Show news from the ta gintic tintic nta c district di ct the centennial eureka mining company operating at eureka in the tintic gintic district of utah which suspended dividends over two years ago resumed payments on the dinst by the declaration of 1 a share this being dividend no 80 on its 0 shares this company is a subsidiary of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company which corporation owns shares of the stock the remainder is owned by less than a half dozen shareholders the last payment of was made september 24 1913 dividend payments have reached the total of per share george W heintz of salt lake is genera general I 1 manager for the company strike at ridge valley jackson C mcchrystal of salt lake manager for the it ridge idge valley mining company operating at af eureka reports the recent strike of a twelve foot body of commercial ore twenty feet below the 1600 foot level an assay at th the e time of tile the strike disclosed values of 51 per cent lead and 11 ou ounces aces silver to the ton the mine is being worked through the underground workings of the gemini mine the ridge valley will be listed on the salt lake exchange at an ear early ay date lease at the scranton benj F tibby who has a lease on the north wo workings ekings of the scranton mine in the north end of the district made a shipment of high grade zinc ore last week and expects to ship on an average of at least awot cars a week from now on he is now giving employment to a force of seven men but expects to increase this number in the near future since taking hold of the lease mr tibby has discovered some new ore which bids fair to open up into something big chief consolidated and the chief consolidated mining company eureka under the management of walter fitch which holds a larger laier acreage of ground i in n this district than any other company is is now driving toward the ground with the expectation of opening ore bodies which will enable the latter company to operate through the chief workings at greater depth than is possible through its own workings it is freely rumored that the chief will absorb the especially since mr fitch was elected a director of the latter at a recent meeting it was decided at that time to proceed with the development of the and the new work in th the e chief ground is regarded as presaging the taking over of the ground by the fitch in interests te rests the directorate of the now consists of jesse Xi knight light david evans walter fitch J william knight jacob E evans vans and W lester mangum all closely associated with the past development of the district dragon cons shipping iron ore the dragon consolidated mining company operating at silver city is sending from to tons of iron ore daily to tile the international smelter at tooele thoele under its contract with that corporation this ore is taken from the workings above the level but the iron deposit has been blocked out to a depth of SOO feet and shows an almost inexhaustible supply of the ore the companas comp anys present contract is only temporary but officials hope that it will be continued the company is also sending a good tonnage to the knight dern bern mill at silver city from which a steady return is received jesse knight of provo is general manager for the company and E R higginson is superintendent iron blossoms big earnings the iron blossom consolidated mining company also in the silver city section of the district is clearing well above the mark monthly the big deposit of copper ore which was first opened on the level is now being scoped on the 1100 and it is understood that preparations will soon be made for sinking to greater depth along this ore shoot in the south end of the mine at a depth of 1700 feet a drift is now being extended toward the above copper ore body this work is being done under contract by walter fitch jr and good progress is reported despite the hard ground tile the average advance is about five or dr six feet a shift charles E zabriskie is superintendent for tile the iron blossom company new ore at tintic gintic standard information was sent out from the tintic gintic standard property in tile the eastern end of 0 the district last week that another important ore development has been made there it is in a new that is being sunk from the 1000 level and is reported to have the earmarks of a large deposit tile the values are in lead and silver and average returns are stated to be in the neighborhood of 30 a ton this is the second important ore find in this property recently and operators in that end elid of the district are watching developments with a great deal of interest the work at the tintic gintic standard is under the management of E J eureka lilly development the management of the eureka lilly a near neighbor of the standard is now drifting on the level with the object of getting under the side breaks and into the ore bearing channel former operators followed ore from the surface to the level the present company is reported to be preparing now to sink to tile the 1000 level and to drift out to the ore zone at about each feet it is the expectation of the management that considerable ore of a commercial grade will be developed by the present work on the SOO level and this will be opened at depth as the work progresses experienced operators of the district look for this prop erty to develop into an important producer work resumed at sioux resumed on the work has recently been al mining ining property of tile the sioux consolidated company at mammoth W D loose who is in charge of the work has been making necessary repairs to the machinery and 1 sinking operations is now ready to 9 gu 0 ahead with erat ions A is to be sunk from the older workings of the property with the hope of locating the northern axtens extension ion of which is now tile the great copper ore shoot under development at the iron blossom it is thought by many that this deposit y make through the phoebe S claim of f th tl sioux company prospecting d done one beloi elo r the company ceased operations after wor yori 0 ing out its available silver lead deposit dem j 0 gave strong indications of the presence i an below the lowest w workings i 9 tile the property at that time and the presed arese operations are to be prosecuted to pig drol the truth or fallacy of the theory r y MM aa ager loose is confident that he can put th ti if property back among the regular producer produce of the district |