| Show t I Bingham Now One of the W Worlds Biggest Copper Cam lj r u 0 ms Jr r I 1 r t pl l 1 ja I w 1 I p Y t 1 i 11 4 w Ii i 1 1 r v h d 1 el 1 E If r 1 I ITie a Ill I I or j I Iii C iAtt es Ms n rN 1 Tie t fI I l 1 JI f vil j 1 y t j tl I 1 e u l 1 11 1 f Ul T r lT ld 1 Camp is Now Nom Famous in All the Big ig Financial Centers o u or th t worlds biggest t S ln In men uro directly connected tho development anent of oC tho mines In Bingham vas one of oC the brat to that as asa u a copper camp It had n a wonderfully bright future Inter camp came the helms helmy limo tho adherent or of reputation to drive ids his j thero Is Iho Iha mint who during i f a aeries erles or of years waged M tare against lima tho Copper In Augustus s There other big men With mining In hn the Iho of at nil copper nod It would be sum to hem It If such persons ns AS Col Coh Elloe A Wall Wull Captain Duncan Thomas Weir D C A I p and A I J Orem Orom tyro overlooked A Rood many moro more night might be mentioned as Baying contributed i largely put thu or of the Ihn camp but the above named Mined are entitled to a D place or of honor among those who have not nol only aided In solving sol V 1111 the tho metallurgical which In the wiy my ot of time the camps a few tew years ago hut but who been heen i Instrumental also In presenting the tho me nt tractions of oC the West Mountain dis district to 10 the Iho eastern Investor It wits not very many years ago when was twins little heard or of ail its lis production or of ore oro was n a secondary consideration ns as compared to nth oth or 01 camps ot of thIs state But to go to the tho financial centers of oC the earth now Arad ask about Utah Consolidated lion Bos Boston ton Consolidated Utah Copper United Elates Blate Mining I 1 or Utah lily chances are alt to t 1 I that the inquisitor would not encounter I the tho slightest difficulty In ascertaining the location or of these thelle mints mines The camp i has ball nil as well known liB as or orthe orthie the thie regions of oC Ink superior and AmI gives j promise o or of them In the tho due course ot of time la n the tho production or of copperMAN copper MAN Ar ClIm v u hare hac leen brought In during the past year that It hats luu been heen n a to tn keep track or of them 1 has hIli been raking NelV Interests have hae become with the tho camp resulting In the Ihl transfer or of some or of the tho biggest or of tho dis district district the fhe taking over oler of oC the Iha Utah Copper mine by the Iho Guggenheims or America smelting t interests and the ot of that wn Willi tine or of the tho events or year the tho advent adent ot of HeInze in Con COli Consolidated wins another of more or less the Iho acquisition or of new lIew terry terrI Cory by the tho Utah and Utah De Development followed by Jy mho tho organization In Boston ur of tho Markham hutch Milling company marked the he or of n II new era Ifa In tine the history uC of tholo who lire sae joIntly Interest Interested ed cd In the milling enterprise e the fling Joan ha has added now new ground to It its Quito Quite II a nun lIum bet ber of at lie new have been Jeen The ramp hu has grows rapidly In copulation and hundreds of thousands or of dollars have been heen IX IIII ed 01 in III permanent T gift DOLS I 1 DL I While BIngham h has been tre tremendous tremendous advancement lurIng during liOu 1101 the production or of the tho camp will probably I haw no material over oer last hut I year Q rt railroad facilities of the district have been taxed to the limit and until the transportation sit situation is II Improved the tonnage going to 10 the tho mlle mlIs and smelters cannot be greatly augmented nut this Is 3 being heinli done The II new W mills of oC Boston Consolidated and Utah COpper now under construction Bt at Garfield ns as well wells as s the bUlletin building of at the thie Garfield smelter smeller hay h made another line Into canyon a necessity and Its construction has hall been In progress durIng the greater