| Show CHIEF consolidated AT TINTIC SECURES SERVICES J FRED JOHNSON J fred johnson mining engineer formerly identified with the staff of the company was named on the instant as general superintendent of the chief consolidated mining companas Comp anys vast empire of properties in the tintic gintic mining district the news was released by cecil fitch vice president and general manager 6 and the local mining fraternity expressed enthusiastic satisfaction over the appointment mr johnson severed his connection with the chief company a few years ago to enter the mine contracting business on oil his own account since then he be has built up an all enviable reputation as an expert in handling t difficult shaft sinkin sinking 6 and tunnel development operations particularly in idaho and california in idaho he still is doing some important work but these tasks or any others that he may tackle in the years to come will in no way interfere with his new duties as general superintendent of the chief consolidated soli oli dated enterprises for his contracting propositions mr johnson has built up tip and trained a staff of assistants in whom he has the utmost reliance and confidence in returning to tintic gintic where chere the present and maturing plans of expansion of the chief consolidated will involve many intricate problems the company and the camp has the supreme satisfaction of knowin knowing that the new general superintendents previous experiences in the mines of the district and the solution of operating problems now have the added benefit of the wide knowledge Z gained by the new directing 6 head while working out and solving problems in other camps in a manner commanding wide attention in the metal mining world new era of older mines in offing in a recent issue the camp paper the eureka reporter takes a slant at the future and present operations of the chief consolidated in the following manner chief consolidated officials have a great deal of faith in the eureka end of the district and believe that it has great possibilities of coming back even as strong as in the past by careful study and persistent development the lias has corne come back and at the present time has every indication of making into one of the really big mines of the district recently a drift from the no 1 shaft of the chief consolidated company discovered an all ore body over feet north of anything that had previously been discovered in the and this new ore has been developing both as to size and richness and gives support to the belief that the continuity of the in that property will be found to be equally persistent in its character as have the mammoth grand central centennial eureka bullion beck eureka hill gemini and the parallel run of the mammoth grand central eagle blue bell chief cons also the two mile run of ore in jesse jcsse knights ats beek beck tunnel colorado iron blossom at knightsville Knights ville about a mile further east one of the features of mining on the western side of this district was the pronounced continuity of the ore runs as shown in the first place by the runs mentioned above these features spread out as a demonstration of the wonderful character of the in tintic gintic later years 3 ears brought with them the discovery of several lines of in the eastern part of the district two miles away and these promise to give magnification to the reputation of this marvelous district future possibilities immeasurable the future possibilities of finding parallel lines of through the district between these two extremities es give it a possible future life that is difficult to measure the reason that further zones have not been discovered during the 50 years life of the district is because 4 L he N whole of it is covered with a lava flow that averages in chicki thickness I 1 ess to 1000 feet and no ore was ever found in this material therefore the work of investigation and search commences after this mass has been penetrated the evidence exists that the ore making magma which is responsible for the ore so far discovered and for the expected possibilities ties is of an extent and magnitude as 6 great as any so far developed in this western country discoveries of additional dit ional lines and zones of ore followed during the past years in the finding of those new mines in the eastern part of the district the tintic gintic standard north lily and others naich are now sure to follow should equal if not surpass in richness any mine ver ever discovered in this section of the country the development of the property which has now been operating for several years in a quiet way and which by recent discoveries gives promise of another mile of situated a little less than a mile west of the knightville Knight ville run demonstrates a new zone of ore which will in that property undoubtedly prove to be a mile in I 1 length with every indication of extending northward r for or possibly several miles paralleling the mammoth grand central eagle blue bell chief ore run the is nearly entirely owned by chief consolidated and the property on oil which the further extension of this ore may be be found extending is owned entirely by the latter company so if this theory is correct it means that the entire zone is owned by the chief and that that company will benefit greatly by any future discoveries that are made |
