Show WEST TINTIC MINES sp special ecial correspondence orient mine min e west tintic june 25 west tintic gintic district covers an area of about ten miles square of ground the principal mines being situated near its centre the formation is composed of porphyry lime and quartzite principally with ledges of granite shale slate and quartz running 11 through the whole country having been broken up by volcanic eruption or upheavals has exposed mineral throughout a vast area of the district the principal mineral zone exposed to view runs in an easterly and westerly direction for several miles in extent varying in width from one quarter to three quarters of a mile this zone begins about two miles west of the new pump house on cherry creek and extends clear to the desert the wagon road leading to the mines leaves the creek about half a mile below the pump house and turns to the right which brings 11 you to the allah mining com banys group of claims where a force of men are at work sinking a double compartment shaft on an immense body of iron and gol gold d ore west and adjoining the allah is the old scotia group from which over half a million dollars worth of ore has been shipped in the past this property has been practically laying idle for a number of years for some unknown cause the assessments only having been done from year to year but W F james its manager has recently been out and made arrangements to start development work on it west of the scotia is the bertha from which some good silver ore has been shipped west of and adjoining the bertha is the orient group of six claims where a force of men are sinking a double compartment shaft for the development of the whole group this property has a dozen or more veins of ore exposed on the surface from which assays essays showing as high as ounces silver 68 per cent lead 23 in gold and 36 per cent copper have been taken the shaft is feet deep a vein of ore having lately been cut into and which has been sunk on for a depth of 11 feet from which essays assays show 85 ounces silver 40 cents gold and 35 per cent lead it is believed that another large vein will be cut in the shaft before the mark is reached which was ent cut by drift drifting ingon on the level and which is pitching toward the shaft another shift will soon be put on and the shaft pushed on down as rapidly as possible west of the orient is the and savings bank group grou p which shows some very fine looking copper ore south of the orient is the war eagle group which can boast of some high grade silver lead as well as some fair copper ore which may be seen piled upon the dump t ready for shipment and which was recently extracted by patterson and bates its owners south of the war eagle scott and others are working some claims which have turne d out some favorable looking ore the molly bon a copper proposition in which ed luce and his brother in law mr patten are interested is being worked this property is about one mile southwest of the orient and others have started up work on the dinty two wh which ich is situated to the south of the allah there is also a force of men working vor king on some copper claims several miles west wese and south of the orient |