Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-12-29 | Page 36 | Outpouring of Riches from Tintic

r s r L r v r r r err wr i Outpouring Of Riches from Tin lie i o r err r r r r r rs r rr rr I 11 t t I 3 z a z d E Ex ERy x r a ai ar Ry F i r s y s y fi fit t V t yi J ft y l 4 k t Se t tN f N u a S t t 4 r it t The great t mine of or the whole district which has been a regular dividend payer for almost a a score of years year and which deb has bas au a 8 better showing today than most moot mines In the state It is now the property of the Unites State Stat Mining KIa company and lid production is being almost suspended su awaiting the completion of their new Si 1 smelter ter The mine is Ig splendidly equipped and its product Is all ef of such high grade that there has been practically of f no to output milting milling ore r i ba t I the Ute past put year nar the gen gent en enI w u I t I oral eral conditions hi in Tintic V V It district have materially im improved hit proved While a number of the old mines have not ROt with within within 4 in is recent t been producing their usual u output the Ute aggregate te for tor the year will be he pretty nearly Ir or quite as asman many man carloads as last year while the thea average a weight bt of oC the cars car has hal been very greatly pa increased And hidden QC taUT tatty it nay be noted that wherever mention Is to made of carload carioad tots IoU it to is I liable Mabee to be misleading While the Introduction In m Introduction of tHe larger cars care had bad be begun begun begun gun previously it Is to within the past year that the equipment of our western roads has been greatly improved unproved by the addition of the modern steel teel ballast cars with a capacity of from forty to fifty tons each for the handling of both rest and aDd ore I I In the midst of the district I rises a 8 mountain five er or six miles long which though not a large one Is proving wonderfully productive of the precious mineral The T lt t and the Gemini or Keystone are both located in the bot bottom botI bottom tom of the gulch at a the foot of this mountain and the town of o Eureka I has bas grown up over and above them II while from beneath bene th the surface to a depth of 1 to 1700 1766 1 iN feet teet a vast amount mount of treasure has been taken The lies Hee adjoining the t e near the foot root of oC the mountain referred to It too has hu been heen beena heena a great t producer but rout Its Ita ore bodies at least so 80 far tar down as the has haa gone poe have been worked out of pay ore It to is not in any sense Abandoned but lust development work is being belne prose prosecuted prosecuted hi several directions Higher up on the mountain and aDd a little to the right ht is I the Centennial Eureka Eurek now the th property of the Unit United United ed States Mining company and un undoubtedly undoubtedly the most important mine Inthe in inthe t n the district Elsewhere In describing the United Unite I States Mining property in inthe Inthe f the Bingham district mention is madof made mad e of the particular p features of this great mine Starting then from the Centen to the east there is a suc succession succession cession ce elon of ot claims most moat of them hayIng having g passed the prospect stage and properly y T r T T i i 7 t 4 t ty 4 f y y 4 4 rv 4 4 Y v vf f t S r n r Mr 4 4 I 4 4 9 4 4 c y 4 x 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 h w V 4 4 4 a 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 S 4 t 4 4 f 4 t 5 t 4 h S se 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 TINTIC DISTRICT T The settlement nt built up in connection with Uncle Jesse Jere Knights Kni operations Is but a little more than a mile t he from the center cente of Eureka The labor of its population is represented in the underground workings of the Un ale ele Sam SaID and aDd Humbug the May aT Day and other mines in the neighborhood 4 reached the designation of mines all aU al I the way around the point of the moun mountain mountain tain then west and north again until 1 it is almost a continuous string of devel developed developed properties of the th e whole way around They are not all aU on o n one vein but there are a succession of o f veins vel from the foot of the mountain n almost to wie Ie top Among Amon these starting with the Cen we find in succession n the familiar famUlar names of Eagle k Blue Bell l North South T 4 c H r tF 4 f y u V if 4 f i 1 r Y J s 6 f 4 c c Ji a 4 4 t w 4 4 4 4 A 4 r 7 4 r s 4 Y f e 4 r 4 r 4 4 4 y P N k v 4 4 4 AND Am GEMINI The shaft and hoisting machinery or ot this old mine that ha has for many years Tears been erne j e of the largest and ost w t regular producers and dividend payers in ig i located in the very bed of the gulch below the town of Qt Eu ka The he splendidly equipped concentrating mill above abo it on the side of the mountain has been out of pf co minIs commis fur for tor some time and the mine Itself has been ocen in litigation which it is stated has influenced the limited cd eviction during the past pa t year To Tn the A right is the plant of the old Gemini or Keystone mine It Is being Irked down to the level and ht hM bra yielded a number of fortunes to its owners Packard and McChrystaL stal T T T T t 1 t i f f f h t tt l itt 6 1 g J 1 r t c JF 5 S East and West Godiva Uncle Sam May Day Yankee Consoli COnsolidated Consolidated dated