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Show Tti'!YC I3ZMT08 ilSSHOSION TO BUILD II? B:S -UTfiH DISTRICT. Mining company, of ' which George Wingfield is the head", a 5x8 incline shaft has 'been put down to a depth of 65 feet, and every foot of the way values have been in evidence and on the increase as depth was attained. "At the thirty-foot level eight feet of carbonate ore was encountered which yielded three ounces in gold and 747 ounces in silver. "At the forty-foot level a sample clean across the end of the shaft assayed as-sayed nearly an ounce in gold and 275 ounces in silver. "Other assays showed gold 2.34 ounces, ounc-es, 9.44 ounces, nine-tenths ounces; silver, sil-ver, 747.76 ounces, 96.24 ounces, 139.09 ounces. "The highest assay from the workings went $691. "This is good news, indeed, for the camp, but the best part of the find is based on the fact that from thirty-five' assays taken twenty-five gave returns that, are of a shipping vrade. "Over on block 10 of the company's property an assay of 3.24 gold and 190.62 silver has been recently obtained, and it may be that some work will be done on the ground as soon as the arranged ar-ranged plans for the operation of block 7 are well under way. ' ' ' There was a reported find of rich ore on block 11, which reached the ears of the management this week, but after investigating the same and examining the rock Manager Morris says 'it does not look like the interior or a jewelry store or mint.' and he believes the ore on block 10 is better. 'The ore in the shaft on block 1 is a sulphide ore, the quartz also showing show-ing traces of iron and manganese. This is no idle theory, and the rich find that has been made on the Wingfield property means a great deal for the camp. An organization of Tintie mine op-: op-: erators was effected yesterday afternoon after-noon at a meeting that had been arranged ar-ranged after much effort by the gen-! gen-! tlemen who are taking the lead in the development of that rich district. ' A constitution and by-laws were adopted, adopt-ed, and officers elected as follows: President Clarence E. Allen-First Allen-First vice-president John Dern. Second vice-president Lafayette Holbrook. Secretary Harry S. Joseph. Treasurer Jackson McChrystaL The organization will be known as j the Tintic Mine Operators' association, and the by-laws allow all companies i and owners and operators interested ; in the Tintic district to become mero-i mero-i bers.:. Every such person and cdrpora- tion in fact is invited to join, and co- operate in effecting the purposes of the association. Twenty-three charter , members were enrolled. - Principal among the purposes of the I organization are the securing of more ; favorable freight rates to the Salt Lake : amelters for the low grades of the Tin- . i tie district. The association is empow-: empow-: cred, however, to rake up and handle very question that may arise in the prosecution of mining throughout the territory named; and the gentlemen . who have been instrumental in effeet-: effeet-: ing the organization express the belief that henceforth less trouble than in the past will be experienced in carry- ing on the mining business in various eamps of the section named, which is one of the leading ore producers of Utah, making a record in fact of yielding yield-ing between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 ." per annum es much in the aggregate amount as Goldfield, Nev., has been ?roducing. and the only difference is bat the Tintic product includes all the metals while Goldfield yields only gold. The movement began when these operators op-erators found themselves illy equipped six weeks ago. for showing the railroads rail-roads why Tintic should have a lower freight rate on certain classes of ores, and that other transportation conces- sions from the railroads ought to be secured se-cured if Tintic take the place its resources re-sources demand as a producing region. The discovery was made that . many of the rates which the district was paying pay-ing were ineonsistent and illogical, and not calculated to stimulate the devel- opment of the region, and also that while a few of the companies were doing do-ing pretty well on the rate question, thev held these favors temporarity. There was found also to be an utter lack of the data regarding the present and probable aggregate tonnages of the district, and that the railroads were better bet-ter equipped to combat the demand for better rates than the complainants were prepared"to prove their cause. The first influence of the association will be centered on the railroads for lower rates, and accordingly the gen-' gen-' tlemen heretofore constituting the com mittee commissioned to treat with the common carriers was continued in office, and instructed to go ahead with that work. The leaders in the association believe that there will be secured a rate that will enable the shipment of many hundred hun-dred tons of low grades, on dumps and in slopes, and some of which have lain for many years awaiting the time when the prices of the metals might ascend to points now reached and also when they eould be hauled out and treated at iess expense than in the past. The aggregate value of the metals in these ores at present prices is. many hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollars, and therefore, there-fore, as was expressed by various speakers speak-ers at the meeting, "the