Show Tintic Lead Company Nears Goal in King David Mine Important developments are expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex within a few few days at the TIntic Tintic Tintic Tin- Tin tic Lead comp company's nys ny's King David mine near Milford according to In Information information forma tion telephoned by Karl G. G Link mine manager of the King David to Paul H. H Hunt the company's general general general gen gen- eral manager Mr Mi- Link said the raise which the company has been driving In the of the west cast fissure that traverses the property has broken through a large quartz porphyry dike and emerged Into limestone In one of the fracture veins extending off the main vein he herald he h has s opened up four feet of ore mostly sliver lead carb carbonate nate with quartz iron and manganese as the gangue minerals He said he believed he was within three or four feet of the The raise has been driven feet and Mr Hunt estimates that its upper upper upper up up- per end is about 1150 feet below the surface outcrop The company Is working two shifts of 12 men each has been engaged engaged enin en en- in this piece of development nt for more than a year From Front the bottom ottom of the f foot o triple compartment shaft the company company com corn pany drifted north feet cutting a number of porphyry dikes in the thelast thelast thelast last 1000 feet Falling Failing to find ore by drifting along the vein after cutting it on the level the company in September began raising in the foot- foot wall Conditions have been Improving improving improving ing steadily ever since Mr Hunt said with scattered lots of galena and appearing In the limestone until it was cut off by the largest of the pOr porphyry hyry dikes dike encountered encountered encountered en en- countered earlier on the level In a recent report to stockholders ers of the Tintic Lead company Mr Hunt writes The system of fissures which dip into the stock and which were the channels for the ore solutions solutions solutions which made the Horn Silver Sliver ore body traverse the King David property for tor a distance of about feet This fissure system which we call the reciprocity shear zone is from 80 to feet wide parallels roughly the southern contact of intrusive and for more than feet of its length the entire fissure breccia is almost completely replaced with vein quartz and the oxides of manganese and iron to together together together to- to gether with streaks and bunches and disseminations of the oxides and carbonates of lead zinc and copper In addition for a long distance along this shear zone we find the limestone beds are mineralized in inthe inthe inthe the hanging wall of this great fissure fissure fissure fis fis- fis- fis sure with disseminations disseminations' of lead and nd zinc sulphides throughout the rock and In 1st many places almost a complete complete complete com com- replacement of the limestone beds by these sulphides This mineralized mineralized mineralized miner miner- hanging wall wali represents an anarea anarea anarea area from to feet teet wide and some feet long The ore in m these lime-bed lime re replacements replacements replacements re- re placements is of good grade and as soon as the raise now being driven reaches these beds we we are certain to ship considerable ore I |