part or of the year yearA A PERIOD II The past 12 11 months mIght be termed a t I period of preparation for Bingham fr for I while new nel and smelters lm ha have vo hie building or mho tho etI plants 11 en managers of the various mines have havo been making realty ready for the tall call that will be anode muJo upon them during the oarl early part Jart of oC 1907 1901 rh rhe great center of at atI I Interest hn has been be n about the l lI 1 I of the tho Copper er dated nIl anI Utahn Apex The first two hive Introduced the steam shovel hoel method or of mining and have several carol machines In the copper opper bearing porphyry halt engaged to 10 stripping the ore of oC overburden Ily Ilythe B the time the larfield mills uro rends the mines will he be ready to supply th m with or ore The Tho Utah Copper w wall 11 want MO tans tonK er day on and l the H B HIon e eton ton Ion Consolidated Con plant when nil alt th III units unit Rr are complete will m 60 II 0 ton the itoI n 1 pox ix and Is hey r n t lIet t will start uR lIh IlIn me I n I 1 the Oh It upper has hal plan trill till I I I 1 II to build to its and the I 10 noel i iii the only within the tho limits ot of th Ih I West Mountain or I ly adding moro morn furnaces It Is I that the tho present Belly output or of or I from the 1110 nines minIs or of Is between aril 1000 tons lot hut II a year IRr from now It will probably be between and tons tillis n RESOURCE the tho mining mInim of copper 1 ore oe I sends the 1111 principal o of the ilk rid the production of nr lead Or oro Is b bno by byno no moans The United i t Mining finds It hIe ble to 10 e lend learl ore from Its mine th the Consolidated fr Im its Lark and Lind nine veins Lead cuts nn an important In the tho shipments made lII d roar Iha 1 Nod th mho same is II true tru with the alt Apex New el England Cold upper opper and Nea tw haven II I II S The rho mull P ores ore at being hulm worked range trim IG 16 to III 35 33 per c cot t loud anti from 6 5 to 15 13 mores In hl sliver The COPPer ores are two general types viz III the as 1111 and thE ores ore The ores are alf by ly n a beaV excess 1 ot of Iron mind and rn from 2 to 19 18 p per r cent about 3 to 36 per ler lent cent lentI I as mined d rho copper ores also carry art from I to j 1 In gold Rod and wile silver The ores lire are ti h y smelting The ores 1 nr aro n ot of two general tunes viz the tow low gratis porphyry por I or ores R averaging 2 per rent copter copper und mind 03 In ht gold Iohl under KO go KOthe gothe the o of the tho Inn duct usually have nn an f excess of oC tWill Toni 10 to IS 15 per colt coni silica and In ht that Ihl t condi lion is sent to the smelter IQ t typo po of ore lire Occurs In the Insure or of the This oro la In nl also o of oC II a class chu and when treated thaws An Iron excess of from fromn S 3 to lu U 16 Pe cent TYPE T Jr OF OUr The ore deposits II e 11 II I eta ate or of till the throe three geo rul types viz Iz the true truo fissure volume the Iho deposits in the limes store nil the low mineralized porphyries But the rime fi fissure depos deposits its ItH according to In w well Informed engl cagy neer are artl rare them thell art are the Iho Galena k mid soma or of the veins eln found 11 the Iho mine ot of the Ohio Copper With ith the exception of the latter nil all are aro lead leal deposits 1 ta The replacement nr arts Iu ra ado I y copper ores ore but thre tire suns replace replacement mint ment o of lenil 1111 in III the Ihl ton where the lead have out it ThC Those e min bravo n II general north they have cut the hands of at limestone the tho ore hearing have hod 1 n to sot t out In iii the limo Iliac and form epolt of nt or ore extend hug rIg laterally fromn rum the along the east and west wesl striking limestone S hero the are ure In III quartzite there ham hn been no und and till the fissures are small In iii addition to being Practically ally I I H ORES LOW The Tho porphyry ore erem are low grade They consist or of porphyry