Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 35 | Many Tintic Mines Being Electrified; West Tintic Work

MANY TINTIC MINES MIMES BEING BEIM ELECTRIFIED WEST WORK Electric power Is coming into favor with mining operators operator of ot Tintic and man many of ot the tho local prop properties now using st steam nm hoists will undoubtedly be electrified oleo alec soon saya the Eureka Reporter This will wilt mean a substantial increase Inthe In inthe the tho business of the Utah Power company company com corn pany pan for the tho new substation and modern modern mod mod- modera ern era equipment which has r recently been Installed here Among the mines which will soon be hea heavy users of ot power are aro the Eagle mUG Blue Bell Dell Chief Consolidated d and Ge Oe- mini The Eagle Engle Blue Bell Dell has hns placed an nn order for a now new holt hoist which will witt be driven by electricity the Chief Consolidated people are preparing to operate their compressor with electricIty electric electric- ity and the Gemini will uso the same earno kind of ot power in the oper operation of at the tho bl big pumping 1 plant lant which will the lower workings of ot the mine Manager Jackson McChrystal ot of the Gemini mine save saya there have been a few minor accidents at the property preventing the of or the pumping equipment It Is quite probable however how how- ever that the pumps will be In running order by the early part of ot the coming week With the pumps in operation there wilt be the tho addition of ot a nl night ht shift For several years past pt this mine and also the Ridge alley Valley which is operating op op- op- op through the Gemini shaft shatto have done no work below the water level Alex M. M McDonald local contractor I In is Just finish finishing InK up a a. big picco piece of work at the Tintic smelter He had the contract contract con con- tract to remove the furnaces stacks Blacks etc In order to make room for the new mill which Is to be erected there b b h V t the l A I T n I t n ariA n A T Of A VI tn r O work ork will il-b-e il be i taken i i up p In tho in-tho the tho near future futuro on the big mill of ot which George Dern will be bo the manager West Went nt nude It is settled that the ore are to be shipped from the Scotia mine in West Tintic will bo be loaded on the caTS cars of tho the Salt Lake Route at Jericho station tallon This point has been selected in 1 preference prefer prefer- reter- reter ence to Boulder Summit or 01 Tintic Junc June Junction tion aa as the grade Is more uniform and can cnn be used during the en entire en en- tire ye year r. r C. C 1 P. P Brooks Brooka surveyor for the Chief Consolidated was over the road between the tho railroad and the Scotia tia mine during the early part of at the week He is of ot the opinion that the die dla tance between tho the mine and the railroad rail rail- road can be bo shortened somewhat and all steep slopes SiOpe eliminated Officials of 01 the Chief Chlof Consolidated mine mine- arc are undecided as to the best method of ot hauling the tho ore but the tho in investigation In- In which has been made causes them to that a traction engine Is the only logical solution of or the haulIng haulIng hauling haul- haul Ing problem Hauling Bauling by team Is b not only slow but expensive