Bingham News | 1922-11-17 | Page 1 | United States Mining Co. Commence Work in Butterfield Canyon

UNITED STATES MINING CO. COMMENCE WORK IN . BUTTERFIELD CAN -YON A number of carpenters and carpenter helpers are now at work in Butterfield canyon building build-ing bunk houses, blacksmith shop, offices and other necessary buildings in conection with the mining business. The United States Mining Co. has secured the right to use the Butterfield tunnel, near Lark in order to develop de-velop the company's property to a greater depth which will when thoroughly developed be about 450 feet below the present deepest deep-est workings of th company. An attempt was made some time ago to secure the Mascotte Tunnel, which would have given the United States Co. a much greater great-er depth, but with the Ohio Copper Cop-per Co.'s precipitating 'plant W1 in full swing that project has! been abandoned. j