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Show A BINGHAM FEUILLETOM. Aa .lulnn for District Rr-r(lr The llltl ItoUahl I mp lluuuilnt;, III the election hold on Saturday for a district recorder, the largest vote was cast which ha been polled in , the ' 'old reliable" camp in years; U10 ballots being be-ing dropped into the box.. The two as-piranls as-piranls for the position of keeping an accurate teoord of the locat'on of mining min-ing claims, were His Honor Harney tjuiuu aud John Hulters. When the count was made, it was found that Harney, who is tin present iucuaibutit, had won by si majoriiy. The I'tali political situation is a subject sub-ject of daily discuss, on in Bingham, and as tho camp has very few voters who did not belong to the liberal party a year ago, there is souiew hat of a division di-vision of eetitinumt in the matfer. So far, much to the regret of some of the most aiucero believers iu thy advisability advisabil-ity of making future lights on national party lines, tho republicans have done nothiug to t'll'ect au orgauiatinu of their party but the democrats have gotten a perfect organization, thus placing their opponents at a disadvantage, disad-vantage, for all who have lead the signs of the times believe the la.-.t contest con-test has been waged which will ever be fought in Utah ou mormon and gentile liuus. The old camp is booming. New people peo-ple are coming iu every day, and all of the hotels are so crowded that privato families have been appealed to to Live accommodations to those who must have a place to eat mid bleep, business busi-ness of all kinds has not been to good for liftecn years. The roads of IVingham aud Cut's Fork are lined with teams which aro hauling ore from the different mines, ail of which are making a large production. The Kio Graude Western is unable to furnish cars enough to transport the production of the camp aud it is now building some immense ore bins at the depot for the accommodation accommo-dation of shippers. Scarcely any thing is being done on tho Niagara company's property, the cause being au impcuditig litigaliou. Kveiybody is waiting for 1'. A. II. Franklin to return from New York, with the hope that he may be able to slop the suit so that work on the mine can be resumed. Cm the Fairview a tunnel is being run on the vein lower down ou the hill than the one from which the good ore was taken out of a low woeks ago. Soiny lino hliippic;' ore is being taken out of tiiis tunnel which is being piled on the dump, The Fairview is another of the mines in the throes of litigation. The Alamo has taken out five or six tons of hiira irrade ora from tho strike which was made in the tunnel, but in driving ahead on the vein, the chute was passed through and the owners own-ers concluded to continue the level until un-til more depth was gained. There is another ore chute discovered on tho surface which the tunnel will cut in 100 feet. York hill is a scene of the greatest activity, the York, I'otro. Churchill, Leonard, Mary aud Wella are all being worked with large forces and making a big production. Fifteen men aro employed on the Stewart l-'o. 2. The mill is kept running run-ning night and day and is turning out considerable gold. Hazel, Grove and Kirby aro getting some nice ore iu the Miner's Dream, located lo-cated below the Sampson. (ieorge Arthur Kice paid a visit to Ringham Saturday to look at the new strike in the Sampson. He was well pleased and believes the mine to bo worth thousands of dollars more than :t was a week ago. Farley Williams and W. C. Hall were also iu Bingham on sutiday, looking into some mining litigation which their clients have pending. ,w rolling stock is being delivered for the tramway belonging to the .South Galena company. The ( lid 'I olograph is working for'y men and making a big production. I'ingham is having a lively summer and will make n mineral production this year that will surprise everybody. |