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Show BINGHAMIiNES ABSQR8S . EAGLE Alio BLUE BELL Figures which have recently been given out by the officials of the Bingham Bing-ham Mines company show that the year 1917 was the best in the history of the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, located near Lark and Bingham and controlled by the first named company. For several years the Eagle & Blue Bell has been a heavy producer of lead-Bilver lead-Bilver ore and during that time dividends divi-dends have been coming along with regularity, but the mine's best record was made in '117 when the profits cut quite close to half a million dollars. To be exact, the earnings were $477 29, from which a heavy government tax must be deducted. This is surely a remarkable record when it is understood under-stood that the Eagle was almost entirely en-tirely out of the shipping list for some months of the year, at a time when the smelting companies were placing embargoes em-bargoes on Tintic ores of the particular particu-lar grade produced in this mine. It is understood that the earnings of the 'Eagle & Blue Bell mine for 1916 amounted to about $155,000 and that for 1913 they were a little under $14G,-000. $14G,-000. In 1914 the sum of $121,536 was made. Had the Eagle & Blue Bell been allowed al-lowed to continue shipping without Interruption In-terruption throughout the past year the mine could very easily have added $200,000 to its earnings of almost half a million. This statement gives the public some idea as to the magnitude of the mine's ore bodies which are also richer than the general run of lead-silver ore deposits of this district. That the mine Is making a nice sum of money at the present time goes without saying, although the output is hardly up to the normal point QuKe recently the directors of the Bingham (Mines company arranged to retire the Eagle & Blue Bell company, giving the shareholders shares in the present corporation, and it Is understood under-stood thai most of them have made the exchange. |
