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Show I1IIH 10 HAKE HEPAIRS TO SHAFT Properly at Tintic Closed Dowji Tuesday Night for That Purpose. FORCE NOW CONSISTS OF TWELVE MINERS Enough Ore Extracted That Shipments Can Continue During This Period. Tho management of the Mammoth iNr.ininjr eompnny closed the mine at Tintic Tuesday night, aud an extensive campaign o repair work has boon started. Tho main shaft is to undergo cxtensivo repairs, and thoao at the helm wcro unwilling to venture an opinion yesterday as lo .just how long this needed work would be under wny. Tho company desires to havo the shaft and all tho workings in trim condition for tho purposo ot taking every advautagc of tho opportunities now before t lie eompany, tor as great as tho Mammoth has been in the past, its future achievements achieve-ments proiniso fivmi greater things. Dut closing down the properly does not mean that tho Mam moth company will not bo able to send in its ores. During the past months of dull season the management lias been at work extracting ex-tracting ores for the rainy day. The company admits a splendid tonnago is now extracted and ready for shipment, and thoso who know aro of tho opinion that fully fivo months' consignments arc now ready for tho market, tfo it is very probablo that tho company will ship steadily during the entire period of repairing. The company now has thrco cars of ore in tho local market. It was Btatcd Tuesday that a force of about twelvo men will bo kept om-pjoyed om-pjoyed at tho property during the period pe-riod of repair. Tho main Mammoth shaft is down to tho 2100-foot level, whilo from a drift on that level a winzo has been driven for 160 feet. Tintic is famed for its deep mines, and the Mammoth is so far irom the bottom of its resources re-sources as to cause thoso who know Tintic geology to say that the com-pairy com-pairy has hardly started to develop its resources. Greater things below the 2500-foot level are predicted than those had above tho 2000 level. While nothing noth-ing definite can bo stated regarding dividends during the time the management manage-ment is engaged in making repairs, profit-sharing will cause no surprise, as tho company distributed dividends for several mouths after tho smelters were forced to refuse- ore from the mine. |