Show IS A SURPRISE bingham the old reliable is keeping to its name first a silver lead camp then a gold producer and now a of copper it promises to eclipse the mines of butte in 1896 itah was not known as a copper producer and there were no shelters smelters sm elters in this state for the reduction of copper ore exclusively now utah is ranking well up with montana and michigan and the product comes nearly all from bingham canyon A report of tho utah consolidated company is before us and some surprising statements are presented in that document the ore bodies ot that property are six in number one 0 which Is feet long feet wide and of unknown depth it Is estimated there are tons ot ore in sight that ls exposed on three sides but the most surprising statement is in the economy with which the extraction of ore is accomplished the cost is only t 70 a ton including 9 cents for trans por two miles over an aerial amway the cost of smelling smelting sm elting ia but 2 ca which allows 40 cents for ship ocr 17 miles of railroad from bingham to tho smelter near murray shipping ahe bullion east refining and marketing is given as making a otal couii ot 53 for the extraction roduM lon and sale of the product of a ton of copper hie ore averages only 3 14 per cent copper gold and CO cents in sil pr per ton but from this very low grade material a profit ot a ton Is obtained this Is a more remarkable showing than tho mines of the amalgamated copper of butto montana have made the butto ores are of somewhat higher grade but the cost of extraction and reduction is much greater X lah is producing pounds of copper with a promise 0 leading he world in output of that metal when the big shelters smelters sm elters now under con h ruction in salt lake valley are completed and the full output of the bingham alnea is handled Utah will produce more copper than any other the ore bodies fere said to be almost inexhaustible this development to do more tor the state than even aha new railroads in their extensions and enlargements |