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Show 4 , DESERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 1017 57 COPPER CAMP LEADS IN ORE TONNAGE one of (he greateat tn the world, lead the state In the matter shipments, the total production for the year being mm thins like 15.080,008 tons. Or this .mount the "tab Copper mine alone tuntriboted ever 13,000,00 tona Computed at 13 pounds of refined copper to the ton, the total la 138,00,000 pounds which, figured on an average lot' the year of .2818 rente a pound, rive a total value of $00,448,400, or more than half the value of the entire output of the state. , Among the big mines of the Blng-ludistrict, aside from the Utah Copper, are the Utah Consolidated, Utah Apex, Abe Bingham Mines properties, Tunnel and Montana Itah Metals were all Bingham. - These mine corked at high pressure during the a gratifying account year and gave The Montana Bingof themselves. ham acquired control of the Fortuna group and is now making every preparation to handle its ore bodies on a large scaje. During the year the Utah 'Consolidated produced 238,000 tona ef ore and paid dividends amounting to $1,-- 0 OuU. r It is understood that the property was never in better shape than it is at present and that the outlook fpr the future of the mine is very BINCHAH. h (tr hU mj mi th m , th w Hdly xinf sow UU. ad on th r u U i to t,20$ M. it M te4 r. shot m k and im- 4- - BIO and biy (TIOT tw- - n. -- f encouraging. The Ohio Copper, operating at Dark, also had a good year, the company producing ore and concentrates aggregating 750.000 tona The Ltah Apex, which paid dividends during the year amounting to Ix.t, bi. continued a pood record of production and is said to have greatl- y increased its ore reserves, a recent estimate being that tn ene place In the mine there are 50.000 tons of rarc Mocked out sampling cent lead and 14 per cent sine to the ton. The Utah Metal & Tunnel also report a good year with dividends paid This property amounting to $550,128 embraces the Bingham-Neligven 1318 earned net and during the year Is of It $528,737. the thought irufita year 1317 will show profits greatly in excess of the nmount named The Montana Bingham spent the year principally in development work although a good ore tonnage was proAs above stated this company duc'd recently acquired the Fortuna group tad Is now busily engaged blocking ttd ore preparatory to the erection of a large mill to take the place of the smil flotation plant now being oper-te- d w I ok Bill TW- - liny CO. ttk Orc.Discmered In 1883. Ore was first discovered in Bing-h- .' n in 1883 by George K. Ogllvie, bo reported hi discovery to Gen P. E. Connor, the commanding officer U Fort Douglas, in mining in this ry L E tb CO. ir rr who was interested section of the count- On Sept 17, 1883. the site of this Iwovery wes formally located as the West Jordan claim by the discoverer md 24 others. This was the egiliest lining location in Utah On account of the i:gh cost of mining Implements and ,ne lack of transportation facilities, development of, this industry was retarded and In or- der to hold the claim that had been a revision of the mining laws tkn, kxs made at a meeting of the miners. In the fall of 1885. Th first shipment of or from cartoSMi of copper ore from Bingham canyon, hauled via the Union Pacific, forwarded by Walker Brothers to Baltimore in Juno, 1888 After tbo of a railroad Into Salt Lakecompletion valley, the development of mining was very marked and la 1871, when the railroad to was completed,, still greater Bingham progress was made. Cbanges la Minins. From 1888, when the first copper we was shipped, np to the present time, many changes have taken place In both the process of mining and the minerals extracted Mines which, were originally for gold and silver have turned to lead and low grade copper ore as the more precious metals were exhausted. In all large underground workings, electricity or compressed sir Is used to bring ths ore to the surface, thug, reducing the cost of handling the er grades of tjpe. Today the most remarkable feature of Bingham is the use of steam shovels in handling the low grade copper ore by the Ltah Copper company. When the final reports on Binghsm for 1317 are made. It will show the greatest tonnage in the history of the camp. Dunne the year, Bingham ha fairly bristled with mining activities. Old mines, new mines and almost svery kind of a bole In the ground have been worked at a profit, and leasers have had an exceptional year, due to the high prices that the metals have demanded. As a result, copper and other metals, which once formed a part ef the mountains of the West Mountain Mining district, are now "somewhere in France, Italy, Rukua and n, almost every part of the Ltah was a globe; Deep gulches that