Show Ot e Story of 0 Copper in in Utah r I T I r n 4 q sr i Z yg Opening of Copper Mine at Bingham aided in rapid expansion l of electrical I and mechanical era during first quarter of century by providing priced low copper u lorS lor'S Note This Is the third of ot a i L series of or eight articles titled The Stor Story r or Copper in Utah The he Twentieth Century might t L ell ll ll be called the Century of Cop Cop- rt because of the widespread de de- in the production of th the theO e s O hd rs d' d metal that followed the opening m Utah Copper Cappel in 1 1904 0 This p plo plo- o tie t Bring aided in the rapid n crof of the electrical era by provid provid- g vital Ita 1 copper at a lower cost After had shown the wa way ff Bingham for large scale copper production tr from low grade deposits deposit s i le jel eI development de of ot Nevada Ne Con Can dilated Ray Hay Consolidated and in Arizona and the Chino i Irie in New Mexico and other low Fade rade mines followed swiftly A Aw Aw w era was established In an 11 n of priced low copper opper early In Ine Ine I e Twentieth Century to aid the tilt rift i t expansion of hl industry during e e. e first quarter of the century Ithe The limits of this short series of titles permit trac tracing lI bri briefly n the kents rents that led up to the establish establish- nt t an and I progress of the Utah Cop Cop- r r. r Bingham Canyon oldest of lah's lahs hs h's mining districts has haa been scene of more or less profitable fining Ining since Siliceous golde gold e eland and silver-bearing silver lead ores that 1 land frequently occur In Important districts were sought In the fly days n Until 1900 Bingham ham remained esi es es- i a lead sliver mining camp elters were built at Murr Murray and i L L Bingham Junction now MIdvale near the Jordan river 12 miles nines below below below be be- low Bingham and a substantial part of at the Intake of these two plants came from 15 lb to 20 compare compare- Uvel lively small underground mines In Bingham Canyon Canon Colonel Enos A. A Wall Watt who had mining experience In Colorado Idaho and Montana first visited the camp In n Jul July 1887 1837 Colonel Wall Tan was attracted by the usual signs of ot copper Then according according ac- ac cording to the story he entered an old adit alit started probably about 1865 when prospecting was first done by Federal soldiers under General Gen Gen- eral P. P E. E Connor first commandant command command- ant at Ft Douglas Vall Wall became Interested and acquired acquired ac- ac property in the district by location and during the succeeding 10 years ears added to his holdings I through purchase and other loca loca- During Ing this period he spent approximately driving feet of tunnel drifts and crosscuts in the hills This exploratory work began to unfold the possibilities at Bingham Canyon as each foot of work added to the evidence that the copper bear bearing ng mass was large although low In grade Wall financed his work b by the sale of the Brickyard mine at Mercur Utah and the Yampa Yampa Yam Yam- pa property near the Highland Boy Boyat at Bingham The fourth article Inthis in inthis inthis this series will appear In these col col- columns columns soon |