Show around the state at a distance of feet northwest of the shaft on the level of the independence at tintic gintic Tin tic the drift along the contact of the quartzite and the ophir formation has entered a bed of soluble limestone according to manager H S j oseph joseph H S joseph has hals returned from milford where he went to get affairs in shape for the installation of a new hoist and compressor at the magnolia lead mine in the star district manager of the magnolia lead who is also owner of the Plum bick group is preparing to ship a carload of ore from the latter prospect A total of 1500 feet of diamond drilling has been done in the sioux consolidated property according to manager E F birch drilling is being done on a level that corresponds with the 1900 level of the colorado shaft drill cores have proven much highly mineralized territory to exist and have checked up on geological theories of the management A report from eureka state the mammoth mine is shipping tons daily of ore that nets the company from 25 to 32 a ton conditions are showing steady improvement ni ent ore on the 1500 level developed for a distance of feet along its strike has been followed up to the 1100 level A drift on the level has about feet more to no go to reach the probable upward extension of this ore A long jong and difficult piece of engineering work was completed on the ath instant by the tintic gintic standard mining company when the crosscut from the level due south to the eureka standard a distance of feet made a connection liec tion with a crosscut cross cut driven from the level of the latter improved ventilation and transportation facilities will now accrue to the eureka standard as a result of the completion of th this is work recently the empire mines company of tintic gintic produced one lot of ore from the 1200 level where the company is raising and sinking on a ten foot quartz vein inter interspersed ased through with some ore the shaft being sunk from the 1800 level to reach the ophir formation has gained a depth of feet in a highly mineralized formation according to general manager hugh trenholm about one third of the material being taken from the shaft is quartz and iron and the remainder is limestone consolidation of the lion coal company with the superior rock springs coal company the premier coal company and perhaps another coial company is being considered according to prest marrier A browning of the lion coal company he announces that fred carr has been placed in charge of sales for the lion coal company succeeding james T hill who recently resigned mr browning will li handle andle some of the work of general manager from which position mr hill resigned edward R salt lake mining engineer who is is operating at eureka was in in the city for a few days recently he says that tintic gintic mines mine s are prospering the slight decline in met metal al prices has affected some of the low grade producers but the bulk of production will be unaffected acted some excellent ore is being opened up in the mine of the chief consolidated mining Com company the ore on the lowest level of the chief mine is also making to depth in an exceptionally encouraging manner shareholders of the central standard company and perhaps many others are interested in the campaign of development work which has for some time been in progress on the foot level of what is commonly known as the copper leaf shaft this work is being directed by the companas comp anys geologist N 0 lawton who states that he considers it the most promising piece of prospecting that has ever been handled from that shaft which has a depth of more than 1000 feet the point where work is now being carried on oil is about 1600 feet from the shaft the drift being sent out toward the northwest much importance is attached to the work now being done by the international smelting smelling Sm elting company in the tintic gintic district and while this is now confined largely to the yankee shaft a force of about forty men is being used for some time there have been persistent reports regarding other prospecting that the officials of this company have planned for the the tintic gintic mineral ground now under their control which amounts to many hundreds of acres this ground extends from the eureka end of the district on through to the holdings odthe of the tintic gintic standard some miles to the east at the yankee shaft work is being handled on four levels in all six headings being driven and the aggressive development work should result in the opening of a new mine for tintic gintic |