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Show r. .. ... .'f , . ; .'v V V.1 ;r M S100 Par Year. 10a Awl A Complete Review of the Mining Operations of Tintic. PerCJopy Newgdoiler and Newsboy EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY APRIL 9, 1920. Volume XX Sudani Pnxptdcg 1 City Will Stags O- South Of Ore Bodies last Tintio bonansa reputed ; to be in fine shape with an abundance of on exposed : on every level of the mine. " -- Villardeou Brotnera, Salt Uki contractors, tavt tha job of eroetinc boarding hotue, oftiea, book house US otbar boUdlBia at (hi alto of tbo Tlntlc Standard company's now mill, soar Warm Creak. Tbo firm will alao put la the foundation und la under aract tha mill ball atood that tha eoi of tha under war mailer buildings tha mill and that tha exes ken up. Tha building haa alao beei Tlatla Standard people here aeeured tha cervices of a eompatast mUl man who will taka over tha work aa aooo a everything la in raadlneaa for the lnatallatlon of the mill machine rr. While tha milling plant la to aome oxtent experimental everything Indicates that tha mining eompanra offloara are confidant of tha aneoaaa of the rant are and ara building with an Idea to permanency. At the company's Eaat Tlntlc bonanaa tha uanal amount of work la under way, although no effort la being mada'to crowd production. It la generally underatood that liana gar Raddata la not In faror of tha mlne'a output at tha praaant time, although It would ha a very aaay matter to do ao. Tha nndargronnd worklnga ara In fine ahapo and at no time In tha hlatory of the property waa there ao much ora expoaed. The mlna'a loweat level, the 1460, haa not bean brought Into the productive atage, hut drlfta hare bean driven through largo dapoalta of low grade material In which there ara many bunches of good ore. Tha ore la point at which the heat however, la ' aoma dlatance ahead and at any rate the management la more anxioaa to Open ap the deposit at that: depth than to commence palling ore from thblTSS aa the upper levels are la shape for producing more ore than ha shipped : N doan-u- p . Campaign In Near Puturs - - cam-palg- rg nl Qcren Two shifts - irs bsing ussd and the contractors art making very good headway with ns water to delay work. o-- - Burt Molyneau and Mat Rahala, who have a contract for sinking the haft at the Pinion Queen property of East Tlntlc, appear to be making good headway with the work. Edward Sutherland, la charge of the company's affairs, states that the haft Is now down a distance of 660 feet and that there la no water in the bottom of the shaft to Interfere with operations. , The water which was eneounferedr during the early stages of ttfaflevelopmeat campaign has becnreeervolred on tha 60 level and Is not allowed to find Its way Into that part of tho shaft where the miners are at work. Tho flew from the upper part of the shaft 1s quite light, probably 760 gallons la twenty-fou- r - hours. The officials of tha Pinion Queen are anxious "to send their shaft on down to the 000 or 1000 level, and have no Intention of crosscutting the country until they roach (he former point. , At the Central Standard, which Is owned by practically tha same Interests as the Pinion Queen, three Uhtfts are beer Making- - the - main shaft and after many - delays the work appears to be moving along nicely. The new contractors, Alex at present, and Bill Kolari, sunk- about la the south end of the company's Wester 66. feet In II days and are putting are two being haadlnga ground driven on the. IS SO level of the south In a set of timbers per day at tho or No. 1 shaft. Oao of theao head- present time. Standard Tha Central shaft, whieh ings Is being seat over to., the north Is located a short distance to the a tor connection with the Mg topes Loaf,, now has and the other Is going over toward north of the176Copper ' feet. ' . , the southwest It will require some a depth of ' o time to make connection .between the two shafts at a depth of 1800 May Permit Leasing In The . . - . Centennial's Lower Levels lagIs It Is reported that the Centennial And Bins Ball officers are now Eureka Mins Posts Dividend seriously company's considering tho advisability of opening the lower levels of the commine to lessees. Sobm months ago Bell Mining Eagle pany has posted dividend namber SI the upper portion of tho mine was of ten cento a share, aggregating thrown