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Show 1 BINGHAM'S liUSTLE LATEST TIDINCS FROM CAMPS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO ZIQN. The old District on Went M.iU italii la Reported Re-ported IllKRer, Itriichter and llet-ter llet-ter Than Kvsr- The Campaign Cam-paign at American Pork These are bright and boomiug times for the "Old Reliable," which is enjoying en-joying such a prosperity as it has not enjoyed for years. Tho ore shipments are heavy; so heavy are they that the railroad cannot supply cars fast enough to transport trie production. The old mines are out ptittinga greater tonnage than ever before, and new acquisitions are daily beinniade to the ranks of the producers. Carrs Fork is particularly active, and since tho opening up of tho splendid ore bodies on the York and its extensions, exten-sions, an energetic campaign of prospecting pros-pecting and development has been begun. liaruey Qiiiuti, the district recorder, has his hands full recording locations and making abstracts. James Chipman, tho prosperous miner-merchant of American Fork, has disposed of tho York mine to the Groes-becks Groes-becks and McAllister, tho real estate and mining broker of Salt Lake. The price is reported to be $50,000, of which $10,000 is cash and the remaining S 10, 000 after an engine shall have been placed and tho shaft sunk an additional addi-tional 300 feet. The York has been a regular shipper for the past three months of ore which netted $15 a ton. Tho product is most desirable for smelting, smelt-ing, lioing pure galena and carbonates. With the usual good lrtek of tho Groes-becks Groes-becks directing developments, this is likely to turn out ouo ot tho best prop-crti prop-crti es in Bingham. McAllister Bros, have struck seven feet of steel galena ore III) feet below the turn on their mine lying between the Agnes and Mary on tho York ledge. Gov. West aud Albert Elliot havo a small force of men working on the Jersey Jer-sey Blue. They are driving a cross-cut tunnel and expect to cut tho cross vein of the I. X. L, before January 1st, when favorable results are anticipated. Thos. Devlin and Jas. Johnson have some nice ore on their claim called the Albany, located near the Brooklyn. The same parties are working' their assessment on what they believe to be tho northwest extension of the Old Telegraph, and are showing up some, good ore in small streaks. This is considered con-sidered the making of a good mine. Thos. Sappington has a tine pieco of property on the divide between main Bingham and Hear Gulch, from which he is now shipping about a car a day that will run from $75 to $150 a ton, about three-fourths of which is gold. This property was bonded in August for $2000. After a small amount of work it developed so richly that the owner offered to givo two-thirds interest inter-est in the mine for nothing if the grantee would relinquish his option; the offer was accepted. Twelve men are now employed. The property was formerly owned by John L. Pierce. The Old Telegraph is closed down for the time being, but it is rumored that the cessation of work is only temporary, tem-porary, and that in tho immediate future a large portion of the mine will be leased to numerous sets of lessees. There is no question that if this policy should be pursued tbut tho production of Bingham coubl be much augmented. Not only is there an abundance of merchantable mer-chantable ore iu sight, but there are unnumbered thousands of tons of concentrating con-centrating material. The people of llingliam are hopeful that the old mine will again assume the appearance of activity that it did some years ago. American Fork Canyon. The activo working and prospecting season in tho canyon has about closed. The past year has been devoid of any excitement, still some energetic work has been done which promises substantial substan-tial results. At this timo there is only about six inches of snow on the ground, but the exodus begau several weeks ago, when the winter threatened to close in at ouce. The greatest enterprise has been shown by L. Osborne, who has completed com-pleted tlie 800 feet of the American Fork tunnel and made the connection with the vein on the New Idea. He is now making a raise to the old works, lie has also built a concentrator this season about a quarter of a mile above the old Sultana smelter, with which he has made a successful and satisfactory trial on his ore. Only one run was made, but as a result of it he has about forty tons of clear concentrates at tlie Mingo, from which he has not yet gotten got-ten returns. No preparations had been made for heating tho water in tho mill, so it was deemed advisable to closo down for the winter. Mr. Osborne will spend the winter in Chicago, lelurniug early in the spriojz. - , |