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Show I BINGHAM'S BINGHAMS ' FIRST BILLION stlyal & - ; 41 ' K Part of Mam Street Streetr StreetI StreetEi r , I $ tong tongt /t t / tuM Ei . . e.t et . i4 t ' uM uMi4 { A x ry ryi i Y 3 ri ' v n nA nfo fo * P n 4 I 4 , , Underground Hoist Hoistat at acd Niagara Mine . . - . . s By J . A . 1NGOL8 INGOLS , < ' < TIM 1M IW " ' Bridger probably probablj ' w " was "ag ag as the thefirst thefirst 'J J 'J1M thej first " white hite man to see what is isnow isnow isw now tl1 thq the mining nllnlng camp of ofBmgham ofBingham ofBingham Bmgham Bingham This pioneer trapper and andscout andscout andscout scout is credited " with lth the discovery discoveryof of Great Salt like hke in 1825 1325 Presum Presum.lbly Presumably Presumably .lbly lbly ably . he looked upon the tree clad cladmoun cladmountains cladmountains moun mountains tams to the south which con con- concealed concealed . - cealed fabulous wealth in gold goldsilvei , sllvel silver . , lead 1nd and ' ind coppei copper cop pel . , then unsuspected un unsuspected . suspected No more did the same samescene samescene samescene scene suggest mineral nuneral to Bngl1am Brigham Bngl1amYoung BrighamYoung BnghamYoung Young anil anll and his hlS band of hardy hardypIOneers hardypioneers hardypioneers pIOneers " when "hen hen they emerged from fromEmigration fromEmigration fromEmigration Emigration cinyon c\nyon c nyon canyon ' \ on July 24 24,1847 241847 , 1847 "What What " attracted them was wasthe wasthe wasthe the wealth ot of timber available for forlogg forlogs forlogs logg logs and lumber . The idea of o un underground underground underground derground riches flches came first to Gen GenPatrick GenPatrick GenPatrick Patrick E Connor Conner and his h19 soldiers soldiersat at Fort Douglas in 18C2 1862 1862Darly 1862Early 18C2Early Early Darly in 1863 George B Ogilvie Ogilviepicked Ogilviepicked Ogllviepicked picked up a piece plece of 'float float ' ' which whichhe whichhe whichhe he took to Gen Connor . It proved provedto provedto provedto to be silver silverlead lead oie Ole ore Sept 17 , 1863 1863Gen , Gen Connor , "Bill Bill " ' ' Hickman Hlckman and and23 23 others 10c locited located ' ed the ground as the the"Jordan the"Jordan the"Jordan theJordan "Jordan Jordan " Lode ' ' . The district dlstrict was waschrIstened waschristened waschristened chrIstened christenedVest 'West West \Vest Vest ' \ Mountain " from fromtho fromthe fromtho tho the Indian nime n1me mute , ' Qquirrh QqUlrrh " . Transient miners mmers began washing washingfree washingfree washingfree free gold in 1864 and in the next nextse nextseven nextseven se\ se seen seven \ en years recovered recover\3d recover 3d \ , it h 111 is eYt1 eYt1mated estimated U Umated mated , a million n1l1110n dollars worth The TheJordn TheJordan TheJordin Jord\n Jord n Jordan ' \ passed to J . W . Kerr and andIsIdore andIsidore andIsidore IsIdore Morris , who built a smelter ; then , In 1875 1SiS , to L E D Holden , of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United States Mining Mmmg Co , and andeventuall andeventually andeventually eventuall eventually ) , in m 1905 , to the UnIted States UnitedStates Smelting Smeltmg , " Refining Refinmg 8 . & & . Min Mmn lng lag Mmln Minlng Mmnlag & Co This , with other acqUlsi acqursi acquisitlons acqUlsiUona acqursitions Uona tions , gives the U . S company the thelargest largest area and the 1:11 111 laigest largest : gest pro productlon production duction of o lead silvei sllvel silver in tile the theBingham tileBingham Bingham and adjacent Lark dis districti district distilets trict ti-lets ti lets districtiCopper - " ! tiletsCopper , Copper , destined to be the dom darn domInant domlnant darnInant lnant Inant metal of o the , camp was not notrecognized notrecognized notrecognized recognized until 1868 18G8 , when a car load carload was shipped to tc t & ' Baltimore by byWalker Walker Bros , and it was ot of no nocommerCial nocommercial nocommercial commerCial lWPOl importance tanee until after after1907 1907 when concentration on a large largescale Includingcopper IncludingCOI scale was introduced Including from1863 COI Copper > er , Bingham's Binghams Bmghanl's Bmghanls Brnghann's Brnghanns ' ' production from 1863 to 1936 is calculated officially officiallyat at 252,658,000 252658000 , , ton tom tons ot of ore worth U,021,31 U02131 $1,021,37 102137 ? $ worth1,021,376,900 worth1021376900 worthU,021,31 , , ,900 900 , , The Bureau of Mines MinesJin Minesin Minesfn in fn 1933 counted oounted 33 producing mines f minesw minesf , the the jUstrict district , s Samuel i iu u i Newhouse Newhouse ewhouse was promot promot- - ing lug promoting tha the Highland Boy as a gold mine goldmine In 1896 1895 COPI Copper In > el ' tho the are ore New.house Newhouse Interfered oreInterfered areInterfered withcyanidmg withcyaniding with cyanidmg cyaniding . New- New . - house was la in Denver raising money moneytop for superintendent payrolls pa.yrolls . when his bls sUI superinten > erinten . dent that15 , Thomas Weir , wired him tbat that 15 16 percent copper ore had been opened beenopened beenopenedThe openedThe openedTie The Tie Utah Consolidated Mining 00 Qok Qokwas MiningOo . was formed tormed . I- I - theI II It took over the - _ I I Highland Boy , Yampa and other othergroups othergroups othergroups groups In 1899 the Yampa smelt smelt- smelter smelter . - er of 250 tons capacity was put in inoperation inoperation inoperation operation , continuing contlnumg until 192 1925 192J.After 192JAfter " : . . After litigation with tsith \ Ith the Utah Ape Apei Apexwhich , . I wl1lch which terminated termmated in m favor of the theApex theApex theApex Apex , the Utah Consolidated Consol1dated passed passedto to the Internationil Internation'll Internationll Internatlonll ' Smelting Co Coand Coand Coand and was operated as the Utah- Utah UtahDelaware UtahDelaware Utah-Delaware Utah Delaware - Delaware \ Mining l\Immg l Immg CoI CoThe Co CoThe I I IThe The Utah Utal1 Apex , b by bv } shaft and andwinze j jwinze I Iwinze winze , , has attained attamed a depth of 3700 3700feet 3700feet 3700feet 3700I I feet This ThlS is lS the lowest depth depthreached depthreached depthreached reached by any mine in the tile state state.The stateThe . The Utih Uhh Utah Metils Metals Me hIs \ Mining l\Iinmg l Iinmg 8 . S < SL . Tunnel TunnelCQ TunnelCp TunnelCo I CQ Cp of o today today toda ) is the result of con con- consolidations consolidations . - solidations sol1dations and anti purchaser purchases It Is Issouth issouth issouth IsI I south of the Utah Delaware Its Itsground Itsground Itsground ground his I1'lS I1lS has ' been mined for 50 y , } v ears earsand earsand earsand and se\ se seel seveial several \ el al large bodies of silver silverlead earsI * . I lead oie Ole ore hive h'1\e h'1 h1 e hose ' \ been de\ de developed deeloped \ eloped andstoped and Isloped stoped IIstoped b bv ) } It The mun m\m m main ' \ outlet outletfrom outletfrom outletfrom II from the Lark , or southern , end endof endof endof of the camp , , is the \ Mascotte l\Iascotte l Iascotte tunnel tunnelto tunnelto tunnelto to which "hlCh hlCh " world \ worldwide orld'lde \ orld \'lde 'lde lde wide \ " ' a attention tten tIon "as as was "asattracted wasattracted " wasattracted tunnelI I attracted bj by " the piachce Plactlce practice of the