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Show UTAH COPPER LINE IS BEING PUSHED Bingham. Aug. IS Work on the Bingham & Garfield railroad of tho Utah Copper company Is being pushed push-ed as rapidly as possible The tunnel betweeji Markham gulch and Freeman Free-man pilch, which Is to be 1.400 fee, long, has been driven more than H' feet by the Meyers Construction company, com-pany, and the 2,100-ioot tunnel be tween Freeman and Smelter gulches has been driven Mly 173 feet Som. work hns been done upon the two "remaining tunnel:' on tho route. Considerable Con-siderable grading. has been done tb? entire distance. It will doubtless b? a year before the new rond will b? ready to handle ore. -The ore output of the Utah Copper j company has been curtailed about 1' per cent during the present month, shipments of the company to tho ml!!j I al Garfield averaging around 2G0 cir- I loads dally, whereas the output a; formerly clcse to IU"0 carloads a d.U I Little chauge In the operations of ti) I companv Is to be noticed, however The working force is about the sax . as before, but more attention Is no being given to the removal of wa.;P and the opening for mining of tie j large ore bodies. Utah Copper s large mill at Cojipor ton Is soon to be dismantled, It 1 said, the machinery to be removed to J Garfield for use in repair work DP0'-1 ' the mills there. I Stock certificates of the Montana-Bingham Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining com- pauv are now being issued and many i of the stockholders of the Binsham-Butte Binsham-Butte company have exchanged their i shares for stock of the now cop-pany cop-pany Working two shifts, tbe corn j p.iny' has driven its new Tlewauke tunnel about 2rtu feeL Good ore was encountered 730 feet above that tun nel and it is believed that by opening open-ing the vein at the greater depth copper cop-per ore of good shipping value will be found. Work will be resumed soon In the old Tlewaukee tunnel, which was iu ore showing good values when work was suspended some time asa |