Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-20 | Page 6 | Silver-Lead Ores in U S. Territory

H SILVER-LEAD ORES H IN (J S. TERRITORY H i . HH While the consignments of lead ore HH from the United Stales company's Bingham system of mines are coming at intervals only they are, never the less, to be made quite a unit in the out-HHB out-HHB put from that source. At a period In the annals of that territory it was productive pro-ductive of a greater volume of lead, perhaps, than any corresponding piece of ground In the State and that some of the more Important chapters In the record rec-ord will he repeated, Is becoming hourly hour-ly more apparent. At present the output out-put of lead is principally through the lessees employed In ground which was quite actively stoped in former years, the product affording the company a piece of money while compensating the miners. Since the Installation of lead blast furnaces In the valley, however, the company has bc,gun the reopening of- the old lead-bearing channels at greater depth, however, and a material Increase In the optput of this class may be relied on the present year. In addition ad-dition to the sliver and lead contained In the ores there Is some gold and copper cop-per In present consignments.