open to lassesa and at this ISS.S14.SS. Tha dividend la payable time work Is being carried on sucApril 16th to stock of record April cessfully op quits a number of ISth. This brings total dividends blocks. Tho lower levels of the mine paid by this company to l,IISr should bo Just as attractive to lease 716.46. The last dividend disburse- and If leasing la permitted there it ment by the Eagle a Blue Bell was will no doubt result In a heavier from this old tlx made September SO, ISIS, for five 'production I 4 Bine cents per share. Leasing Company Secures Yankee City Marshal Cronin states that thq city will arrange tor a general C. C. Griggs, who recently returndean-u- p of all premises within the ed to Tintio for tho purpose of com nest few weeks, or as soon as the trusting a mining plant tor tho warm weather makes such a treatment of low grade ores from possible. Garbage . can he tho Jday Day and Uncle Ism mines, hauled off pretty rapidly with the has also been fortunate enough to me of the city's large track, provid- secure a time lease on tho enlong ing It is piled where It can .be loaded tire workings of tho Yankee Conwithout trouble. solidated which The long winter has resulted la Insures anproperty, adjoining, ore tor of ample tonnage the accumulation of a vast amoaat some in order to carry of refuse matter and the dty cer- new years, Mr. Origga enterprise needs a good tainly ranged to incorporate what known as tho Orlggo-Hcompany, with a oapttalldajlba of 1166,004, divided Into shaifch of the Pinion Shaft par value of 66 orate, and a number of well known Tlntlc and lalt Lake Down To Level parties will be Interacted in the new 550 bonansa.- Number 23 Ioe Plant Will Boon Be Turning Out Good Product Car Of Bullion Will o John Church's new lee float waa up a day or two ago and will track, over which the ore must be started soon be turning out a fine grade of during the time necessary tor the lotion of tho mill machinery, all lea. For the first time In many years so Ice has been stored In Euof which haa been contracted for. The leasing company has oompleta reka and It Is up to Mr. Church to control of tho dumps and stops fill- supply the demand.. He says tha new which coat about 916,000, ings of tho May Day and Unde lam will plant, be to the occasion and equal and in addition to having a loam on all lew grade ore which has already that local people can be sure of exat the Yankee will hare cellent lee nt a reasonable price. The slve right to carry on mining machinery Is thoroughly modern und be at this property, milling the capacity of the plant willhours. low grade ore and shipping the about five tons In twenty-fou- r higher grade product The incorporators of the k In-et- ranged a company have ar- feature for profit-charin- g employees, not only those engaged la.the operation of the mill but Bring Large Amount o al Grlgga-Huls- Leasing - In Tintic mill should get $150,000 for bullion shipment which will b pkced on the mtrfcet within a few days. la order to permit tho installation of n sluicing cyatem for tho talliugc tho Tlntlc Milling plant, at Silver City, was dosed down yesterday and will not resume operations until lata next week. Manager Holt says that tha equipment for the ehange wee secured some time ago but until this week the weather has not been favorable for Ita lnatallatlon, or rather for the dosing of tho plant. B . Some days ago the mill shut off all show production firom!1iPmenta ot or end mad a eleea-Tr- n. which was on UP of the tonnage Blossom, Colorado, ihandi and tate next week tha mlnu anl Dragon Coilfloli-- : wlu esuln commence sending ore to the mining and handling of ores. these Under the arrangement the employees will receive the ""g from twenty per cent of the capital Figurei stock and will also be entitled to tne representation on the board. Rionv Mr. Griggs Is one of the most comdated properties. petent mining and milling men of The installation of rale sluicing the .west, and has entire confidence 0 Mr. Holt 'system, ayytriU reduce la the success of this new venture. Statements showing the activity labor and belt eost w(he old system Is He not only familiar with general at several of the Tlntlc mince were of handling the tailings d by mine and mill work but knows what recently at the Knight office 'ore being quite expensive, ean'bb accomplished with the ores in Provo. Minea whose activities