theOhlO theOhio theOhio OhlO Ohio Coppei Coppel Copper Co in leaching leacl1lng cop copper . per from front the beds and draining dramlng the thesolutions thesolutions thesolutions solutions tIu thiough through ough the tunnelTransportatiou tunnelTransportation tunnel tunnelTransportation Transportation Transportatiou has lIas kept pace pace"Ith pacewith pacewith "Ith Ith with " the gro\\ gro growth groth \ th of o Bingham Hore Horse Horeand Horseand Hor&eand Horeand & : , and aerial tr'lm trlm tnmway tramway ' " ay , uanow narioss nan 0\\ 0 0gauge \ \ gauge gaugerailways gaugerailways gaugerailways railways and then standaid standal standard d wwge gauge gaugelines wwgelines filugelines lines succeeded one anothei anothel another . . In In1911 1911 the tile Bingham Blughanr 8 & . . Girfield G\rfield G rfield Garfield ' \ 1 111 r'ul rul r'ulroad nilroad \11 11 ' \ ' 11road road connected the \ vanous 3.llOUS 3llOUS satious . mInes mIneswIth mineswith mineswith wIth the Westein Westeln Western Piciflc P'1cific P1cific Pacific P'1cificDurmg PacificDuring PiciflcDuring ' During Durmg the list hst last 72 veirs years ) e'us eus ' , , it lt is isestimted Isestimated Isestlmited estimted estimated , , 3148,263,565 3148263565 $148,263,565 148263565 $145,265,565 145265565 $ , , , has been beenP'lhl beenpaid beenplid P'lhl Plhl paid ' for labor by b ) the tile deep mmlng mining mmlngcompames miningcompanies miningcompanies compames companies of the district dlstnct This Thisdoes Thisdoes Thisdoes does not include the tile millions spent spenton spenton spenton on 400 miles .of of pf . ullderglOUnd underground undergroundasenues undergioundavenues 30\ 30 30enues asenues openedbefore \ enues which had fo to be opened before the 01 oie ore e could be mmed mined mmedWhele minedWhere minedWheie Whele Where did cUd all this money go go7 go9 ? The Theminers Theminers Theminers miners , belne being mTuers m1'ners m1ners mhrers ' , , spent sp nt it . It Itwent Itwent went Into circulation en Cll dilation culation Fiom Flom From retailerto retal1erto retal1er retailer to wholcsiler wholes11er wholesaler , ' \ wholesaler holesaler to pro . ducer producer it rolled roIled with frequent de . ductions ductlons deductions for taxes One should shouldcount shouldcount shouldcount count also the millions mllUons diverted to industry toIndustry thiough thlOUgh through tho the PUlchase purchase pui chase of ofmInIng ofmining o omining mining machinery machmery , , equipment and andsupplies andsupplies andsupplies supplies . ceaselesslyto Bingham has battled ceaselessly to commercialize lower and lower lowergrades lowergrades lowergrades grades of ore . Up to 1895 the ore oremined oremined oremined mined underground averaged about $47 47 $ ? $ about47 a ton . Now the Isnearer averaga average is nearer $ $10 10 $ Science dares not re- re re . - lax re.lax relax Its strugglo struggle for tor lower costs . It ha Ithas Itha Itlias autocraticlabor l.utocratiqlabor autocfatiqlabor lias i to to compote compete with t . .e e the l.utocratiq lutocratiq autocfatiq ! . labor blacklabor control of o Russia , the black labor of o ( Africa and the peon labor laborot laborof ot of South America . It needs every everytrick everytrickthe trick-the trick the - the superior efficiency ot of otAmerican ofAmerican American labor , . the best skill sk11l ot of AmerIcan otAmerican ofAmerican technicians and modera- modera - modera-tlon modera tlon moderation tion tiara ot of the tax burden which whichthreatens threatens tha the low grade mines with withextinction extinction and the American Anlerican Anerican miner minerwith with a low 10\\ 10 10er \ er standard ot of living , . i . J - . - |
