Show THE GREAT centennial EUREKA reporter eureka utah almost almaz A everyone in tintic gintic Tea realizes lizes that the centennial eureka is one of the greatest mines in the state if not the greatest and many are also aware that this famous old bonanza has for years been mining and sending out more ore than all the mines in park city district combined but only those who have been underground have any conception of the magnitude of the ore bodies herbert hopes of the hopes transportation company and the reporter representative were shown through the mine on wednesday by superintendent robert A brown and certainly a more pleasant and interesting journey underground would be hard to imagine notwithstanding the fact that the mine has produced millions upon millions of dollars worth of ore it is still in its infancy and is capable of maintaining its present high tonnage for an indefinite period even if no new ore bodies are opened up it is certainly remarkable to see how even the smallest details in connection with this mine are handled by superintendent brown and the corps of assistants who are wor working kint under his direction every safeguard possible is thrown around the men who are upon the companas comp anys pay roll and this accounts tor for the comparatively few accidents just at present there are busy times in and around the centennial eureka mine the foundation of the new steel shaft house is now being put in and the structural steel for this new building will be on the ground by the middle of next month in the meantime a force of men are at work cutting out a place on oil the south of the shaft house where the new carpenter shop is to be located the engineers who will have charge of the construction work on the new shaft house claim that the building can be put up without interfering with the work underground but there is some question about this and a short shutdown shut down may be necessary while the new building is being erected over the shaft and engine the new compressor the largest in the district which was put in place some time ago is now working almost perfectly and is supplying air for the large number of machine drills in use in the mine the old compressor which is one of the best in tin tic will be kept in running order as it may be necessary to usei use both of them at some future date 0 |