Show gintic tintic ti 0 antic standard mechanical mucking an innovation has been introduced at the tintic gintic standard companas comp anys mines at tintic gintic utah it is nothing less than the substitution of the mechanical for the strong arm method of shoveling and loading scoped ore into cars the tintic gintic standard management like many other mine managements has experienced much difficulty in securing muckers duckers muc kers for certain portions of the mine and to relieve the situation old mother necessity was called upon to solve the problem the scheme evolved has proven highly efficacious and reliable besides cutting down the cost of handling the ore road scraper does the work on the 1100 level of the mine in the main north south mineral channel a large of dry silver ore which averages in value well over thirty ounces to the ton has been opened here according to J A hogle hogie who visited the mine recently a road scraper handled by two men is being used to load the broken ore into mine cars A small air hoist has been set up from which is run a steel cable to the scraper the scraper is both loaded and hauled up an inclined slide to the cars by this cable this method of handling broken ore where sufficient space is available is said to be superior to that of mucking in the usual way more afore ore is handled in less time about two scraper loads fill a mine car and much hard labor is saved according to mr hogle on this level the temperature is so high that it is almost impossible for duckers muckers to work with any degree of comfort or efficiency new Is a big one this new of ore is situated on the 1100 foot level about feet west of the no 2 shaft As far as recent development work has progressed the ore is s from forty to fifty feet wide and still going strong in all directions inasmuch as this ore zone has been proven to be continuous to a depth of 1400 feet the vertical thickness of the ore deposit at the XO 0 o 2 shaft is now over feet one hundred and fifty feet southeast of the e no 2 shaft in a raise fifty feet above the 1450 level a new of high grade ore e has been opened up most of the values of 01 this ore occur in the form of a galena III which the silver values run high ore re body dy proven for feet in length A another listher significant fact in connection h the ore opened up on the 1100 foot eve vel is that this mineralized horizon is higher sher up than any other ore previously nd as far north as the no 2 shaft the first great mineralized area opened p ill the tintic gintic standard no 2 shaft was on the 1260 foot level moreover with the tension of the ore body north of the no 2 shaft the main mineral channel has been developed north and south along the strike of the vein for a distance of feet in one place between the 1260 and the 1350 level a extends east and west horizontally zon tally for a width of feet the whole mass as it is being broken down being of a shipping grade |