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Bingham Mines Map UT - Salt Lake City, - 1906 - 2012aug - General Americana

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Bingham Mines Map UT - Salt Lake City, - 1906 - 2012aug - General Americana
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A 4` x 4` framed and mounted map of the West Mountain and Tooele Unorganized Mining Districts of Salt Lake and Tooele Counties. The map was compiled from official surveys, U.S. Geological report and personal examinations. The mining engineer on the project was J.C. Dick of The Utah Copper Company. Minerals, in the form of copper ore, were first discovered in Bingham Canyon in 1848 by two brothers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, sons of Erastus Bingham, Mormon pioneers of September 1847, who grazed their family`s and other`s cattle and horses there. They reported their find to their leader, Brigham Young, who advised against pursuing mining operations because the survival and establishment of settlements was of paramount importance at that time. The brothers applied themselves to that purpose as directed and did not stake a claim. In 1850, the Bingham family went to settle what is now Weber County, leaving the canyon still today known by their name. This piece is in very good condition, with very little creasing. It is professionally mounted and ready to hang on a very large wall space. - Ken & Rosemary Roberts Collection -59032