Show tintic gintic great silver camp of utah by H E havenor havener E M tintic gintic the greatest silver producing camp in the united states closed its year with a normal production of the white metal but however with a slight decrease in the other metals the notable events of the year were the expansion of the chief consolidated the increased activity of the tintic gintic standard the results of development in the victoria the resumption of work at the grand central the mining Z of non at the dragon and the activities among the prospects during b the past year the chief consolidated has acquired substantial interests in east tintic gintic among the properties acquired are the east tintic gintic consolidated from the knight interests the eureka lily from the snyder interests and through purchase of treasury stock in the apex standard control or options for the control of the apex standard tintic gintic zenith and tintic gintic union at the same time the company has continued development of all its ore zones has proceeded to patent on east and north tintic gintic mining claims and continued metallurgical experiments for the treatment of its lower grade ores in addition to the above named companies which have been purchased several other groups have been acquired in north tintic gintic including the eureka comstock tintic gintic standard closed the year as the biggest shipper in the camp in the early months of 1921 the mill at warm creek was put into operation treat treating ing oxidized ores while two new furnaces are now being installed for treatment of the sulphide ores from the lower levels of the mine after this installation is completed the mill will be able to treat tons daily according to information from eureka the victoria has developed the past year into one of the big mines of the camp a big tonnage of dry ore having been opened on the lower levels the eagle blue bell has also responded to development work and is said to be in better shape than for many months both of the properties continue to be large producers the water is reported to be receding from the 1600 foot level of the gemini with the probability that mining operations may be continued at a greater depth the centennial mine of the united states company has been shut down for the greater part of the year the eureka mines is operating at a profit the colorado is again responding to the work of the leasers leaders and yielding a profit the iron inon blossom found new ore in what is is considered to be another fissure system and is back among the dividend payers the mammoth has been shut down the grand central leased to paul hillsdale has been started under the leasing b system and is again entering the shipping list at the dragon mine shipments of iron ore have been curtailed but fullers earth is now being marketed it is claimed that this product is of superior quality and markets have been arranged for a large output leasers leaders have been working during the year in the south part of the camp and a considerable tonnage has been mined from the old properties around silver city and diamond some of the ore has been shipped to the tintic gintic mill and some to the smelters shelters sm elters some exceptionally rich ore has been taken from the showers prospecting in north tintic gintic has been confined to the north beck tintic gintic davis and lehi tintic gintic in east tintic gintic the apex standard eureka lily iron king zuma eureka bullion pinion queen and north standard have been active other properties have done assessment work it is worthy of note that during the year walter fitch junior in the water lily shaft of the chief consolidated in east tintic gintic broke the worlds record for shaft sinking having completed feet in 31 days the shaft was thereafter continued to the water level at which horizon drifting is is now in progress the outlook for 1922 is promising several or of the newer prospects have indications of ore and are prospecting under favorable conditions operating b expenses are lower and it is probable that more money will be available for development purposes there is a growing sentiment that the tintic gintic drain tunnel should be continued to its objective in the southern part of the district in order that neighboring b b properties mi might be drained so that development of the fissures mined above the water level might be continued at greater teater depths |