Show AND GOLD gald CHAIN reporter eur eureka eka utah two of the most promising mines in the tintic gintic district at the present time are ahe he gold chain and the Opo hongo both are now mining some splendid ore and the gold cold chain is now one of the heaviest shippers in the mammoth end of the tintic gintic district the Opo hongo has the ore opened up in a number of places and a little later will be sending out a heavies tonnage mining men who have been underground at these mines are expecting them to develop into bonanzas in th very near fatur fu tur manager loose of the gold chain who was in the district distri cl this week states that among the improvements which have been planned for this mine is the installation of a larger and better boi hoisting sting plant the raising of the collar of the shaft to a point upon the surface and thereby lifting the waste to the surface and bringing the ore out through the tunnel where it can be loaded without a wagon haul as soon as the railroad company builds a switch to the mine the ore is now being brought out through the tunnel and hauled to the railroad at robinson it is not known however just when the company will be in a position to make these changes but better hoisting equipment will no doubt be installed early in the new year manager hatfield of the Opo hongo mine this week commenced some work upon the 1000 level and from the present outlook he will le be able to open up some good ore at this depth this work is being handled through the black jack in fact the drift was driven up to the hongo line by the black jack company c and the hongo company are simply following up this work some good bunches of ore have already been apen opened up by this drift and the indications could hardly be better for the opening of a large deposit the showing upon the other levels of the Opo hongo go is splendid and as soon as the mine can be placed in tle tl e proper shape for the handling of the ore the output will no doubt be materially increased about the first of the week the Opo hongo work will be handled through the gold chain shaft and the ore will be brought to the surface through this shaft instead of through the black jack As soon as this change is made the Opo hongo will use the power for the machine drills from the new compressor plant which is located at robinson and which for several weeks has been operating the drills and the hoist of the gold chain company the compressor plant was erected for the gold chain and opo hongo companies it is a very complete plant and in addition to running the hoist will make sufficient power for the operation of about ten drills 1 0 |