Show two big successes in 1917 while the mines of utah have been prolific producers during the past year and have made splendid records in tonnage output and dividend disbursements and while numerous strikes and discoveries have been made in nearly every mining camp camo and district in the state at least two sensational developments have been made during the year which in mining parlance might well be termed as being almost phenomenal the big sensation of the past few years has been the cardiff in the south fork of big cottonwood and it was believed in mining circles that it would be many years before this wonderful showing in high grade ore would be equaled if ever let alone its being eclipsed by more recent discoveries and yet in 1917 two ore developments in utah were made which promise with more development to equal the mighty cardiff with the possibilities that this rich mine will find that it will have to make a most strenuous effort in order to maintain its lead the tintic gintic standard for several years the standard mining company operating in the eastern portion of the great district has struggled along in its effort to develop its property so long neglected and ignored by the pioneer mining operator 0 of f the district and for ten long years its manager E J braved adverse public opinion and backed his judgment with his own money and that of his stalwart and never faltering associates before success crowned his efforts and now the tintic gintic standard with its huge bodies of commercial ore exposed and practically blocked out for extraction en joys the distinction of being one of the two sensational developments in utah for the year 1917 the first ore disclosure in the tintic gintic standard was made in 1916 but it was not until the summer of 1917 that the immensity of the deposit was in any way determined and even now great as it is its promise for the future with more extensive exploitation is beyond the power of the most optimistic to even venture an opinion this great body of shipping ore as far as explored is feet in length feet in w width edth and has been opened from near the surface t to 0 a depth of 1200 feet ind and as more inore ore is being uncovered as de loument lop ment progresses it is hard hardly y possible 0 n o estimate the tonnage and value of the 0 in sight and possible ore yet to be un iiii sv vered ered the success of the standard is in an exam i e of what good judgment pluck and per st verance ance can accomplish and an emphatic 4 nial of the threadbare thread bare statement so often reiterated iterated that mining is a failure the company paid an initial dividend of in december last and promises to make a great record in this line during the present year the columbus rexall the columbus rexall is the second of utah mines to cause a sensation in mining circles during 1917 and yet the term sensation does not fully express the full significance ance of this most important discovery which judging budgin from present disclosures and promise for the future places this property in the same class enjoyed by its near neighbor the wonderful cardiff which it adjoins and which it is giving a lively race for equality if not supremacy and the possession of two such wonderful properties is attracting tr widespread attention to the splendid possibilities of the great mining area included within the boundary lines of big and little cottonwood districts the columbus rexall like the tintic gintic standard had long traveled the road of discouragement coura gement disappointment and adversity before it could induce the public at large to even consider with favor the merits and possibilities of its enterprise but murray R evans the moving spirit of the company ably sustained by frank B cook and a few other intrepid members of the company sustained by the hope that was within them and refusing to recognize failure even when it seemed inevitable pushed on and on a mile or so underground until at last success was achieved and a body of ore uncovered that in its magnitude and richness caused a flurry in mining circles from the pacific to the atlantic from the highest to the most humble investor in mining stocks and securities although hampered by transportation and shipping facilities and conditions ore embargoes and fluctuation metal prices the columbus rexall has been steadily shipping almost from the day that ore was first discovered in virgin territory and it is expected the company will make a most commendable production and dividend paying record during the present year too much credit cannot be given to the coterie of men who have given to the state another bonanza in embryo another great wealth producer |