Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-10 | Page 2 | Bingham Mines Draw Workers

MINES DRAW Population of Town Approaches Approaches Ap 1917 Stage tage Complete return of prosperity prosperity existing existing ex- ex sting In Utah's premier mining camp Bingham In the palmy days of f 1917 and early periods of the late ate war is apparent from many sources among which is the application application cation atlon of persons desiring to operate an in automobile stage line Une between Salt Lake and tho the mining town HearIng date on the application has been set by the public utilities commission commission com corn mission for April 24 Applicants for tho the permit draw the ho commissions commission's attention to the fact act that Bingham's again reached the p peak k of 1917 1017 and md 1918 when there were were about residents making their home Inthe in inthe the he camp Transits in Bingham to today today to to- day have havo difficulty in finding a alace place lace to stop because of increased Industrial activities that has drawn workmen to the tho camp who In turn havo have moved their families from other parts of the countr country to live with them Recent announcement of the Utah I Copper of an Increase in miners' miners wages acted to draw many men to the he camp The Tho same sam company's announcement the past f few w days of ot the first 1923 quarterly dividend amounting to about serves to reflect the prosperity of the dis dis- dis- dis Incidentally the dividend is la the he heaviest made by any Utah min mm- lag ing ng company for the quarter BIngham is served by two railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads that chiefly carry freight an anone and andone andone one stage line lino devoting its Us attention to conveying passengers