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Show DESERET ififfiT HAS WATER SUPPLY Management Reports Valuable Valu-able Asset to Vest Tintic Property of Merit. W. W. Livingston, genci-il manager-of tho Doseiet Mountain mine of West Tin-tic, Tin-tic, yesterday made the following statement: state-ment: The- em:ounterinfr t V.atcr In the Deseret Mountain mlno a few weeks sko lias developed Into an asset of no Pin. ill proportions. When this water lirst upiieiu-ed In the. face of the new shaft ut the 270-foot point It was thoUKht that the water level had been reached but since the shaft lias been sent on' to the :i00-foot level It has , been proven that the water BO encountered en-countered was simply a spring. The water Is IlowinK from I lie granite gran-ite and a sample tested by the slate chemist shows that it is pure water, suitable for all culinary and other purposes. Arrangement is bcliis made lor the installation of a pump, which will be operated by the air power 11 -readv installed at the mine, and nils Installation will mark the end of the water difficulty with which the Des-rret Des-rret Mountain has heretofore been handicapped. The water problem tip to this: lime has probably been the one most difficult problem controminR the operation of the Deseret Mountain Moun-tain mine. .. In the sprinK water for both cull-narv cull-narv and machinery purposes had to he hauled for a distance of six miles, and later on for a distance of from ten to twelve miles. It therefore can he readilv understood that this spring, flowing moil gallons each day. Is an as-et to the mine of many thousands of dollars. The directors are partlcu-lnrlv partlcu-lnrlv lubllant over this development at this' time, because they were just lis-nring lis-nring out another way of procuring water at a considerable cost. Progress at the mine is continuing In the same aggressive manner as has marked operations of tills company com-pany for the last eighteen months. A station is being cut on the 300-fnot 300-fnot level of the now shaft, from which drifts are being started In two directions on the vein. As soon as sufficient drifting has been done to get under the ore blocked out ,n the upper part of the mine stoplng will begin from below and this wlh mark the beginning of regular shipments from liils bonanza property. A W Smith, associated with the companVs activities, left yesterday with six Salt Lake business men foi the purpose of Inspecting the property. |