolific gold mines and its placers of gold bearing gravel the discovery of mammoth and seemingly inexhaustible deposits of copper bearing ore being of recent date although it has been known for a long time that there was plenty of copper in the district but as copper and especially low grade copper ores has not been a marketable or paying product in the past the great wealth of the camp in this respect was virtually ignored and deemed of but littie lithe consequence now however since it has been proven by extensive development that this locality abounds in such splendid ore zones of this mineral and as low grade stuff can now be mined and handled at a profit a new era of prosperity and progress is surely dawn dawning ing for this locality which is evidenced by the i interest s t being taken in its mines by heavy capitalists and investors and the big sales of mining properties there of late although bingham has seen its ups and downs in the past there is now every reason to believe that in the very near future it will rank as one of the greatest mining camps in this or any other country its mines of silver and lead ores are still rich and prolific and good for many years to come and while the camp has been able to boast of its bonanzas in the past new propositions of merit and promise are almost tumbling over each other ether in the effort to arrest and attract the attention of those looking for safe and legitimate investments the number of paying and producing properties being steadily added to until now bingham is beginning to become a boue household hold word the world over as one ot of the most enticing and valuable mining districts to be found in the west the rush and the rage for copper however is what will make a name for bingham from now abw on and it is estimated that with more extensive development work it will be demonstrated that this locality will take rank as one of the greatest copper producing districts in the known world and fully assured as to the correctness of this theory millions of money are at the back of enter arises recently inaugurated for the working of the copper mines and prospects of the camp other projects calculated to bring bingham into prominence are also under way one of these is the work now in hand in the operation of the gold placer mines of bingham canyon experimental work so far dis Id losing the fact that on the bedrock of the eannel channel gravel exists exist s in large quan quantities thichon thi chin in its gold gald contents is richer than 1 the kl hud and it cannot be long now be fore the results of successful operation of these diggings will cause as much stir in the mining and financial world as did the news a few years ago of the discovery of rich placers in alaska another project calculated to benefit the camp is the long tunnel being driven by allan Q G lampson and his associates for the purpose of draining the big mines of the dalton and lark country this tunnel is now into the mountain for more than a half a mile and when it taps the old wealth producers along its route it will give them an indefinite lease on life and future productiveness still another feature of the advancement being made by the district is the introduction of electricity for lighting and as a motive power the utilization of this force insuring a reduction in the cost of mining operations in the camp in the future surely the outlook for bingham has a most rosy hue and while the camp has been a wonderful wealth producer in the past its future history in this respect is more than likely to be repeated a hundred fold |