Show MINING ACTIVE IN TINTIC strike on the tintic gintic standard still attracts great interest the tintic gintic standard of tintic gintic district utah has been in the limelight for the past tew few weeks the company has levied a good many assessments and was nearing the end in the expenditure of its eleventh assessment the shaft has been sunk 1000 feet and feet of drifts have been driven about feet from the shaft on the 1000 foot level lead and iron sulphides sulp hides were found and as work progressed bunches of galena began to appear A strong east and west vein was finally crosscut for 60 feet along the foot was two and one half feet of ore and a drift for fifty feet along it showed its continuance As says near the face have shown 57 per cent lead gold and ad ounces in silver the presence of native silver is regarded as an excellent indicator of good ore to come on the 1200 foot level of the victoria a new ore body has been found which superintendent in shea says is not very large but it may lead to something big one car of ore has been shipped and it is expected that it will bring about 2500 being rich in gold several assays essays near the face showing as high as two ounces of that metal the raise started some time ago from this level has connected with the 1000 foot level the companas comp anys indebtedness is being rapidly wiped out about men are finding employment on leases on the gemini and the company is paying lessees lessels from to a month some of the ore is carrying ounces of silver and 16 to 18 per cent lead the iron blossom is to have considerable sloping ground as a result of the strike made seventy five feet above the foot level some time ago and described in these columns it is expected that shipments will run well over 30 a ton the chief con is to adopt the bisbee system of filling the with waste manager walter fitch having decided that this 13 the best way to work the companas comp anys large bodies of ore drifts will be driven into the walls to secure the necessary waste for filling and it is believed that the cost will be little more than with present methods and there is always the chance of finding more ore in doing this work while making the necessary changes the mine output is being curtailed the new cyanide plant erected by C C grig grigen r william carter and george castleton has gone into operation on the may day dumps there are two ton tanks and a two days treatment is to be given the ore will be handled by team and scraper delivering to an electric hoist this is the first cyanide plant for the district and its operation will avill be watched with interest on the foot level of the eagle blue bell more ore sensationally rich in silver has been found and in addition the lead content runs up to 50 per cent the on the 1350 has reached a depth of ninety feet and a station will soon be cut and development started at this lower level the mine is shipping about 19 cars a week is proceeding at full speed on the 1350 C hanks has organized the ajax leasing company which is to work a portion of the gemini groundland ground and may take a lease on the ridge valley the eureka hill mining company has purchased two motors a five horsepower and a twenty five to replace its steam pumping plant at the knight mill two crushers are in place and the large ball mill is being put in the structure housing the mill is about feet long A L bodwin assisted by W H drakefield is in charge of construction maurice anderson cam scott and charles bergstrom have taken a lease on the mchatton cHatton Mi property adjoining the victoria con and carisa and will work through the victoria con ground nearly tons of ore were sent out of the bullion beek beck in july some of which was mined by the company the company has received considerable revenue lately from the shipment of low grade ore on the dumps superintendent perry fuller states that the weekly output of the colorado is close to tons and that the strike made some time ago on the foot level is holding out well in july tons of good copper ore was shipped by the Opo hongo which is now engaged in more thoroughly prospecting its u upper levels there is reported to be a good showing in the being sunk from the foot level of the crown point the united tintic gintic mine of which dr is ben smith recently took charge has been taking out ore to meet its expenses since operations were resumed and development work has been diligently pushed |