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Show BINGHAM M BOOM The Sunshine of Prosperity Brighter than it has Ever Been in the History His-tory of the Camp. TAPPING THE LOWES HORIZON. The Grade of Ore Showing Marked Improvement Im-provement as Depth and Devel-. Devel-. oprnont is Acquired- Barney Qu'mn, who furnishes the donizous of Bingham with warranty devils whtm deeds are required, with cold-blooded and unalloyed justice when justice is courted, and with a telephone tele-phone connection with any point ou the circuit when tho telephone and an un-tratnuled un-tratnuled wire is essential to humanity's comfort or the world's welfaro, is in the city. It is rarely that ho indulges his love ; of travel and adventure. but he yielded to an invitation from Judge Zane's court upon this occasion. No, he is not hero to answer to any deed of omission or commission on his part, but simply comes iu thu mantle of a disinterested witness. He had unbosomed himself at the solicitation of the grand jury, had filled a "bread-basket" that was composed of dense emptiness an hour before with corn-fed luxuries, and was settled behind the pages of an evening paper when the interviewer descended ou him In the rotunda of bis hotel last evening. "What of Bingham?" said he reflectively, reflect-ively, "Bingham uever looked brighter or busier in its history. Not any particular par-ticular one but all the mines aro betraying be-traying unprecedented vitality, and monthly shipments show an increase of huudreds of tons over any period in the pnst. And we congratulate ourselves that nowhere in the territory is there to be found a better index to the ulti-mate ulti-mate importance of the great industry and its effect on tho future growth and prosperity of Utah. Strikes are of daily occurrence Lower and more permanent perma-nent zones are being tapped and the gratifying feature of these exploits is the fact that with the acquirement of depth comes a marked improvement in the quality of our ores. Tho average at present is about 45 per ceut lead and 35 ounces silver, the high grades occasionally asserting themselves in small quantities. There is a problem however to bo solved before the actual resources and magnitude of Bingham's ore deposits can be determined. That is the expectation, of a horizon that i begins with the pyritic level and which has as yet remained unfathomed. Kvery tiling indicates that below, that stratum the ground will be found to be , as produetive as it was above although up to this tiino no one has had the pluck to sound the theory. Above it we find one argentiferous iron with an excess as high as 4a per cent, " carrying 45 ounces silver and from $5 to fll in gold. It is not reasonable to believe that this expired with the appearance of the py-ritical py-ritical iron and the man who establishes that will be the tirst to reap the reward. It will no doubt be taken up the present season and should results be favorable the boom, ever in our direction, will equal any that have taken place in re- - cunt years." "And the prospects for deep gink' ingv" interposed the chronicler. "Excellent. Preparations are now nuking for the erection of heavier machinery ma-chinery while the arrival of heavier timbers would indicate an intention on the part of the mine owners to go to a lower level than has hitherto been reached. The district in fact looks well. Roads are being constructed con-structed that will make the miners more accessible aud lessen the cost of transportation very materially. There are now employed in camp some 600 ao-tive ao-tive miners, and tho roster promises to be steadily increased. Transactions, too. of every variety are recorded every day. They are distributed between sales, leases and bonds, and after having resided there for years I can say that the sunshine of prosperiiy was never brighter. The people there are confident confi-dent of the ultimate productiveness of their claims. Capital shows a willingness willing-ness to take hold of any reasonable proposition, pro-position, and the future of Bingham is practically settled." Mr. Quinn will depart for his home today very much gratified with his experiences ex-periences during the past few hours in Zion. |