once were covered with brush and trees have disappeared and in their place one sees large dumps ef mine waste million, of tons, moved from.. off the ore bodice by ndmerons steam shovel a working day and night. One of the most Interesting sights to be seen in Utah can be bad by standing on the east side of the main canyon, opposite the Utah Copper companys working. Government officials, mining men and bonnees men come from all parts of the world by the hundred to see the famous camp. During the past year at least 184 Japanese government officials have been sent to Bingham to study steam shovel mintng, as sre.l a other methods of mining. Trains ef Ore. During 1317. the Utah Copper com0 will pany ship approximately cars of ore, or very nearly tons. If the trains which haul this tonnage to the mills were made up in one tgain, it would be 1.878 miles long, or in other words woe Id reach from Salt Lake City to Omaha. If the total material that will he removed during the year, by the 20 steam shovels working on the Utah Copper hill, could be stacked up on the temple square in Sait Lake City, which Ik 680 feet by 680 feet, it would make an oblorg block almost three times as high as the highest point of the temple, and 85 feet higher than the Washington monument, which is 555 feet high From ZO.OuO to 25,0 tons of roai are used each month to mine and de 205,-31- liver to the mills and smelters. Binghams vast tonnage of ere. On account ef not being able to get sufficient coal, the Utah Copper company compelled to shut down two oi three steam shovels on 'ths upper lev els last winter. Tno steam shovels have been shut down so far this winter and it is expected that mors will discontinue work in the near future, unless ths coal situation improves. Up until ths present year considerable diificuity has been experienced in securing sufficient water for mining purposes. Most of the smeller mines are able to get what they need from near by springs. The Utah Cop8 per company uses approximately gallons of water a day, 18 684 808 gallons a month, or 223.248.000 gallons s year, and to supply this amount ths company had to pip u from springs in Middle canyon, a distance of about four and miles. This water is some of the best found in the state Before this time a great deal of the trouble has been on account of the poor quality of the water which they were using, most of which had to be treated at Denting plants. However, thru. Bystem was not satisfactory, being very expensive. Most of the water received by the Utah Copper company ie need In donkey locomotives, steam shovels and for' air cooling compressors. This water is distributed to these by means of an extensive network of pipe lines extending over several miles. When the supply gets short dunng tbo winter months, water from the Utah Metal tunnel is used. 828.-18- one-ha- lf Snow Big Problem. Another problem which confronts the mines is the handling of snow each winter and especially does this effect the Utah Copper company on account of having over fifty miles of railroad tracks 4o clear after each snow storm. The estimated cost to ths Utah Copper company for handling snow last winter was 850. Ou. Hauling ore by teams is almost impossible during the sever winter months. - In order to handle the increased tonnage, considerable new equipment has been purchased. New powerful locomotives capable of switching handling It and 2 empty cars up a cent four per grade, a new apreader for clearing away snow from tracks and to level off dumps; thousands of dollars worth of new machinery fur machine shops. The Utah Copper company have been compelled to greatlv enlarge their Utah mine machine shop at a cost of approximately 1 $100,800. Extract Copper From Water. Thousands of pounds of copper precipitates have been produced during the year from small streams earning The method of extracting copper copper from water which comes out of the different mines is a very simple on. These copper precipitating Plants are generally built near the month of a tunnel and as the water comes out it is piped direct to the precipitating plants. Each plant ia equipped with a number of troughs ranging from 26 to 20 feet long, two feet wide and from tlx to eight inches deep These troughs are about half. One man can usually handle a plant filled up with scrap iron, and as the producing 1,000 pounds of copper per water flows ever U, the copper In tb j month. water sticks and forms a coat of cop-wr th propwt v. th Iron. Every two so th iron Is taken out of the troughs , mogj every mire superintendent is and th copper brushed or scraped off predicting a still greater tonnage for into barrels, after which the iron is he next Twelve mbnihs, while a few placed back in the troughs read) for, oubt lf the tonnage for 181 will coat of the red metal. j