Another shipment of bullion will of the May Day, Unde Bam and were reported arc the Dragon the Tlntlc mill either today or Yankee, having been In charge of olldated, tha Colorado Consolidated, 'tomorrow and while the assay e the work at two of these mines for Iron Blossom Consolidated and urea are not available at this time many years, during a part of which the 81oux Mining companies. it to thought that this carload lot time he operated a mill similar to Tha Dragon Consolidated Mining will be worth close to 9160,000. The the one which Is to be constructed. company reports n balance from re- last consignment of bullion, sent out With lead and silver bringing about ceipts 007.68 after disburse- late In January, waa worth about thdr present value Mr. ments of106, to tho amount of 978,674.63 9166,000 and in the lot which la now Griggs made a success of the May were paid. The company's receipts ready for market there la n higher Day's milling plant and there Is no were as follows: iron on sales percentage of silver. With e lower reason why greater profits will not quart! ora sales (Tlntle mill copper content In the ore a longer be possible under existing condi- lease) re- period of time to required to acaccounts 916,661.46; tions. ceivable, 1466.68; interest 1400; cumulate n carload of bullion but legal expense end litigation (ref and) naturally It la worth more money. 11000.86; total 9106,007.60. It la generally understood that Sioux Cons. Company Out Report Shows Work Done Tho gold, silver end copper one In exceptionally good work la bring , With Its Annual Report the Dragon mine were mined during performed at tha Tlntlc mill and During Tear By Empire Oo. the fiscal year under the lease held while the plant la unable to accept e o . But llttlo progress was made durWith the exception of driving n by the Tlntlc Milling company. Most variety of ores It Is nevertheless of ing the past year by the Empire prospect drift the Sioux Mining com- of this on la of inch n low grade great benefit to the mining properMines company, according to the pany did but llttlo work last year, that little revenue from it to real li- ties of the district, enabling them annual report. Tha year ended with according to tho annual report. The ed. The little income derived from to mine n much larger amount of 11640.11 In tha treasury. At the be- balance sheet for the year ehowa, the lease ores Is baaed on n eliding ora than would ho otherwise be posginning of the year the company, besides the 96.441.16 la cash on head scale, royalty ranging from 18 par sible. started with 1464.14. recMved 917 9766.64 la aeeoanta receivable, cent to 60 per cent ot tho gross 466.46 from the sale of ores, loan IH46.41 In a fund from aeeeeemeut value, according to assays. Although Main Street Is No. l held by trustee tor BiOux realising bnt small returns, there to Upper of 94000, sale of treasury stock continued possibility that better sale of equipment 9160 and Consolidated Mining company stockBadly In Need Of Repairs accounts receivable of 96007.60, holders, lose to date to given nt grades of ore will be opened np by o While the had weather of the peat Making a total of 994,049.60. while II.6I6.64, while there to n stock dis- moving the lower grades. Juat re' disbursements for the year were count fund of 966,017. Betide the cently, by moving tho month has made road Improvements a lessees have discovered the oree, assisof tho 994.747.60. The report almost Impossible It Is hoped that capital stock, liabilities are given aa o gold ore which wo nr In Una for n llttlo eunehlno tant manager says: 11,076.00 and n paid In enrplne on pocket of lament No. I of 916.600. Rela- Is netting the company gratifying and that tho street! of tho dty can "During the fiscal year Just ended bo given attention. With n loading extensive exploration and prospect tive to tho work nt tho property the Increase In royalty. The Iron ora deposits have hem trap nt tho Chief Cone, mine, nt work has boon carried on with some general manager anye: lines tho organisation of the mined by the company. At present which the citys truck ean be loaded gratifying results, although no promlnsqt commercial production Sioux Minos company in tho later orders from the American Smelting with gravel, It should bo an easy Refining company, tho United matter to heap our streets In fine haa resulted therefrom. Following Is part