Bingham Mining Corporations

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(Compiled by Kennecott in March 1991)

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Name State
Incorporated		 Year
Incorporated		 Comments
American Smelters Securities Company New Jersey 1905 Incorporated under name of American Smelters Exploration Co.; name changed to American Smelters Securities Co. in 1905; subsidiary of American Smelting and Refining Company; held large share of Utah Copper Company [1]
American Smelting and Refining Company New Jersey 1899 Changed name to ASARCO Incorporated in 1975; remains an active corporation
The Anaconda Company Montana 1895 See "Anaconda Copper Mining Company"
The Anaconda Company Delaware 1977 Merged into its parent, Atlantic Richfield Company, in 1981
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Montana 1895 Changed name to The Anaconda Company in 1955; "reincorporated" in Delaware and acquired by Atlantic Richfield Company in 1977
Apex Gold Mining Company Nevada 1904 Dissolved in 1974
Apex Standard Mining Company Utah 1917 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
ASARCO Incorporated New Jersey 1899 See "American Smelting and Refining Company"
Atlantic Richfield Company Pennsylvania 1870 Incorporated as The Atlantic Refining Company; changed its name to Atlantic Richfield Company in 1966; "reincorporated" in Delaware in 1985
Atlantic Richfield Company Delaware 1985 Active
Bevan Mining Company Utah 1879 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution; stock controlled by Boston Consolidated Copper and Gold Mining Company, Limited
Bingham Associates, Inc. Maine 1923 Dissolved by judicial decree in 1924
Bingham-Butte Consolidated Mining Company Utah 1907 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Central Mining Company Utah 1905 Stock acquired in 1907 by Bingham Central-Standard Copper Company [2]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Central-Standard Copper Company   1907 Holding company that controlled nearly 100% of Bingham Central Mining Company and Bingham Standard Mining Company [3]; transferred stock of same to Utah Metal Mining Company in 1909 [4]
Bingham Coal & Lumber Company Nevada 1911 Dissolved in 1940
Bingham Coalition Mines Company Maine 1916 Suspended in 1921
Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Maine 1901 Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed in 1908; shortly thereafter "reorganized" through acquisition by Bingham Mines Company [5]; dissolved by judicial decree in 1917
Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company New Jersey 1898 "Reorganized" in 1901 as Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company [6]
Bingham Galena Mining Company Utah 1921 Name changed in 1922 to Park-Bingham Mining Company; voluntarily dissolved in 1972
Bingham Gold Mining Company     "Reorganized" as the Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company in 1898 [7]
Bingham Gold Placer Company Utah 1899 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Investment Company Utah 1908 Suspended before 1910
Bingham Investment Company Nevada 1911 Dissolved in 1917
Bingham Metal Mining Company Utah 1905 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Metals Company Utah 1925 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Mines Company Maine 1908 Acquired Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company in 1908 through issuance of stock and cash [8]; controlled Yosemite Mines Company [9]; stock acquired by United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company in 1929 [10]; excused from filing annual reports with Maine Secretary of State in 1931 because it had ceased doing business
Bingham-New Haven Copper and Gold Mining Company Utah 1902 Acquired by Utah Metal and Tunnel Company in 1916 [11]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Bingham Standard Copper Company Utah 1906 See "Standard Copper Company"
Boston Consolidated Copper and Gold Mining Company, Limited Great Britian 1898 Owned stock of Boston Consolidated Mining Company [12]
Boston Consolidated Mining Company New York 1897 Subsidiary of Boston Consolidated Copper and Gold Mining Company, Limited; stock acquired from Boston Consolidated Copper and Gold Mining Company, Limited by Utah Copper Company in 1910 [13]. voluntarily dissolved later in 1910
Chicago Mines Company Nevada 1925 Voluntarily withdrew from Utah in 1937
Columbia Copper Mining Company Utah 1899 Absorbed by Ohio Copper Company in 1902 or 1903 [14]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Columbia Trust Company Utah 1915 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Consolidated Nevada-Utah Corporation Virginia 1913 Charter revoked in 1948
Copperfield Mining Company Utah 1907 Consolidated with York Mining Company to form Utah Apex Mining Company in 1902 [15]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Dalton and Lark Gold, Silver and Lead Mining and Milling Company Utah 1896 Stock controlled by Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company [16]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Fort Herriman Land & Stock Company Utah 1909 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Highland Boy Gold Mining Company New Jersey 1896 Stock acquired by Utah Consolidated Mining Company [17]; voluntarily dissolved in 1903
International Smelting Company Montana 1914 Changed its name to International Smelting and Refining Company in 1934; merged into its parent, The Anaconda Company, in 1973
International Smelting and Refining Company New Jersey 1909 Assets acquired by Anaconda Copper Mining Company in 1914; Utah and Arizona assets placed in a Montana corporation known as International Smelting Company [18]
Jordan Mining & Milling Company Utah 1902 Dissolved
Kennecott Copper Corporation New York 1915 Now known as Kennecott Corporation, a Delaware corporation, wholly- owned by RTZ
The Lead Mine Company Utah 1881 Suspended before 1910
Lead Silver Mines Company Utah 1927 Dissolved
Markham Gulch Mining and Milling Company of Bingham Utah Maine 1906 Stock owned 50% by New Red Wing Mining Company and 50% by Utah Apex Mining Company [19]; dissolved by judicial decree in 1921
Mineral Lands Company Maine 1913 Dissolved by judicial decree in 1931
The Mineral Point Mines Company Utah 1907 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Monarch Mines and Smelters Corporation Maine 1904 Changed its name to Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters Corporation in 1904
Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining Company Utah 1910 Voluntarily dissolved in 1949 and assets distributed to sole shareholder, United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company