which hn has been mineralized mostly with and born lie of oC cop copper er This porphyry shows up more pronounced In the property o othe of the Utah Copper and Boston Roston consolidated ell ed although It Into the Starless group Kroup b Col R O A Wall Vall an and I through portions of oC the tho Ohio Copper ground The Tho principal mining or of the tho district le h carried on an by big companies although there are 1 a great many small proper properties ties being operated on a smatter smaller s scale ale and b GREAT OnEAT UTAI CO m The Tho Utah huts has ben been up crated ns as a copper union longer 1 than any other othor mine In Bingham Iu In t t r ky r I II Ir I r t tIo Io Ioa I a 1 1 1 s i lA tr rm t 4 sll t t ti i I e n e i t v r r Cr L r 1 1 1 1 Boston Cons Mine 2 Utah Copper 3 United States Slates Mine 4 Starless 5 Last Lait Chance New England 7 Boston Cons 8 Bingham Central 9 Utah Consolidated 10 Yampa 11 Utah Apex Tunnel It wu Was considered to 10 he n a gold l I mine and wine WIlS equipped l a I fanille mill rill for tho treatment tit oe gold ore eras wlm ehi turned out to h he thus capt lag to 10 Immense of copper er ore The rho mini aline was operated at al the lie time of the construction oi of this milt mill by I tie t Ugh Bey Rohl nm nIlY And the tho was under th the direr of Samuel u anti who Ihl Iha mill failure turned theIr attention tu to the tho de or of property me a I clipper mine marl built builta I a smelter near Murray Before tho ho lilt Int ter went into however a adeal deal was negotiate whIch sh him resulted In th transfer o property o or the th s I Highland HI Do Boy Gold to to the present who wI lel the on which began bean Its III ex C I nil an English hut but I wan el The manage inept of the mine wits Willi placed II need In time the hand ot of n It H Chaining Jr mid hI he heinn hll inn developed It Into one JOe of oC the copper amities In the world During the year the ore one reserves hive peen greatly rI added to and time the writer hll ha been from a relia he source I 1 the new nel orre Olt body In time the north i i ern part or of the property Is III not nol on only tilt the hut but the Ihl bOdy or of nt 01 I f ever 1111 exposed 1 In the he mine hm the strike became generally known the stock took 1 n jump The Tho new ore bodY was found In ex drifts In what Is known ns as fault about 2000 feet tet we west 1 from rom the ore In which the Ihl UI ItS operations Thie ore carries values fit of from rein 8 3 to 10 D 9 1 per percent cent cInt copper sod and about 1 In gold with the tho 11 In silver The Ih entire operation or of the mite Utah Con Conoll oll have been confined to 10 n it strata of about bollt 2000 foJ long feet tet Irl II tilted to tn an angle o of about 10 dC degrees and cut Iso Isoby by n a narrow dyke of porphyry The last annual statement of oC time com cont pany that there thero were tons tone In sight this wn wets before thu JUt ore ure bod body was IlaM encountered and nil nn engl veer who ho subsequently made an lures has hns expressed the tho opinIon that the nhoc figures a ati are lUr conserve U ti e The Utah Consolidated company durIn luring the year his hd run through its ts I smelter mn an average of OO tons or of ore per lIar day which Is brought ht down to tn lower i over an aerial 11 I and thorn thor loaded railroad curs curR amid con eyed to the tho place ot of reduction T 1 lu au copper 11 from this ore will run ibis eto 1 a little In eXl excess ut that t 1 CO cost t ot of between I mud Ii 6 c cents pet pel pound Say the eo cost t is III 6 cents ar rim 01 por Ier It is worth 20 rents ont 11 pound It d oa nut mud much of fI n 0 UI to 0 figure out lion hol the profits been running According t i i ti ares given out nut nt at the attice of oC the tho mor Im ration nut not long ago It II wu was ascot that the tho mining coats run about USO 11 per r ton or of whIch ruin 27 to 3 rents Is used up ul In exploratory work It costa COlts i 7 cents II a ton toil to move moo ore lire liver aver