| Show MONT MONTANA BINGHAM AN AM BINGHAM 4 TAKE PLACE WITH MI MIN II LEADERS OF AMERI f fI I i By U. U T ah T V is trite trie to say nay tay that the Bingham dis- dis I I. I I Is I one of or tIle the tle most remarkable L 1 copper camps in tho the whole world The production of the Utah Copper company com corn pany alone would give O gl the camp a standIng standing stand- stand In Ing second to none non in the United States with h the exception perhaps rh of t the J Jerome and Butte districts While a whole h mountain Impregnated with copper and anc and the magnitude of operations rivaling the building of ot the Panama canal the worlIng work worl- logs ings Ing of the tile Copper Coper Is one of the tho show showplaces showplaces places of Utah If It not of the tho West Vest I Before being able to operate on the ex- ex lenitive scale calo that the Utah Is now conducting con con- ducting its Is mining activities Colonel D D. I C. C Jackling and ad ald his associates spent milons mil mu mi- mi lons lions of ot dollars dolias dolls doll's not only in developing the tho property but In getting the funds to I build huld the enormous plant now handling thE their II product as well wel as financing the railroad which runs through the mountain mountain moun moun- tain taut in order economically to handle bundle the concentrates and ores mined milled at the prop prop- erty They are now able aile to handle handlo at a profit ore that runs but a little over 1 r per cent copper r rn and n the mountain n a is be beIng be- be ing torn away rb b by steam t n shovels all aliT the I I way to the top The rile properties of or the Montana fling ham Consolidated are situated contiguous ous oua to the Utah Cop Copper r which side lines Jnes it on tho the west and the Ohio Copper company's corn com pany's pans ground grund which adjoins It on com I the East T The various groups comprise an fr fe I acreage of or approximately acres OK con con- acreage of or approximately acres OK con con- consisting of o the Montana the Valentine Valentine Val Val- entine the Amalgamated In which the company has a stock stok Interest the and the tIle Fortuna groups of ot claims which have already produced millions mil mil- miI mi- I lions lons of dollars In copper and lead ores I There are yet et exposed In old slopes a tonnage of ot such magnitude that It can cn I only be approximated and which were not I marketed In the early days because of ot the lack of milling facilities The purchase I I of the h Fortuna group from Governor o Si Simon Simon Si- Si i mon o Bamberger a r gives t the Montana Montana-Bing- I n li ham company an acreage second In min mm- in the district to the Utah I Copper arid and while I the porphyry is not o im impregnated impregnated im- im a lf Pm with values alf in the rs same manner man man- ner as is found on the tile latter lter company's property at the same time the immense bodies of ot ore in the Fortuna tunnel which has been run in on the contact between I the porphyry and the give promise promis of ot a a production that Is 11 staggering staggering stagger stagger- In ing to the tho imagination stagger stagger-I MI MILL MiL L FOR FORTUNA A mill ml has been erected In the CIte last few tew I months by General Manager lanager James E. E higgins The Fortuna tunnel above re referred referred re- re re-I re to and anti the transportation and drainage tunnel are now In the mountain a distance of ot feet and is one of ot the longest tunnels in the state The rhe workIngs workings workings work work- ings of the other otter properties of ot the company com corn pany situated as they are directly in and around the city of ot are seen from the side of ot the tile mountain and an idea of the enormous amount of development work worl already alread performed can be gleaned b by the size of or the dumps The mill mil is now in operation both to handle the ores from the Fortuna as well wel I as the gob from the old workings It Is Isone isone etho II one of tons capacity a equipped d both l with rolls rols and a a ball bal crusher The Tile ore Is first sent cent fent over the tho tables and then illen passed assed through a K 1 K flotation machine in which excellent I values a are bet hen being saved ve Tile The energy of the management management manage manage- a ment can cn be realized when one consid- consid j ers era that whereas on June 17 the tIle present i mill mm site was a bare spot now the plant plantIs I Is II In complete t operation running three I I shifts and I I tile the conc L I O TUNNEL fCO FEET I The Th tunnel I tact net to 10 the west WEst a I distance ot of tit tl t feet teet In ore oro Inor I Practically the who 0 tance Tile he ore Iod In a few tew Spots tiow 1 isel iol down to a tew kw I everywhere there herl are found I which have both 1 I I 1 n ment and Bulges BUlgeR of whIch tile the ore oro a 1 n mineral body n the r en fON j from ten tell to sixty feet teet In Width slopes still showing high In m grade are ve everywhere v encountered lado tp in litt hi No 0 9 9 the present Is company now brt In log down a title fine grade grane I of ot lade 0 across a face of or approximately approximate ly 11 and the ore Is hi being run ruti tn t ti out rn of ot the to 1 no i by mule trains a as fast tast as th the nj mUI a aAs I II I hag handle As I run the in the ed side of the mountain l tunnel gives a depth from Crom I surface of about feet and all al tIe the a encountered are arc of tho the sulphide I t TOW Specimens of ot high grade will will wi run 1 sj If as 40 pet per cent copper and a J r pt-r glance being the chief c ft of the tue metal content u It 1 is not de del r I o however merely to mine the high g it as was done In the tho early days dan t break down the veins veis as they relt countered and run the entire 1 i through tho the mill mm thus saving entre a Pr e 1 Both in time and money gea 3 eC economical handling l g of the tho ore lt Willie I I the mill mm la Is n o nAT operating p noeM n. n V I Willie I the mill mm la Is n o nAT operating p noeM n. n V I g on th Y I side of or the mountain and the I I tunnel is the tho feeder for tor the tite Foru I H I I principal dev development work now flow i Let be performed Is the running In ln of oC I I drainage and transportation U I the tho other side of the thE mountain the e eI trance to which is II just above the city i JS I Bingham about OO feet not only to- to t iota et hi care arc of ot the water and anti for 01 the e economic 5 of the ore but for tor th the pu J of or Intersecting the veins at a n depth t I S i low the e Fortuna t tunnel of HOO 1400 f focI e e i of nn the d dip of the veins h As s has been e pr pro ij 11 stated this tunnel is now flow in In S j fee fee and according to surveys madel J engineers Is la directly under tinder the vein It CROSS CUTS DRIVEN Cross cuts cut are arc being driven drIen to both the tho Fortuna and the tho no ledges on their dip am and ant when thes encountered the ore will wIl bo be either sl stop itow or caved and run Oll out by tram tIlt ii t tr railroad r which passes hy by the portals portair lr the tunnel Railroad dsa cars can be rl load Ii directly from theo re rl s us lS and shipped I Ilive the live smelter or to the til mill lui that th the c cot con 7 ii pany has in I contemplation Ion to be ertl eret 1 at the h mouth ou of tl tips canyon YO ai I I ft fth site has l already d been bee acquired q T r location of the mouth of the tunnel ask mat t for tor a most economic i handling o ei product of ot the mine mint n a. a the ore Is dum dump directly from the mi miu into the r II cars The very ery magnitude of the ore depo depa v. v t tion ton presents a feat oi of financing th that tt tl being adequately met b tho the manage t meat ment With he amount of r ore now sight t t 0 8 could u T be spent s tnt t plant jdant with the probability that m eve working three shifts it i would be foss COU out Impossible to 10 handle th the product product- Cr Iron he minest taking Into I tion the ore hodl bodies not ye uncovered I It la is II the tile history of porphyry cope cp that tha t they go as deep t. t to the tho product f profitably bl be handled f find and nd vet it 11 willis j J pal nt be le many mally 3 PI before the g grow gross above the level o 0 tin th drainage issue i Is properly exploits Ic tIll nd the tilt ore or 1 e traded It I |
