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Show T1NTIC MIXES. Special Correspondenre of tho Uerald.j Salt Lake City, June 1st, 1S71. Kh'tors McralJ : Having heard a good deal about the mines in the Tunic district, I thought 1 1 would go and examine them person-1 ally lor myself. I found the Tintic1 mines just about as they had been rep-j resented to me before I started. They are very good, those at Kureka, par-' ticular'y. both rich and extensive. Of course I speak of the mines so far as they have been worked, where ore is exposed. Thus far, there certainly is no humbug. The ores which the Tintic mines produce pro-duce are sulphuret of lead and silver, horn silver, molybdate and chloride of silver, which are found in great abundance. abun-dance. In one place, on the north slope of Eureka hill, there is a body of ore over a 100 feet wide, while on the south slope it is about 20 feet wide and can bo traced for over SOOfeet.in a northeasterly north-easterly and south-westerly course. This immense lode is a concentrated mass of ore which runs down the hill south-westerly and branches off in different dif-ferent veins or spurs in what is termed the "ramification lodes.'' Although the miners now call these ramification deposits, in course of time they will find it otherwise by working con-stant'y con-stant'y atid steadily on the same. The gang".ie? of the ore are of a by-d by-d rated piso'.itic and carbonate of lime. The side wai'.s of the great lode is Devonian limestone, the middle of the hid or divide being of the same. The formation of the country for miles around is of chloridie taieose v'.imestone'1 and Pevoaiau. At Piamond City, which is about eight ruiies ia a southerly direction from Eureka, the formation changes, being generally of a porphyrinic nature. On these formations good and we'.i-defincd we'.i-defincd lodes are found, and. generally speaking, the mines are good, and cfi'or iniucemer.ts to the hard working m:.r..T. I wondered that there were no: more minors a: work than I found, tor there is room suSeieut for a thousand thou-sand working miners. Ia Eureka I feund good accommodation accommo-dation for miners, and plenty of supplies and mining utensils, particularly particu-larly at Baxter ci JSutterfieid's, who are very kind and genuemamy to miners and travelers. Ihere is also a good hotel, "The Tintic Honsc," kept by Mr. JJonner. who. with his amiable lady, do all possible for the comfort of the traveling pubic. Wines cc Kimball run regular stages to Iinti: every other day. The roads are excellent, and traveling very pleasant plea-sant and comfortable. Yours, Pa. Schxu-E3. |