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Show 0PT1IS1 RULES TIHTICJS1CI Mining Men Confident That Great Ore Bodies Remain to Be Discovered. "Greater optimism has never prevailed in the Tintlc mining district, than at present," pres-ent," said W. J. Tregoning of Eureka yesterday. Mr. Tregronintr is the representative repre-sentative of "William If. Child & Co. at the same place and was in the city yesterday yes-terday on business. "While we enjoyed flourishing autivity in the years of 1905-6-7, it had not the same air of permanence. perma-nence. If a strike was reported, people would express the opinion that the chances were that such finds would be limited to one mine or a very few mines. However, now it is different. Confidence is g-enerally felt that the ore resources of the district have been only partly developed and that development work will prove large ore bodies on any one of a number of the mines of the region. "More' aggressive development work than is being carried-on in the East Tin-tic Tin-tic district couM hardly be witnessed in any mining district. The companies operating op-erating are all going after the ore and going after it strenuously. Interesting developments are being encountered in many of the mines and it is the opinion of the majority of mining men in the Tintic district that one good strike will start a boom of such proportions as will make all previous excitements small in comparison." The Iron King has quartz of" a most promising character in the shaft; ore is expected at any time, according to Mr. Tregoning. At the East Tintic Coalition, work on the shaft is malting rapid progress. prog-ress. Recently a quartz boulder weighing several hundred pounds was encountered. encoun-tered. The shaft at the North Standard is down 360 feet, it is said. At the Central Cen-tral Standard, work on the new shaft is being pushed. For some time two shifts were employed in this work, but recently recent-ly only one shift has been worked, on account ac-count of a feared shortage of timbers. At the East Crown Point a survey is being be-ing run for a new shaft. The Big Hill, has started to cut down the old shaft, sunk many years ago by John B'estle-meyer. B'estle-meyer. Sr., to a depth of more than 200 feet; this shaft will be cut doHvn. for j two compartments and a manway. At ' the Miy Day. according to Mr. Trego-i Trego-i ning, work of driving under the old work-' work-' ings from the 1800-foot level of the Yankee Yan-kee shaft will begin soon. |