of tho year 1617, tha only work doao on tho property wee the mining States Smelting A Refining company shape, especially In view of the fact brief report of this arias. "From the No. 6 shaft, known aa of a email amount of art by leeees, und aomo othar small orders, to tho that then to an unlimited supply of the "Lower Mammoth,'' we extended until n tow months ago when control smonnt of approximately 100 tons gravel within eeey reach. tho east crosscut on tho 1900 toot of tha company passed Into the daily, ara bring filled. Upper Main street, from tho water Tho record of tho Colorado Con- tank to tha rity limits. Should have level 1666 foot. Into what Is com- hands of the Knight Interests. "At that time n new campaign of solidated Mining company ehowa tha attention nt once. It to n street over monly known no tho old Btar' territory. This eroeeeut work at tho development work was started which following reeelpta: onSundry accounts which everyone must travel In comloan to Knight ing into or In leaving Eureka and it time of this report la of considerable consisted of driving a drift from tbs 814.15; payments company 960,000; In- has been sadly neglected for the past Interest, no It to directly underneath 1700 level of the Iroa Blossom pro- Investment mease quarts eropplags showing perty, which adjoins aa to the eoath. terest, 96884.70; ore ealee, 9107,' few years. o the surface and also vertically Thle gtvee ne a depth of town 100 to 486.08. These receipts with the balance The Tintic beneath tho upper lovato of tho old 700 toot below the workings of oar To Paymaster on hud January 1, 1010, ol Star mine, which produced on during haft, and to proepoctlng From Shaft Drift Sink 13140.60, mako n total of tho operation of that proparty aa aa tlrely now territory. amount Disbursements to the Tkto work "Considerable work has been done independent corporation. A shaft will be sunk from the Tin-ti- c la at a depth of 6000 toot or 1609 In. thin drift on n body of quarts, of 1100,043.70, leaving n balance of Paymaster drift to gain more foot lower than tha deepest, work said although no era In paring Quan- 13033.08, were reported. Tho mine to still bring worked un- depth In one of the big fiaeuree from tho old Star shaft, thus giving tities has been opened hi, we have 1699 toot of virgin territory above felt very .much encoaraged with the der the leasee system in clearing np which haa been opened, according to itXL Snyder, general manager. The the present workings, should tho ore showing. It to our Intention to con- old atopeo and following small leads, shaft to the 860 be encountered. The toet few rounds tinue active development work, for In addition to which n steady ton- Paymaster rank nage of low grade ore is bring ship- foot level from which point n drift In this taw show n heavy Iron stain, tho present at least." was ran Into the mountain to crossped for mill treatment. o and consequently an indication of The Slons Mining company's re- cut the formation. Thu drift has vela matter not far distant. Out Two Headings Running cut several very atron and promisport ahowa total receipts of "Wa have also extended the north Lehl-TlntAt from sales of Property stock, vein ing fissures according to Mr. Snytreeanry on level come tho drift from tho v. aeaessmenta and miscellaneous der. The drift la of on encountered In 1019. It will Two 1000 feet fcmn en eighty heedlnge era being driven at sources. Disbursements 33,061.88, be remembered that this vein accordbat was recently cat. On the the an fissure on with foot of property, overdraft 91160.61 developed while running the eroeeeut n distance of 149 tact Into ing to Manager Charles ZabriSMe January SI, 1616, left on December hanging wall side of this flmnro n work has boon slowed ap to II. 1016, n balance of 10,441.16. station la now being cut for n Shaft. the Opohongo Mining oompuay'o tha aeconnt on of oao extent the The point where the etatlon to beSince gas. of the Sioux the organisation ground. Wc have passed through lOO vsrsl buneheo of first dam ore, Until such tlms as ventilating equip- Mines company In the latter part of ing cut haa a vertical depth of to be can ment eeenrad end installed from tho 1617 tho done surface, feet work according tho year only no sufficient nt of time but quantity Mr. one b will used. mineralisation While but on shift Mr. n was of the the Snyder. property mining to