Show TINTIC ROLLS OUT BIG TONNAGE OF ORE DURING THE PAST YEAR A ore shipments from the mines of the tintic gintic district for tor the past twelve months amounted to carloads or approximately proximately sp tons falling below the record of the previous year by 1439 carloads or tons according to athe the eureka reporter this decrease in tonnage was principally due to two facts first that the chief consoli dated mining company which had been the heaviest shipper in in the tintic gintic district for many years shipped carloads less in 1924 than for the previous year second because there were a smaller number of mines in the shipping list twenty mines were producing in 1924 as compared with thirty for 1923 the tintic gintic standard gained carloads over its record of 1923 and while it was second in number of carloads shipped the mine undoubtedly heads the list in tons of ore although the total shipments for 1924 are much smaller than for the previous year generally speaking the district had a most prosperous year the production is considered marvelous in view of the fact that many of our mines mines have been passing through a very trying period brought about by the expiration of the dollar price for silver the chief consolidated still heads the list of shippers with 2517 carloads and the tintic gintic standard closely follows with 2510 however it is understood that if the output of the two properties were reduced to tons the standard would be away in the lead in view of the fact that most of the standards carload shipments will average around 70 tons to the car while those from the chief will run close to 50 tons the bingham mines comprising the eagle blue bell victoria and american S star tar is third in the list with the iron blossom dragon con consolidated oli and the tintic gintic milling company following in the order named the complete list is as follows chief consolidated 2517 1 tintic gintic standard 2510 bingham bing ham mines y iron blossom dragon consolidated tintic gintic milling company colorado Coloia do mammoth ammoth Al centennial eureka 4 43 3 empire mines 39 bul bullion ii on beek beck 26 godiva 17 iron king 12 mountain Aloun tain view mining alining company 9 tintic gintic drain tunnel 7 yankee consolidated 4 uncle sam 1 swansea 1 1111 1 1 11 1 apex standard 1 total carloads for foi 1924 |