ce?d that of 1317, owing to the p rob in these plants the troughs ars gen- - able scarcity of labor and coal, ana built one above another ,! he fact that tbe smelters are already eraily three and sometimes four high., axed to capacity. Binghams tonso that aage for J317 would have been larger spaced about two feet apurt. smeller a man can get at Jhem to handle the) xad it not been iron In sad out The troughs are ar embargoes, causing several mines to will run the water week two so lose and for down that threee ranged slowly ovsr the iron, and a the iron vt s time, while the smelters were is In time eaten up by th copper, mulling UP Hundreds of thousands f dollars will be spent during the new scrap must, he put m to bike its e nay eoming vear on new equipment and place This Is a verv ontnexpen-hsmall a scale improvements of every kind, and all of producing copper as for-'nia- Arperican Fiilci Is Big Step in - Flotation Process V disadvantage In this particular department. O J Salisbury of Balt Lake City a leader in current filtration practice owing to his artUe development of the elly Filter industry to the prvsnt state of high efficiency was o the first men. to realize this cr g need. Knowledge in tbia-caswa the forerunner of prompt adtbt immediate development of the American continuous vacuum filter is simply another instance of the prompt development of a prwqtfcal idea into a dependable, commercial machine through the well directed enof Mr. ergy and business acumen fealiburyf ' The story of the evohitlon of this filter is interesting in that it la an example of present day business methods of meeting and solving difficult proposition. Mr. Salisbury called hte engineers Into consultation and all ajhprcta of the matter were fully dh cussed and many preliminary suggestions received due consideration. Several of the more competent of the mea were assigned to the work with instruction to devote their whole time to the question until a satisfactory solution had been achieved The advantages o - th new fitter wre M clearly evident that numerous machines were soon in commercial operation. However the work was not complete, aa no two ores may be counted upon to respond similarly to tbe same treatment, therefore, tbe United Filters Corporation which now produces the American established fully equipped testing laboraw here tories extensive exhaustive tests are run under the direct supervision of an exceptionally competent staff of filtration engineers. This ento properly advise on ables them just hat the equipment should be to 'fully cope with the efficient treatment of any particular class of ora. e ac-l.- HE past three or four years has witnessed a general application of the dotation process In the ore milling fields of the United States. Thousand- - upon thousands of dollars are now being saved daily by this system of treatment Tailings that simply ran to the waste dump previously ere now Yielding great quantities of the much needed metals. Frequently in the treatment of crude ores fxr more economical results are obtained than by the practice of earlier1 known method-- , as flotation appeals essentially to' the labor saving phase of production that is attaining such significance in all industries. The advance In the development of this process and !tf rapid and widespread acceptance has been astoundingFlotation plans have sprung up as if by magic as wideawake, alert engineers very quickly realized the material savings that coulo be effected. One of the problems that has caused no little vexation has been ths dewatering of the concentrates. Prior to tbe shipment to various smelters the moisture content should be reduced to tbe lowest possible minimum. It is a serious loss to be compelled 40 pay freiht on approximately on ton of water for every four tons of concentrated ore. Large plants have in many cases installed dryers, but. unless largo quantities are to be treated, this is not feasible, consequently the smaller producer is at a X- German sugar manufacturers have offered substantial cash prizes for in harvesting and unloading sugar beet., one that amounts to $2.2Si) being for the best apparatus and process for drying their leaves end top- -. ver the H1EF among the. wonders of Utah is the high line of the Bingham & Garfield railway, which climbs the peaks to the southwest of Salt Lake City. Spreading before the tourists as they scale the heights In the well equipped trains of this road are the Great Salt Lake, th beautiful Sait Lake Valiejg Lake Utah dotted with Ha cities and hamlets, tbe many villages, lakes and streams of the Salt Lake Valley, pretty scenes along the mountain way and a magnificent view of tho great Wasatch range of mountains. BESIDES the Innumerable features that the road 'possesses from a and sight seeing point of