be considered commercial.' says that about 666 foot of mall amount of ore by lessees until and low grade ore values have been to known a few month ego, when control of found in nil of the fissures erosaeut work has been dona In what The driv- the company passed Into the hands by the drift it to evident greater now Mine east tho being drift, Paying mngdiam en for tho mala big break which of tho Knight interests, according to depth Is needed on then fissure Prevailing Beale Of Wage holds out so much promise, while the companys report. The ahaft will be eent channels. the miners are also driving north on Receipts of the Iron Blossom Con- down seven or eight hundred feet A raise of 66 cents n day tor nil tho other break, eat aome time ago solidated Mining company from ora from the tunnel level, Mr. Snyder the miners of tho Bingham District, and whieh carries some ora. Aa tho aales and other miscellaneous soirees eld. While sinking operations are unas well as tho mill men at Magna drift to going forward on tho break for the year 1616 were f 466,888.71, and Arthur, and the smelter men at e era to being saved and la ad- which, with a balance of 9186,161.-7- 6 der way In tho shaft tho drift will from tho previous year, wade a alao he continued further Into tho Garfield, waa posted on Tuesday by dition to tho land Mr. Zabrlskle retha operators. This move on tha ports the presence of aome line. total of 6666,066.46. Disbursements, mountain to eroeeeut several promispart of thq operators oqnaltow the CoaMdoring the tact that but one including 160,000 paid out to divi- ing fissures which outcrop on tha wages of Bingham with those of Tin-ti- e hi ft has been In use daring the past dends, totaled 9468.008.40, which surface. Since drifting waa started In and other camps of tho state. few weSka the work to progressing left e balance of 9171,070.00 on Dee. December tho Paymaster has made considerable progress, the drift havThe rales went Into offset April in n very aatlataetory manner. The 81. 1010. 1. When an adjustment of wai officers of tho company foal that the The condition of tho mine to quite ing been driven n total distance of for miners was made aome months seat drift will eat tha main break satisfactory, saya tho report, ne old' 1000 feet since that date. Daring ago, there waa a dlftorenw of 66 within tha next-16tost, although topee era holding out Well and pro- March n distance of 600 feet was : j eauts n day between the camp of it to rather hard to estimate tho ducing fairly wall. Daring tho pre- nude la the drift oand tha other mining to this objective. sent year the company .plena to do Bingham . INDEPENDENCE ASSESSED. acme Important exploration work o camps of tho state. This woo dao to ASSESSMENT. thn oamp principally upon tho 3169 level. The exponas of Mag chiefly The Independence Mining Co. dia ceppar camp and tho ineortnla thle work should be met by reeelpta stats of the copper market Copi At a meeting of the directors of from lessees' operations and from tho rectors have levied an nmeesment of to still weak hat tho speratera have the PI it at company held tote last proceeds of tho low grad ora, which one eent per share, delinquent May to pay tho prpvalUBC oolao week, another nwraament of one the company to shipping In coasldsn- - 3rd, and with the sale day on May , 84th. per ahare was levied. company. As already stated In columns a new concentrating plant will be Installed by the leasing oom pany in tha mUl building owned by the May Day, the new plant to have a capacity of from 64 to 100 tons Pr day. mill la This splendidly located. It being poesIMe to tram the ore directly to the plant from either the May Day, Yankee or the Uncle lam, mines. No hoisting will be required tor the reason that most of the mill ore In the May Day Is above what Is known as the tunnel level and from this same level the stopes of the other two mines can be reached. Sobm work will be necessary, however, for the completion of the connections needed for tramming the ore from the Yankee and Uncle lam to the new mill. It will also bo necessary to build chutes and put la track over which the ore must be trammed but this work la not ex $41',-446.4- -- j i convey-issue- Con-'lea- ve fig-th- one-ha- lf $71,-S06.6- 1; 0, low-gra- de hlgh-grud- , 9143-546.0- $80,-311.- 1. 07 ie -- Aowle-wpproxl-mat- Lehl-Tint- ia Za-brls- -- A . dle-tax- ee - rum ii -- |