| Show FIT DUNCAN McVICHI BINGliAM COPPER AND GOLD MINING CO lIanager 0 T The Blnshnn CoppcrtindGold Mi rims company find the JGJngham Consolidated Con-solidated Mining arfd SiiicltlnL cora punyr nrfi practically owned nd controlled con-trolled by he sfanie paitlg The Blng hnm Copper null Gold Mining com partys properties consist of what Is I known as the Commercral mine situated sit-uated in IJinghrinv canyon arid reached I by the Klo Grande Wcsleri railroad nnd the Copper I Belt millbad which extends I ex-tends from tho LuMitlnal of the Ulng > J1 lIn hranoh of the Ulo f Or ndP Western I tothi Commercial nilnv on a grade oC 71 per l cent and l is operated by a Shay engine built 1 by the Llnm Locomotive I works of Lima O This property la I opened and operated through a tunnel I JfiOO Cent In length and driven 500 feet below the apex of the vein The ore Is mined on the cabling sys tom t and dropped > to thIs level from chutes and lowered to the railroad by a balance gravity tram ISO feet long ti > the railroad 11 also ownn a pyritic smelter localedat West Jordan utah which lias a capacity of 400 tons a lay and Is being enlarged as per data furnished fur-nished on that subject 1 rIIEflINGFIAM SMELTER The Bln ham smelter was erected by the Bingham Copper arid Gold Mining company at Btngbam Tupelldn Utah I for the reduction of the Jarge bodies j ol Iron antf copper sulphides developed 1 In their I mines hi Bihghim together with jSlUcioiiH copprr ores which predominate pre-dominate In this mining section After securing most desirable location ground was broken April 1C 1000 and the Ikst one of UiTee furnaces was ftrad January 11 1001 or abotit nine months after breaking ground The smeller building proper Is constructed i con-structed entirely of steel l and Iron with steel and concrete floor wood being used only in thcyorchlni partitions and these bins buliiir I located a safe distance dis-tance from the furnaces the plant Is practically fireproof The plant Iff built on the terrace plan covering a section of ground I50 > MOO feet and Is equipped at present with three furnaces having a total capacity of COO tons per day and from February 1st to the aid of the yoftV 50000 tons cf ore have been put through the furnaces fur-naces and the product consisting of an iron and copper matte to he amount of 055 tons has been shipped fallowing a concentration of about ten tons of ore into one t noC matte This i 1 1 0 f J t > i 1 J 4 1 = i 1 r pSlJ M 1 I t l c f r I A < > Y 1 i j tf tff flfAi t 1 f > 1 J Y Jl t i c 1 < < r I 0 i t1 = t r > d tC t 1 r 1 < J t r i7t r f f > r J J t > I r oj jk I ii S t j i r = t fa k 1 it I v < f Yf Tt 1 C SI 4 < o J I f t lo J ft l n 1 0 1rf rX F O Hflto iV f tI i 1 fftt 1 1 Io + q i J ri 1 r T I m > t rf j TV t I < C 7 r II SH n l J V rr = J r er t it X O r > r i Wfiv i 7 K vi 1 l i Jr > R rlfoT 1 j1 rx j i > y i t < J I i fl r t t i F > c I i p Lr f I I 4 r J i r m v A K fl s I 4 t I W W 7 sjrijy = w > v j AAv > HiiT lv rV JviHi c Yttcp r sa 7t5 asa iMfes S W 3 p p i i I I M I Y 1I 1 The Bimrhnm Smelter Biu < haiii Junction William H Wuttincr Superin tendcnt matte has beem shipped to the High I land Boy plant and the Butte smelters > to bo converted I Into blister copper With the beginning of 1002 a dlfferent method of operating will exist or rather the old method will be carried < further and instead of shipping the matte the Bingham smelter will be forwarding 1500000 pounds of blister copper per month The original proposition was to make and ship a matte but after being in operation two months the management In Boston saw the advisability carry ing the operation a step further and take the matte directly from the blast furnaces and convert It to blister copper cop-per With the usual activity of the directors of the company decisive measures were at once taken to equip the plant for the production of blisttiij copper at an additional expense of 10 COO and from April 1st the work has been pushed with phenomenal I speed considering the congested stale 0 steel and machinery industries but no material ma-terial delay has dcv01opcaif and with < the largti bodies of ore In sight ln the companys propertleu to back the Increased In-creased capacity of the smelter a bril liant future for this company is assured as-sured In brief the plant as It now stands has four blast furrxices with a total capacity of 800 tons per day supplemented supple-mented by two stands equipped with the largest size tenton converter and with a blowing engine with a capacity ca-pacity for turning out up to 1000000 pounds of copper per month No changes were necessary In till original plant as the four blast furnaces fur-naces were provided for In the construction con-struction of the blowerroom blast pipes dust flues aril stuck In fact more furnace can bo added and will probably be necessary The plant Is i thoroughly equipped with all npto date appliances among which are hopper hop-per bins tracks for slag haulige complete com-plete sampling department laboratory and a ICOton brlquettlng press for bricking the Hue dust and fines The power for operating the plant is i supplied sup-plied by the Utah Light and Power company and during the past year haa proved very satisfactory The Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting companys propcrtlesfcliv slst of what Is known as the Dalton Lark properties consisting of the Dalton Dal-ton Lurk mines thf Lead mine An tcIope Richmond Brooklyn and Miners Dream This is I probably one of the largest undertakings that has been at tcmptqd In Utah There is now under progress a tunnel being driven to tap those veins at a depth of 2000 feet from the surface on tho dip of the vein The length of this I tunnel to tap the first veins will be 7000 feet The property consists nf three parallel veins In lime with alternate belts of Quartzite A railroad has been built from Tlevcro on the Blnghnm branch of the Rio Grande Western railroad to the entrance of the tunnel and tho property Is now being equipped with an electrical tramway from the entrance en-trance of the tunnel to the Dalton ft Lark shaftaa It expected that for along a-long time to come a large portion of the ore produced from this group of mines will be taken out it the surface of the Dalton t Lark shaft When the lunnel Is completed and reaches the Brooklyn which is the farthest property prop-erty from tho entrance of the tunnel its entire length will be two and a half mUCH It is expected that the property will be nipped i with a concentrating mill with a capacity of 200 tons a day and that the product from those mines will consist of a low grade ore to be con centreated and a large product of first class ore that will go direct to the com panys smelter at West Jordan |
