Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 30 | Apex Standard is Pushing its Work

APEX STANDARD IS PlfflK IRK New Compressor of Big Capacity Has Been Sent to Property. The Apex Standard Mining company, with extensive holdings in the Tintic district, dis-trict, joining tho famous Tiutic Standard Stand-ard mine, reports through Leivis Merri-man, Merri-man, president and general manager, the shipment Friday of a new standard compressor com-pressor of sufticient capacity to carry down the main working shaft to a depth of not less than ICOo feet should this be necessary- before encountering the on;. As the hoist is now completed find installed, in-stalled, it is anticipated that by the end of this week at the outside the new compressor com-pressor will be in commission, driven by electric power that has already been secured, se-cured, and that this will greatly facilitate the progress on t he shaft, which is now-down now-down a little more than ISO feet. The A pcx Standard company hrMs 'twenty-two claims, that join the Tintic Standard on both the south and the east. It is regarded by mining experts that the linding of the ore in large quantities is only a matter of goinc down, as the Mammoth limestone, in w hich tho great ore bodies of the Tintic Standard make, must of necessity underlie this property, as well a.s tlvse of its t anions neigh Uir nnd the other big producers of the camp, which have found their paying deposits in ihi: formation.