Humbug La ReIne Utah Spy Carlesa Grand Central Mammoth Lower Lo er Mammoth and a host of ot other claims of less note many of ot them In hi Included Included eluded in groups with the mines men mentioned mentioned mentioned A Singular Formation This district Is unique In one respect its Ita ores are not found on contacts as in inthe Inthe inthe the Bingham or Park City districts but are in beds along aJon fissures urell in the limestone the walls walla on both sides being being of limestone but of ot two distinct char characters character characters acter The ores seem to have taken the place of lime as in other districts possibly of ot a softer sotter and more soluble formation than the he two walls of the vein the filling mUng of or the vein to is very much of ot the same character as Sn in n her ther 10 lo localities a part of the way the deposits I 1 being in tn connection with th considerable I percentages of lead 1 Ome others not any with altogether varying ing percent percentages percentages percentages ages of iron and sulphur and with less copper so far tar as developed than is 18 found in other districts Mr C E Allen Alien superintendent of the said recently I that in studying the formation of he lower Jower levels of the mine he Is to begin beginning ning ping to have a ve a suspicion that at a con considerable considerable greater depth than they are arenow arenow now note working a contact will iII be found such as we may refer to as us the regu lation latish type In all the eastern part pars of the moun moon tams there is a scarcity of water the mines are dry A little lit pumping has hu had to be done in the tt e Gemini but at a depth eves eveR of feet below belew the plan of the lowest work lags ings In in the the wa ter tel can all aU be handled bandied by buckets Water ater on the Property Prope Farther east upon reaching the th e porphyry there is plenty of water and anda an ana a considerable part of the supply o of f the city tits and of the mines has ha to b be e hauled or conducted in pipes piece from that the t section All ill of o the ore from this district an and I from the Silver City district three or o r four miles mlle farther west are shipped to t 0 the Salt Lake valley for final treat treatment treatment ment meat In nearly all of ot the mines there has been an accumulation of ores classed as low grade rade and that includes all aU under less than 15 lii 1 per ton value The company erected a splendid mill but It did not fully meet expectations The Eureka Hill Hm property has a mill also which has been more successful in treating the class claM of ores found there Continued on Page 37 T t t tt tt t t 4 4 f 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 lL 4 4 4 r s W fp t 4 k S 4 4 4 1 s 4 4 1 4 i f 4 4 4 u y 4 4 4 4 i 4 J jl THE AJAX MINE JUNE 4 4 At the Head of ot the same valley and only oaly a short shirt distance from the Mammoth is situated the Ajax mine in 4 close proximity to the jaX and Lower Mammoth It has haa h been under trader steady development ent and had made 4 1 4 shipments l during durin the year averaging not quite two cars care per month It is counted by raining mining D men IRen as sa 6 one of the 4 4 t properties destined to shake make an au II important mine minei io i t OUTPOURING O OF RICHES FROM TINTIC MINES Continued from Page Pap 91 31 I The Mammoth company has a I stamp mill In tn n operation with a great r of t concentrating tables work In inK ing in connection tIon with ith them Within the past St year Mesas Flindt and Mosby having obtained a lease lea of the dumps at May Day con COIl with the Crown Gold Milling company for the erection of what is known as 88 the Woods dry ing plant lant Through faulty construction Oa of t n h building in which the machinery wits WILe placed there have been many delays m in n getting started but the result remit ai aL 1 ii i i 11 Mines 1 which have been producing regularly the year through if anything gaining in ID the extent and value of their cutout have sold BOld In the market at all sorts aorta of ot prices The earning value has apparently had no relation whatever in fixing fixin g the th e market value of oC the stocks Statements have been made and pub published which to say saT the least have bave been misleading and many investors Inv are closing clo iu the year vear with far less lees moneY moner to their credit than at the be beJ J It would OR brA greatly to the tile advantage adV U e of the district dl and of all other districts in the state if it there could be some visa clan edJor or securing reliable reverts reports and 8 d that would prevent prevent pre prevent vent the tile circulation of any others From the Carissa going gol on south southwest southwest west and considerably lower down doAD on the mountain we pass in succession lon 1 1 1 1 1 1 mOl mill located a mile JaUe away and d down a steep grade rade on a railway using usina g a cogwheel locomotive The valley i in s which the Mammoth is located de debouches debouches debouches bouches upon a broad valley across acro s e which for tor seventeen miles s a pipe line Une e has been laid to bring the water to t p ep the Mammoth mill Lying below th the e town of Mammoth and immediately immediate y adjoining it the one blending into the theother theother th e other is the progressive little town o of f Robinson on with the Mammoth and Far Farrell Farrell rell