Show FE fEW TINTIC MINES I CONTRACTS Tintic mines will wl certainly be plaYIng playIng play play- layIng Ing In hard luck If the they arc are unable to continue the shipment of ot zinc ore now that the price of this metal has haM reached the hl highest hegt point In years but It appears that there Is more trouble ahead for zinc producing properties says the Eureka Reporter During During the thelast thelast thelast last few weeks smelters have been ac accepting ftc ftc- c nothing but the tho high grade Jrade zinc carrying from 36 to 40 0 P per r cent which means a material decrease In zinc shipments from Tin Tintic tc Some of or ortho tho the properties will be able to make malce occasional shipments wll of ot the high grade rade zinc zinc but where from fifteen to twenty carloads of zinc ore are now being sent out under the present arran arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- e- e ments with the smelters the future shipments will wi probably drop down to two or three cars It I Is said that all al of the mines with wih tho the possible exception of the Mav Ma Da Day Lower Mammoth and Uncle Sam arc are without zinc contracts their ore beIng being be be- lug ing sold old on the tIne open market through the Ing Utah Ore Sampling company compan Much uch of ot th the zinc ore sent out from the Tintic luring during the past few months has carried carried carriel car car- ried riel un under er 30 per cent and tho the supply of ot high grade rade zinc Is very cry limited As s all the ores are aro a carbonate there thore Is still a small market which may bo be cut off of at an any time Some years ago 1 when en zinc Inc was bringing about aJo 5 a hun hundred red pounds which at that time was considered a avery avery a ver very good price Tintic properties shipped quite quie heavily and had this oro ore b been en held hell for tor the tho price which tho the smelters have been paying duning durIn during dur dun In ing the past t three months It would have mado made a vast difference to tho the mines One mine alone sold about tons on a 5 basis and tho the difference dir dif di- di ference between the sum paid pal for this ore and 9 per par hundred which has beon been about the average o price for tor tho the past ast month or r two would be about If it the tho ore average 30 per cent cont Tho la May Da Day Lower Mammoth and Yankee are arc tho the heaviest shippers of zinc ore The Tho May Ia Days Day's zinc ore Is mined by the tine leasers and this month about tons can be shipped Line Inc l Tho The suspension of ot zinc shipments will wil not hurt the company to any extent as the bulk of Its Is revenue Is coming from the tho hl high h grade rade silver lead leal product but It will wil tako take considerable mone money away from the tho leasers Most of or the themen men men however will wll continue continuo on lead leae ore in the tho event that they are arc forced to stop tho the shipment of or zinc Only a small amount of ot zinc Is coming from the tho Undo Uncle Sam Much luch of or the Lower Mammoths Mammoth's tonna tonnage tonnage ton ton- na nage e during the tho past few months has ha been a n zinc product handled by the leasers |