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Show CONCRETE COLLAR ST IE HI SHAFT Mine Is Proud Possessor of Latest Wrinkle in Haberdashery. The Gemini company of Tintic is another Utah mining organization to take advantage of the benefits of con-croto con-croto for tho collar of tho shaft, and this work, which has been under way for several days, will be completed in a few days more, from which time on oro production will.be resumed at the normal gait. Tho Gemini shaft when started was cribbed for about thirty-five thirty-five feet, and tho concrete collar will bo a wolcomo innovation from thfi j standpoint of efficiency and safety hereafter. . , , ... While shipments during July will bo interfered with by this improvement, improve-ment, the management believes that results for tho month will be equally as good as those in June, if not better, and Juno showed an increase of several sev-eral thousand dollars over May. The hold-ovor production of June to bo settled set-tled for in July promises to equal the value- of the June settlements alone. It will be seen, therefore, that the Gomiui is in a first-class earning position. posi-tion. . While a close corporation, the Gemini Ge-mini has nevertheless been a generous one for its shareholders, and during its productive career since 1S90 the mine has produced approximately $6,000,000 worth of ores, of winch $2,180,000 has been distributed in the form of dividends. Both company anil lease activity iu virgin territory continues con-tinues almost daily to bring "new resources re-sources to view, and that the property's proper-ty's virgin formations are still capable of producing the high grade material that has made the mino noted in the past is evident from the car-lot shipments ship-ments now being mado which run as high as 300 or 400 ounces of silver to the ton. The Gemini is a striking illustration of the well known saying to the effect that as long as there is untouched ground within the ore zones of Tintic there is a splendid chance for new and rich resources being discovered. |