view, the construction of the line shows some of the greatest engineering feats tn the west. All have been worked out to th satisfaction so that the trains glide along up tho mountain side with the same ease that would bo felt In riding passing along the way on the Bingham 4 Garfield railway, now greatest scenic road in Utah, one rides dose To Utah's inland sea Great Kalt Lake past mills belonging to the Utah Copper pan.. and which are the largest in the world and thru on up through the panv hills and valleys of the Oquirrh rang to the oldest camp In Utah and the greatest mining camp In the world Bingham. Nature has endowed this railroad with a wealth ef scenery that cannot be found at any point on earth, and in addition carries one along the great artery of industry of the state, endiag at the greatest mine in th world, where 75 per cent as much material mineral and waste Is handled each day ss was handled by the myriads of workers on the Panama canal. , THE over-Lioadl- , ot ; pt at Bingham and Garfield Road Handles Immense Ore T onnage From Great Copper "Mine Th Bingham 4 Garfield road does Bingham 4 Garfield road handled during the past also a good passenger business as about the same ore ton- well as hauling its immense ore toncatering to passenger traffic benage as the year previous or ap- nage, tween Bingham. Magna. Arthur and proximately 14,808.000 tons of ore be- Garfield with Balt Lake, the Balt Lake tween tbe Bingham mines and smelt- Route operating its passenger trains ers at Gartigld. But the railroad com- between the above points. The road pany will handle a heavier tonnage la scenic to every respect, built away next year a the Denver A Rio Grande up on the aide of the west mountains, baa arranged with th B, 4 G, to tqhe so (bat from the trains unsurpassed of the vslley of the over a considerably share of tbe ton- views may be hadthe Great Balt Lake, great lake itself, d nage of the Rio Grande's Blngham-Garfielof Utah Lake valand the part upper branch via Wei by. thus r ley. leasing several large engines and quite four tunnels totaling a a number of ore cars which can be Thereof are 4736 feet, or tn detail 1288 more profitably used on the mam Bn length 754 and 882 feet respective2873, feet. for hauling ooai. In fact it ia unoffiThe tunnels reduce curvatures, cially reported in Bingham 4 Garftoid ly. e hue. There are steel circles that there is a strong probabil- shortening-Tbviaducts of dlxxy height, quite spectacity of the company taking the Rio ular to look at. Three of Grandes Garfield branch off its hands are in Bingham canyon, one entirely at the. expiration, in three oroastog Fork being 688 feet long years; of the present contract which and 130 Carr Another erowung guarantee the Rio Grand a certain Markham feet high. gulch is 844 feed long and tonnage of ore annually. A 225 third feet crossing Dry high. It coat the Ltah Copper Minin feet high and 870 fee! company several million dollars to Fork isIn 188 each instance the concrete build the Bingham 4 Garfield road, long. but the returns have paid for this out- piers 85ar sunk in ths ground 57, feet respectively. lay several times over Tbe road hauls and about 48,004 too daily 85 days in the Two Per On Grade. year. down grade Is t per Tbe average owns the Tho Utah Copper which plants, itu railroad, has operating there sad on cent from the mine to thscent. Aa th 214 per the mountain that ia being gradually a maximum of loaded aid hill down ore trains come 58 over go locomotives, dug away, of them of tbo largest size as the big back up hill empty, there is a ma efmallets. And many of these may be j mum of work with a minimum of seen any day flying along tbe sides of fort. j The rail are 80 lbs. to tb the mountain on step cut into the bill yard, the greatest care ia taken to sides for the tracks. Twenty-fiv- e prevent sec id exits and probabilities steam shovels are also constantly at danger are reduced to lowest min from the mine to sork, loading the nearly 880 ore cars. mum. The distance The price of copper has proved an the smelters 1 20 miles, with abput incitement to steady Increase in ore 18 miles of aiding and other trackin' output, so that the production next exclusive at the yards at Bingham. years ago. year may exceed that of th current The road was built seven claimed to time it la year, which the smelter can handle and since that as additional furnaces have been eon' have done more than any other ore States United in tbe of road its length struct ed. THE e li -- These-tunne- depot a splendid FROM ofthecopper ore that is over a prairie railroad. The work has cost as much per mile. If not more than any other road in the state. Every effort has been made to make tbe line as short and straight as possible, in doing this some of the greatest bridges in the state