The Nast Mining & Milling Company     "Absorbed" by New England Gold and Copper Mining Company [20]
National Tunnel & Mines Company Maine 1937 Formed by the merger of Utah- Delaware Mining Company into Utah Apex Mining Company; assets purchased out of bankruptcy in 1949 by Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters Corporation Maine 1904 See "Monarch Mines and Smelters Corporation"
The Nevada-Utah Mining Company Connecticut 1906 Dissolved
New Bingham-Mary Mining Company Utah 1929 Active
The New England Gold and Copper Mining Company Colorado 1899 Declared defunct and inoperative in 1915 for failure to pay taxes and file annual reports
New Mammoth Gold Mining Company Utah 1898 Suspended before 1910
New Red Wing Gold Mining Company Utah 1902 Controlled by Utah Development Company; owned 50% of Markham Gulch Mining and Milling Company of Bingham Utah stock [21]; suspended before 1910
Niagara Mining Company Maine 1911 Dissolved by judicial decree in 1949
The Niagara Mining and Smelting Company Utah 1888 Controlled through stock ownership by United States Mining Company [22]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Ohio Copper Company Nebraska 1903 Involuntarily dissolved in 1909; "reorganized" as Ohio Copper Mining Company in 1912 [23]
Ohio Copper Company of Utah Maine 1916 United Copper Company owned 67% of stock [24]; sold surface rights in Bingham Canyon to a 1,050 foot depth to Kennecott Copper Corporation in 1937 [25]. sold remaining property interests to United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company in 1950 [26]; excused from filing annual reports with Maine Secretary of State in 1951 because it had ceased doing business
Ohio Copper Mining Company Maine 1912 Went bankrupt; assets purchased from bankruptcy by Ohio Copper Company of Utah in 1916 [27]
Omaha Smelting and Refining Company Neb. 1870 Dissolved
Park-Bingham Mining Company Utah 1921 See "Bingham Galena Mining Company"
Phoenix Mining Milling Electric Smelting & Reduction Company Utah 1915 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
The Puritan Copper and Gold Company Utah 1899 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Red Wing Gold Mining Company Utah 1897 Suspended before 1910
Revere Land and Stock Company Utah 1920 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Sharon Steel Corporation Pennsylvania   Acquired assets of UV Industries, Inc.; later filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Shawmut Consolidated Copper Company Maine 1905 Properties acquired by Utah Copper Company in 1910 [28]. dissolved by judicial decree in 1911
Shawmut Mining Company Utah 1899 "Succeeded" in 1905 by Shawmut Consolidated Copper Company [29]; suspended before 1910
Standard Copper Company Utah 1906 Changed name to Bingham Standard Copper Company in 1906; stock acquired by Bingham Central Standard Copper Co. in 1907 [30]; involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Tintic Company Maine 1903 Holding company that owned Tintic Mining and Development Company [31]
Tintic Mining and Development Company West
Virginia		 1896 Stock controlled by Tintic Company [32]. voluntarily dissolved in 1918
United Copper Company New Jersey 1902 Holding company that controlled Ohio Copper Company [33]
United States Mining Company Maine 1899 "Reorganized" in 1901; 98% of stock owned by United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company; controlled through stock ownership United States Smelting Company and The Niagara Mining and Smelting Company [34]; excused from filing annual reports with Maine Secretary of State in 1915 because it had ceased doing business
United States Smelting Company Maine 1902 Wholly owned by United States Mining Company, which in turn was controlled by United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company [35]
United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company Maine 1906 Controlled United States Mining Company and United States Smelting Company [36]; changed name to UV Industries, Inc. in 1972; later sold assets to Sharon Steel Corporation; dissolved and transferred assets to liquidating trust in 1980
Utah Apex Mining Company Maine 1902 Owned 50% of Markham Gulch Mining and Milling Company of Bingham Utah; controlled Phoenix Mining Company [37]; merged with Utah-Delaware Mining Company in 1937 to form National Tunnel & Mines Company
Utah-Boston Development Company Maine 1920 Charter suspended in 1924
Utah Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited Great Britian 1896 "Reorganized" in 1903 as Utah Consolidated Mining Company [38]
Utah Consolidated Mining Company New Jersey 1903 Owned virtually all of Highland Boy Gold Mining Company stock [39]; properties acquired in 1924 by International Smelting Company and held in name of Utah-Delaware Mining Company [40]
The Utah Consolidated Mining Company of Utah New York 1879 Dissolved in 1924
Utah Copper Company Colorado 1903 "Reorganized" as a New Jersey corporation in 1904 [41]
Utah Copper Company New Jersey 1904 Stock acquired by Kennecott Copper Corporation between 1915 and 1926 [42]
Utah-Delaware Mining Company Delaware 1924 Formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of International Smelting Company to acquire assets of Utah Consolidated Mining Company [43]; merged with Utah Apex Mining Company in 1937 to form National Tunnel & Mines Company
The Utah Leasing Company Utah 1909 Charter revoked in 1914 for failure to pay annual license tax; "reorganized" as Utah Leasing Company in 1915
Utah Leasing Company Utah 1915 Involuntarily dissolved in 1974 or 1975 as part of mass dissolution
Utah Metal Mining Company Maine 1909 Acquired stock of Bingham Central Mining Company and Bingham Standard Mining Company in 1909 from Bingham Central-Standard Mining Company [44]; "reorganized" as Utah Metal and Tunnel Company in 1914 [45]; excused from filing annual reports with Maine Secretary of State in 1915 because it had ceased doing business
Utah Metal and Tunnel Company Maine 1914 Merged into National Tunnel & Mines Company in 1944
Ute Copper Company Nevada 1907 Dissolved
UV Industries, Inc. Maine 1906 See "United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company"
Watson Mining Company Utah 1888 Suspended before 1910
West Mountain Placer Extension Mining Company Utah 1899 Suspended before 1910
West Mountain Placer Mining Company Utah 1894 Suspended before 1910
York Mining Company Utah 1892 Consolidated with Copperfield Mining Company to form Utah Apex Mining Company in 1902 [46]
Yosemite Mines Company Maine 1909 Controlled by Bingham Mines Company [47] dissolved
Yosemite No. 2 Mining Company Utah 1887 Suspended before 1910

