Show TINTIC MINING NOTES reporter eureka utah prank frank P swindler came out from salt lake last sunday evening for the purpose of looking after the development work which is going on at the apex property at mammoth mr swindler states that for a couple of weeks drifting has been in progress on oil the 1325 level and that work in the shaft has been temporarily discontinued the shaft work will however be taken up again in a very short time and the shaft sunk to greater depth the showing in the apex at a depth of 1325 feet Ps is i s highly encouraging cou lou raging and mr swindler is confident of behrig eing able to make a mine it was reported during the week that ore had been encountered in the sioux consolidated soli dated ground to thee the th e south of the colo ado do and while this rumor is somewhat Drei premature nature it is a fact that there has been a change ange for the better at the companas comp anys property the reporter has learned from a 4 thoroughly reliable source that a strong 1 I n of h heavily mineralized ro rock ck has been opened up at two different points upon the foot level where drifting has been in I 1 pro ftfe gress for some me time naturally it is a e f early Y to make a guess as to what this B will lead to but the officers of the s sioux are entirely satisfied and feel that they are nearing the immense ore deposits which have brou brought ht neighboring neigh boring properties into prominence within the past year or two according to reports which have been traced to parties in a position to know the capacity of the tintic gintic smelter is to be increased the smelter is now nearing completion and will be ready to start up sometime next march according to the original specifications the th e smelter was to have a capacity of about tons daily and now comes the report that it will when finally completed be a much larger plant the chief engineer for the new company was out from salt lake the other day ford for the gur purpose pose of drawing up plans for the chant changes les necessary to increase the capacity of the smelter these th ese changes will wil I 1 probably mean two additional furnaces and other equipment necessary for a heavier tonnage |