the th tramway and 10 cruts pct c tutu toll for to 10 the tho smelter the tho smelting and costa lUll tun under 2 per ton the tho cane strike 1 to Ie yield was II a little bettor than rally began ore orl horn the new nel 60 00 gourds lit of copper corpor to the thc ton and h ht hP t 3 and I In hn loh natal silver t the tho ot of mho tho year ear to 10 the statement list Issue I Ithe the company had a surplus an hand st stover t over and It Is lint the th year lIU will he hA In of r otter dividend ro re and expensed It Is not probable that lint the Iho management will to smelter equipment la III 1907 There here Is talk ot of bringing time tho ors or treating capacity nt at atthe the smelter up to at least tons tOM mini perhaps to 1200 tons per day Utah heads tho list or of Utah dividend payers tubs year ear earIt It is 18 believed however by many that the Iho cam any will III conclude to erect an entirely n new plant perhaps In some ome other location than tan the tho present one APEX lIr D While Utah Apex Is not M as tar along nl as some Home or of neighbors In the tho way o of development It gives promise or of devel aping Into n JIg nod and mine and it Il Is estimated that It Il hAs a halt hatt million tons or of commercIal ore In sight Ight a 11 large lorse tonnage of oC t lax Int ore which will go to the plant or of orthe the Markham hun Ouch GUich Milling company I II lu III the tho lower part pari of the calli I rot for I treatment of the tha tonnage In hi sight la III sail to 10 he be copper and the tho ore orl The rho ores of oC Ih ho ovora average o the tha highest ot of any ony yet crl cd in III and the Ihu ot of them It Is tint It is 16 not lIot that the company compall lure has received a pre all on them from nom the of oC from rum Ii 6 to III 60 0 cents per pIr ton Inn III ht other Instances time costs run all as low 1011 Ill ae 6 cents ton speak lag there are probably no mines In Inthe I till the I or n tint act oft off as II cumin y lit at tho t tto ht f or whon I It comes I to m I settlements Utah Apex copper oral ored yield Ieh about Sty per lieI rent capper opper 6 lu III gold amid S 9 to 19 11 III id silver and time the average ot of nil all I Ithe the ores the Ihl has shipped 1 hits has been beon hotter than 5 in III gold Rohl and UrO 40 0 In ht sliver slim to time the ton inn lend ores run i I from 15 to CO 00 ter cent lead head mind iron rom I 10 to 10 IGO lunce in silver The Apex ore orB are re lint all as large Jare as aA those found In mid properties but tills deficiency is III largely settled for lu In luthe the tho richness 0 oS the ore Ire five parallel veins which occur between ot of the tho and regularly alternating boils which tra tray ores the property front east to vest i The built nn an aerial tram tramway WAY this year eur to convoy cony ore oro front the ninth o of the Andy Anly tunnel to ore bins In Carr ForI gulch unit which arc to ha be reached I Uy a spur rein the tho Copper Belt Delt New el posy power r was wal aleo 0 added d In n the meantime the company com pany I 15 prosecuting work In time tho Parve IAne nuo nue tunnel which will swill I ally JIll become the main avenue through which the Ihl mIne will be operated In the future p C Orem Is manager malinger or of I Uta Apex pe company P also aim or of the Utah Development YA l MONEY IOE Conditions In the ramp Yampa mine oper operated hy by the Tintic Mining Development Develop ment are very much the I same III as those thOM existing In the Utah Apex Is adjoining This corn com comI pony has hils passed through some trying I ordeals but bul I Is now non making mon the operAtion of Its own smelt smelter er whIch Is handling shout MO tons ions oC at rM e How Modern Minim Mining Methods M Are Changing T Topography op graphy ore per Iler 1111 day This company depends on the Iha Copper Belt lIell rail railroad roM to transport ore are front mains to smelter A of oC wn tor a 1 tramway has horn been 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