| Show Tintic Mining Notes I Eureka Reporter I D C Sullivan who is in charge of the Farragut Mining compans property in North Tintic states that a station Is isnow now nov berg cut at a depth of 00 foOt feet fc t The company may ma discontinue sinking long elough to do some crosscutting upon this level The sinking of the double compartment shaft on the Annandale started this week The pipe for the water line has also been received and the line will be he connected up within a short time It is stated that j i the time new machinery for the Annandale will arrive arrie within the next few weeks M 31 I F was in Eureka on Sat Saturday Saturday and Sunday for a short visit with friends Mr has been in charge of some mining property pro pert near Peterson Utah but has resigned in order to ac accept accept dept a similar position at Ely Ney He left for Nevada the first of the week weel Mrs iles will continue to reside in Salt Lake Those who have visited the Beck Tun Tunnel Tunnel nel net recently say that it is certainly won wonderful wonderful to see the amount of ore which is in sight The ore deposits are so 80 large that In taking out the Immense tonnage from the mine little or no waste is en encountered encountered encountered countered sometimes hardly more than thana a few cars ears of waste being hoisted for days das Superintendent Roundy Boundy is doing some prospecting all the time and apparently apparently there is no end to the huge bodies of ore which have made this mine the sensation of the year The recent disclosures upon tho the lower levels of the Mammoth have virtually made a new nov o mine out of the old bonan bonanza za Upon the lowest level tIme the deposits of copper ore which have bao been opened up the past year or two lead cad those who are arc familiar with the mine mineto to believe that the property will eventually eventually ally become lecome he come a great producer of copper ore Samuel McIntyre Jr under whose direction the mine is being developed has always been anxious to extend the work workings workings workings ings out into the new territory to the northeast of the shaft and this year ear the work which has ha been carried on in this direction on upon several levels has opened up a great deal of rich ore August and Fred Schmidt state that they are now drifting at a depth of feet upon the American property next door to the Beck Tunnel and that the character of ot the quartz now being en encountered encountered encountered countered leads them to believe that they thoy arc are nearing the ore The Schmidt broth brothers ers erg were the tha original owners of orthe the old La Rome Heine ground which Is a part of the Beck Tunnel It is upon the La Reine that Uncle Jesse Knight opened up the immense ore deposits which have made the Beck Tunnel company com pan one of the rich richest richest richest est In the state Sixteen years ago Fred o red and August Schmidt did about j 0 feet of drifting almost directly over the ore which is i now flOW being turned into dividends for the fortunate owners of Beck Tun Tunnel Tunnel nel nd stock |