were constructed and several tunnels were necessary. view is afforded of the great being eaten away by th Utah Copper company. On its side can be teen 27 terraces or' levels up and down which or trains tug and puff and2Setemn shovels are at work gouging out the mountain side. Besides this there are thousands of men at work drilling and blasting, running the,, (rain, and steam shovels and at other occupations From this mine mure 40 000 tons of ore a day are sent to the market? At the same time than an excellent view of the mines in Carr Fork and Upper Bingham can be obtained. Trains Leave Salt' Lake City at Excursions Are Ran Every Day to .7:45 al & Trip ' p. m sk Tb Bingham depot of the Bingham 4 Garfield railway, is high up the town of Bingham in Bingham canyon. To reach the town the railroad has an electric tram that runs up and down the side of the hill for th purpose of carrying passengers. Theee (ram cars are provided with seats and every convenience for th comfort of passengers. -- ). Ubor QurstioB, labor question will undoubtedly an important on during the com-n- g year. Mine official report that men are coining and going every day and underground mine auporintea-dent- s in particular sav that they tan-akeep the ordinary foreign labor over a month or eix week. The population of Bingham ie estimated at 10,600, consUting of peo- pie from most every nation of the world. An exceeding!? difficult prob- lem ie the housing of so many peo- bevetnT modern apartment pie. houses have been erected of late and different mining companies bae built ' cottages and bunk houses for their jI employees, but this has not been suf- - , ficient to accommodate the increasing population. Hundreds of married men are compelled to leave their families in Balt Lake "bn account of not being able to find a house to Uvt tn year alt lines f During the business have prospered gr any. Banking interests here have Increased materially, one bank alone having increased its savings depart $100,000, Tmi apeak aims August 1. 1917 which undoubtveil for prohibition, edly hi caused this saving. In place of Binghams once numerous and notorious saloons one finds Mores, a modern tailoring shop and business seterai other legitimate Orocerv mores, meat marhouaes. kets and mercantile houses report that collections were never better than At present. on straight track is 2.5 per cent, or 132 feet of grade Is much lighter on th curves, on all aiding and ttmneia The average grade for the entire length la 3 par cent, The maximum degree ef curvature ia at Dry Fork where there ar tw 16 degree curves. Th total length of th railroad la 'approximately 26 miles. the Bingham 4 Garfield railway each day passes over 46,008 of ore and other freight, and the tourists have an opportunity of seeing some of tbe largest trains In the world. On account of the grade a heavy type of Mallet articulated compound locomotive is used. Theee engines ar next to th largest that have ever been st meted. At the time tbe engines were built they were the vnoet powerful ever designed. These engines are used exclusively in the hanling of freight. Tho engine and tender have a combined weight of 656,886 pounds, with a weight on th driving wheels of 457,066 pounds, and there are it drivers. The total length over all tender and, engine is 36 feet, 8 inches hot on account of The articulated feature they take the curves better and easier than the large consolidated type. The great trainloads of ore are made up of steel cars. Theee ore cars have a capacity of 120,800 pounds, with 18 per cent excess allowance for They are the hopper bottom type so that the ore can be dumped direct into the ore bins at' the mills at an almost inappreciable cost per ton for unloading. H. W. k total length of tunneling Is 6.735 feet divided into four tunnels ls th following lengths; 682, 764, 2,073 and 1.28a feet are II feet wide and 22 feet high above the top of th rail. There are three steel viaducts in Bingham Canyon; one across Carr Fork, adjacent to the mine and ore yards of ths Utah Copper company, haring a length of 636 feet and a maximum height of 168 feet, one across Markham gulch, having a length of 646 feet and maxipram height of 225 feet and another across Dry Fork, near the old Copper-to- d plant of the Utah Copper, having a length of 676 feet and a maximum height of 18$ feet. OVER . out- 1 THE ail StSUShb-- increasing th ora grade THE amaximum mile. Tbe rat IN $1.75 Round Jq Hey From ffiie Momiaiiias DEflifana amd (Garfield Railway eenmi Through the Salt Lake Route and Bingham --Garfield Railway. with g view put. J Ageniy or m. and 3:15 p. m.' Special Excursions During the Summer Months : SloutcnboroufliTtesislanl General Passenger Agent, 611 McIntyre Building, Salt Lake Clly , ' , Plionc Wasatch 412 anil 4121 . USE i !!' i |