| Show I TIITTIC HAUNTS The Hills Are Black With Prospectors Pros-pectors Kiners and Investors James M OBrien the veteran Lead ville miner who has pitched his tent at EureZxa and who is doing a large amount of mine contract work all over family Tint district is in the city with his II ODiien speaks most enthusias I ticaiy legarding Tintic district and what the future has in store for the I difftiiu camps within its environ meat his statement being to the effect tha there is wonderful activity thereat I there-at the present time and figuratively speaking tile hills are black with pios > ectcrs mining men and in 1 vectors and he believes that the days day-s not far distant whet Tintic with its i varied and unrivaled mineral resources I wiil be the topic of conversation in every business center in the United I States iir OBrien states that numerous strikes are the order of the day in Tin tic now one of the latest being in the property of the Molly Dawn company I net far from the Alaska In this ground j acooi fling to The Heralds informant a i I twentyeightinch body of ore has been oiKcuntered in the bottom of the for r I fJehifoot shaft which will carry average aver-age auf of 5 per cent copper 7 percent I I per-cent led 20 ounces silver and 3 in i gold to the ton in addition to which a I sixft t body of carbonate ore valued I at 12 1 a ton has been disclosed in other I portions o the property 500 tons of the I latter having been contracted for bv I i Mr OBrien for the Connecticut Reduction I Reduc-tion Works at BIngham Junction I Mr OBrien has the contract for the development of the Crown Point ground above the Sioux and he is woi nrr a force of eighteen men in the exploitation of this property which is ownel by a Salt Lake company which sail under the same title The fn > wn Point shaft has bee sunk on a strong ledge to a depth of eight fee an l at this point the vein is all of five ftvi t in width and heavily mineral ized some o the ore carrying high values in chlorides and sulphurets and it is believed that the whole of the bottom of the shaft will assay at least 0 run es in the unite metal 1a 1 to then I the-n and well in gi1d > values A tunnel 5 ale i being din en to cut the ledge 1 at a depth of 7fO f et on Its dip This tunnel A = non in 2 distance of 10 fee and showsa bcdy of lowgrade ore in its fa The vein is a true fissure between be-tween weB defined walls and the outlook out-look for the property is most encouraging encourag-ing to say the least Mr OBrien also says that North Tint Tin-t 1 f is having a boom of its own and tnt there ic In 10 C d a tivity in the idnity of the Gold Liossotn In the White Star in this locality a 3foot veIn has just been opened in the contact con-tact which i is believed will carry all ear of 100 in gold to the Jon as when the wheJ quartz is pulverized and roasted bubbles bub-bles ofthe yellow metal can be seen all through It Mr OBrien is the contractor con-tractor at the White Star as well a a stockholder in the company and hl is satisfied that it Is the making of a big and paying mine mang Adjoining this ground is the Sullivan Consolidated group which is now forming form-ing the basis of a new mining incorporation I incorpo-ration and it is believed that this property prop-erty will mae a record for Itself at an early day as already in Its development develop-ment a fine body of lowgrade ore has been uncovered With an encouraging showing in the mines all over the camp Mr OBrien looks for a boon for Tintic this coming summer and in this opinion he is Joined by many others who are familiar with I Tintic prospects and famiar |