mills milia the letter latter now idle on the theother theother th e other side of the town There are hundreds hundred of located claims claim s within the district many of I the them m me grouped in connection con with the mines min e we have specially mentioned and a amany many others in groups on which de development development development work has haa not been prose prosecuted prosecuted prosecuted to any extent 1 1 L 1 LA 1 Ac J 1 L I A 1 L J L L 1 1 T 1 T 1 T T TT 1 T 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 a 3 ny 9 1 MAY f h t tr r k j w r u uY ur uH t Y t r H Y J s t r t r rr s r a 4 J p 4 L u t t PICNIC SWANSEA FOUR ACES SOUTH SWANSEA SEA SWAN t t Passing around the mountain west of the Mammoth th mill a distance of about three miles we come to the toe Silver SUver City district located on the slope of the mountain with a broad valley sloping away aNay a ay to the southeast The TIle view is taken from the side aide of the mountain with witt the town at the rear and aDd shows the compact arrange arrangement arrangement ment of the Ole group of mines illustrated The plants of the Picnic and Four Aces are standing idle but the latter mine has been acquired by the Swansea Swan ea people and is being worked work d through h their shaft The Sea Swan is a prospect pro on the slope lope of the mountains in the background shown above t i to a e Swansea hoist at the right t t rt t t f pears to be that whenever the ma machinery machinerY chinery is s at work It is meeting the expectations formed for it It The prin principle principle ciple appears to be the correct one and from the examination the writer had the opportunity of making he was wu Quite convinced that with operatives experienced in the handling of the ma machines machines machines chines it will be found admirably for the class cl of work to which it ie being applied The cost coat of con concentrating conc c in this way to be beabout beabout beabout about the same as for tor wet concentration concentration tion The advantage is claimed to be that the th envier is much closer of the the values A very much larger lancer proportion of mines in n this district than In hi others a have bon bin listed on the Salt Lake Stock Mining exchange While there was wasa a considerable advantage in m befog behig so 80 in inthe inthe inthe the early earls part vart of the year veer there is a Question whether so o much can be said at the present vre ent time the Boss Does Tweed a little below and at atthe atthe the left of the road then the Victor Star Consolidated and Black Jack all allo o 0 01 them just at the turning point be between between between tween prospect and mine Coming to the gulch in which is located the t e big Mammoth property we w pass first the Lower Mammoth which is already a considerable producer and a mine giving giving ing 1118 host excellent promise next the Ajax Max the and the Mam Mammoth Mammoth Mammoth moth itself Comments are made upon several of these mines in connection with the 11 II which renders further de description here unnecessary Over a steep ridge from the Mam Mammoth Mammoth am ammoth moth In another gulch lies the Grand Central and Emerald the former one of the younger lounger mines yet already an established producer None of these properties are equipped otherwise than with hoists except the Mammoth which has an extensive amalgamating tang i I The Carisa The present Carina Carisa Cari Gold Copper Copp e r Mining Kining company was organized jn in n Au August A Agust u gust and purchased from the former form r Carisa company which had been un u n der the very successful management of ot otI I H E Cary Gary what was known as the th e Carisa CariBa group including the Carisa Cane and Northern Spy The latter had been bee n purchased by the old company for i 50 and under development was proving provi to be a valuable copper and gold pro pr o during property The purchase price ce was stated to be The new com corn company pony pany was organized with a capitalize capitalization tion don of shares at each an anthe and the mine was held beld in such estimation o n by the th investing public that 2010 o shares were taken within two hours hou ts after it was offered by Clarence K McCornick at par The stock advanced advance d rapidly and sold before the close of ot the he t first day on which It was offered up u uto to The mine has hag for the he t c i y Y or v j j y v J v 1 Y Y t t it i Y l t tT t T t t 1 ro bs 3 r w f 4 4 4 x a I 4 v is a 4 n r t k 4 4 1 t a 1 1 i b t i t p t r r rY ra S i I Y a t 9 C x r t 4 ro Jv l BOwERS EXTENSION CONSOLIDATED 11 Leaving Mt Silver SUver City following the road that skirts the foot of the mountain a distance of about four tour miles mild mil we wt M the Tesora in the same relative position as u the Swansea at Silver SUver City Passing on around and over fh th hilt hill to the tight right rl t we come OllIe to the th location of the mines e here illustrated In the valley to the left is the Joe Bowers Hw rs Extension Directly in the foreground for und on th the point of the aH hm is the tb Showers ted The Joe Je towers Bowers line Aine was directly dir at the rear of en the camera lamera I tf t t tt tt t t T TIli 4 Ili o c j c Tf 7 Cc two companies about and aad ad from the earnings by the company has b already paid in dividends The mine is shipping regularly from rom fifty to cars can per month The