| Show DIAMOND DRILLING AT SIOUX CON AND OTHER PLACES BY LOCAL FIRM egildson bros diamond drilling contractors of this city have installed one of their numerous rigs on the 1900 foot level of the sioux consolidated mine at tintic gintic and have started on a contract to do several thousands of feet of prospecting from that level under the direction of E F birch president and general manager of the sioux company during the past year the sioux management has been opening up its ground at the depth stated through a drift from the colorado shaft which has reached the heart of sioux 9 ground round it now is the purpose to prospect the ground above the 1900 and possibly laterally as well and manager birch has announce announced a that three or more holes each with a possible length of 1500 feet will be drilled the egildson bros have done much prospecting work in the tintic gintic district for the chief con tintic gintic standard and others and their familiarity with the formations of the district will insure rapid work being done for the sioux consolidated which will wili suspend other development work pending the completion of the diamond drilling campaign in addition to this work J A egildson head of the firm who has just returned from the lucky boy property adjoining the engels mine in california states that the drill prospecting at that property is still being prosecuted with substantial endmost and most encouraging results the fourth hole has now been finished and the rig has been moved to the site for the next hole this work is to continue at the same time diamond drilling contracts are being executed by the Egild sons over in wyoming and additional contracts at various places are being figured upon in the oil and coal fields of this and surrounding states |