Footnotes

[1] Copper Handbook, p. 1377 (1908).

[2] Hansen, Gary B., A Business History of the Copper Industry of Utah, 1860-1910, p. 46 (unpublished Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1963); Copper Handbook at 369-370.

[3] 1908 Copper Handbook at 370.

[4] Mines Handbook, p. 1354-1355 (1918).

[5] Hansen at 63.

[6] Ibid. at 38.

[7] Ibid. at 33.

[8] 1908 Copper Handbook at 372.

[9] 1918 Mines Handbook at 1386.

[10] Hansen at 63.

[11] Addy, George M., The Economic and Social History of Bingham Canyon, Utah (unpublished Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1949).

[12] Hansen at 79-101; 1908 Copper Handbook at 396.

[13] Hansen at 101.

[14] Addy at 45.

[15] Hansen at 45.

[16] 1908 Copper Handbook at 614.

[17] Ibid. at 1375.

[18] Report of the Federal Trade Commission on The Copper Industry, pp. 329-330 (1947).

[19] 1908 Copper Handbook at 914, 1036, 1373.

[20] Ibid. at 1006.

[21] Ibid. at 1036.

[22] Ibid. at 1040.

[23] Hansen at 121.

[24] 1908 Copper Handbook at 1065.

[25] Hansen at 126.

[26] Ibid. at 127-128.

[27] Ibid. at 122-123.

[28] Utah Copper Company Annual Report, 1910.

[29] 1908 Copper Handbook at 1235.

[30] Ibid. at 374.

[31] Ibid. at 1318-1319.

[32] Ibid. at 1319.

[33] Ibid. at 1355-1356.

[34] Ibid. at 1363.

[35] Ibid. at 1365.

[36] Ibid. at 1366-1367.

[37] Ibid. at 1373.

[38] Hansen at 29; 1908 Copper Handbook at 1374.

[39] 1908 Copper Handbook at 1375.

[40] FTC Report at 328-329.

[41] Hansen at 151.

[42] FTC Report at 403-404.

[43] Ibid. at 349-350, 367.

[44] 1918 Mines Handbook at 1354-1355.

[45] Ibid. at 1383.

[46] Hansen at 45.

[47] 1918 Mines Handbook at 1386.

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