Show around the state reports from alta state that the michi gan utah tram is once more in operation and will be kept busy removing the accumulation of ore incident to the tie up in service the directors of the tintic gintic delmare mining company controlling twenty claims in the north tintic gintic district near eureka have decided to commence immediate work on the property the consolidated ores company owning valuable vanadium uranium claims in the brumley ridge section near moab is making arrangements for putting a force of men at work on their property J W stephens will be the engineer in charge the temple mountain uranium claims near moab are undergoing active development and a steadily increasing force of men is necessary to properly work the new veins encountered each week several carloads have been shipped recently owing to the increasing activity amon among g the mines of the tintic gintic district with the resultant need for additional electric power it has been necessary for the utah power light company to install a new line between the tintic gintic standard and properties owing to the evidences of encountered at the foot level of the north tintic gintic standard mine at eureka the company has decided to cease sinking the shaft beyond the five hundred foot level at the present time but will drift to intercept ore bodies believed to be on this level new machinery has been ordered for the independence mine in the tintic gintic district at eureka and as soon as the new gallows frame is completed and the machinery arrives development of the companas comp anys ground will go ahead rapidly more or less litigation has hampered the work for some time sinking of the main shaft of the big hill mine one of the knight properties in the tintic gintic district near eureka is progressing favorably according to hugh trenholm fieldman for the knight interests it is the intention to sink to a depth of from to 1000 feet before starting other development work A drain tunnel is being driven at the property of the panama mining milling company near moab to take care of the water that has prevented development of the rich ore bodies known to exist copper ore to the value of from to per ton was formerly shipped from the mine before the water caused the closing down of the mine A 1500 foot shaft will be sunk on the property of the eureka standard mining company adjoining the properties of the tintic gintic standard mining company on the south near eureka according to F C richmond of salt lake president of the company the eureka standard is a consolidation of the south lily montana and bonanza properties increasing activity at the spruce monarch mining companas Comp anys property in the spruce mountain district twenty three miles from tobar has caused the officials of the company to refuse an offer of several hundred thousand dollars for the property is a local report repeated shipments showing excellent returns averaging around 65 per ton are being made at a recent meeting of the directors of the iowa copper mining company a report was given to the stockholders of the company showing the developments of the past year the mine situated in the park city district produced pounds of ore for which the company received new equipment to the value of 2500 was installed and about feet of new work accomplished complis hed in a section of the property of the dragon consolidated mining company under lease to the tintic gintic milling company a recent gold discovery was made which is more than exceptional in the district two carloads have been shipped and the ore will run better than 20 in gold to the ton the new strike was encountered near what is known as the white dragon shaft more than a thousand feet south of where the company is mining its iron ore the austin mining property at the head of major evans gulch in american fork canyon from which such sensational values were obtained when first prospected thirty years ago is about to be redeveloped W H child has disposed of his interests to john F bradshaw and senator edward southwick who with C W earl will start a force of men at work very shortly several shipments of ore averaging 2500 ounces of silver and in gold were made years ago A vein of copper ore averaging 10 per cent in the red metal and with some values in lead and silver has been encountered in the property of the metals state mining milling company near dugway the vein has been developed down an incline a distance of feet and from a crosscut thirty feet from the bottom the thickness of the vein was shown to be sixteen feet A concentrating cent rating mill is being constructed capable of handling twenty five tons per day and henry vice president states that there is enough ore in sight to keep the mill running tor for two years the peruvian consolidated mining company of salt lake operating at alta utah shipped eleven cars of 18 and 25 ore during the past summer this ore coming from the red dump level between the upper and lower levels the ore body from which the shipments were made consists of a 38 foot vein of carbonate of lead ore that required five 6 foot square sets to timber on the surface on what is believed to be an extension of the cardiff fissure a surface cropping of high grade lead ore was discovered last summer to reach which a thou sand foot tunnel is being run which will cut the ore measure at depth in other portions of the mine extensive bodies of pay ore are exposed the ore bins at the mine are full to overflowing but shipments have been discontinued for the winter henry welling is president and J P clays is secretary a and nd treasurer for the company the company will probably build a tramway in the spring |