Show EXPANSION PLANNED BY SILVER SHIELD Renewed activity by the Silver Shield Mining and Milling company beginning with a deal for tor 20 acres of mineral ground in the Tintic district Is is promised in a letter Jetter mailed to stockholders this week by J. J Edward S Swift Ift secretary of the company The ground to be acquired acquired acquired ac ac- ac- ac is the property of the East Standard Mining company which Is now centering its activities on onIt It its mine and mill at Midas Elko count county Nevada Before starting work in Nevada the East Standard sank a shaft feet feat on its Tintic property In adjacent adjacent ad ad- j jacent cent ground the Sliver Silver Shield had driven a shaft approximately to the same level Jevel Upon conclusion of the proposed deal the Shield will round out its Tintic holdings and be in a position to connect the two shafts for tor ventilation and safety Twenty years cars ago Silver Shield attracted attention by a rich strike at l Bingham Later it purchased the Independence group just cast east of the Tintic Standard Groups of claims were acquired also in West Vest North Tintic and the Clifton district near Gold Hill HilJ Utah Two years eara ago it purchased a controlling Interest in the Miners Gold company company company com com- pany Jn In the tho Gold Circle district of Nevada Although little has been done In recent years owing to the low prices of silver and lead a more aggressive policy is planned b by the directors Mr Swifts Swift's letter announces |