Show around the state officials of the bingham mines company announce the acquisition of the farragut group of claims in the i north tintic gintic district this group located about thirty ya years r s ago agg by y D C harrington will be thoroughly developed the old foot shaft will be timbered re and buildings s const constructed to accommodate the crew the recent sharp advance in the price of empire mines stock on the salt lake stock and mining exchange is explained by the encountering of a 40 foot vein in a W inze from a drift off the main shaft the work of sinking from the he 1800 fo foot ot level was stopped at feet by the management due to water and drifting commenced the discovery of the vein has led mining men at af tintic gintic abdat and at pro provo 0 to believe that now that the vein has ha s been cut ore will hooft soon lie be developed V I 1 no 3 shaft of the gintic tintic standard which is largely for or ventilation purposes has now reached a depth of over ov e r teet feet and as raising is also being carried on from below be aloi it is though that connection will be made with the level of erf the mine within the next two months ni this new shaft is i s northeast of the no 2 or main working shaft and when it connects with the level of the property the waste material that is needed to fill the large will be dropped into the mine through this new opening the volatilization end of the large milling plant of the chief consolidated mining company was put into operation again last week after having been closed down for several weeks while mechanical changes were made manager cecil fitch says that following a warming up process the plant will soon be treating a large tonnage of ore to be taken from the dump at the old eureka hill property which is now a part of the chief consolidated at the eureka hill there is ib a mill tailings dump one of the largest in the state and it is hoped that all of this low grade material can be treated profitably in the chiefs chief s new plant |