work we are doing today is of extremely large significance sig-nificance to the State of Utah as well ' as ourselves." . With this association pushing the m-. m-. terests of the district Tintic is expected ex-pected to assume a more active condition condi-tion than ever, although it has been ' and is doing well. All owners of property, however, realize that more capital is needed to bring very promising prom-ising new ground under development and production, and that every new producing mine in the district will add that much influence to the movement for lower rates to the smelters, which are considered too high, compared with the short down-hill pull and the rates that are enjoyed by mines many - hundred miles distant from Salt Lake. " POWER OP MIDAS. George Wingfield of Nevada, all-round all-round lucky man, who struck it big in Tonopah; who furnished most of the grubstake for the men who first opened mines in Goldfield, and who has probably prob-ably staked more prospectors in the sagebrush State than any other of the ' original Tonopah magnates, seems to possess the power of old Midas himself. If George does not get in on the grubstake strikes personally he comes in later wherever anything good is dis-. dis-. covered, and he sems to have struck the right spot in Fairview camp when he secured property, along with Dick Colburn, formerly of Salt Lake, and other associates, joining the Nevada Hills estate on the north, for the Fair- view Miner discusses his bonanza prospect pros-pect as follows: "At the rich strike on block 7, on Boulder 3 claim, of the Fairview Eagle The work of building the roaa lor transporting the hoist and supplies to the scene of the recent find is being pushed along as fast as possible, and with the hoist. in operation we shall see the Wingfield property join the ranks of the shippers of this camp", and make good all we have ever said." The Fairview Miner also says: Yhcn L. M. Sullivan, on his visit to camp last week, determined to start up work on the ground of the Eagle's Nest Fairview company a decision of much interest and some importance was reached, for the claims owned by this company must be deemed one of the most promising groups in this section. The surface showings could hardly be improved upon, and it would be no exaggeration ex-aggeration to say that, with one or two exceptions, they surpass any in camp, not, perhaps, in enormously high values, val-ues, but in good values well distributed j throughout the ground. The Eagle's Nest Fairview company has for president presi-dent the Governor of the State, the Hon. John Sparks, and the claims held are the Lookout No. 1 and the Tisson, giving an area, roughly estimated, of about fifty acres. ' 4 Under the superintendence of Dr. J. W. Clegg, men were on Sunday last put to work' on a tunnel, which it is intended to run in 200 feet as a drift on the vein, thereby attaining a depth of about 150 feet. "The main ledge along which the tunnel tun-nel will travel, has a north and south trend and a westerly dip, and it makes a very well-defined outcrop for a considerable distance, showing a width of 6ome six feeti. About half way between the portal of the tunnel and the summit of the hill, and along the course of the vein, a shallow shaft was some time ago excavated, and from the ore uncovered two samples were taken which an assay gave returns re-turns of $50 and $40 to the ton. "Another ledge, though without so prominent an outcropping, runs from the east to a little north of west. This vein, however, does not seem yet to have been much prospected, and what surface values it may carry are apparently appa-rently unknown. "A third vein, with a very slight outcropping, has a northwest and a southeast course, and this ore is found on the opposite and srrsi'aern slope of the gulch to that on which the two previously mentioned, ores are located. A seven-foot prospect shaft has been sunk upon this ledge, and on a very cursory cur-sory examination of the dumped rock one finds some very fine looking quartz, honeycombed and snowing up surprisingly surpris-ingly well in sulphides, though how great or small the values may prove, must, of course, be left to the verdict of the assayer. "The appearance of the quartz, furthermore, fur-thermore, is such as to warrant the belief be-lief it should go well in gold values. Down in the shaft five feet of this same quartz is evident, with walls unusually un-usually clean and well defined. "Only a few feet away from this spot an open cut has been made, and from it black manganese rock was removed. re-moved. In appearance it is almost identical iden-tical with that found on the Taylor lease on Boulder No. 3. "From the foregoing it is evident that the ground held by the Eagle's Nest Fairview company afford every possible encouragement to the operators, oper-ators, and the surface display is such as to render the property, as a prospect, pros-pect, among the most promising and valuable in the mineralized zone." COFFER COMPANY INCORPORATES The Ely Consolidated Copper company com-pany has been incorporated by Willard F. Snyder of this city with a capital stock of 1,000,000 shares of a par value, of $10 each, for the development of a promising group of nine claims in the Ely district. ... Walter G. Filer is president, Willard F. Snyder vice-president, and Gideon Snyder Sny-der secretary and treasurer, and there are also on the board of directors Messrs.' Nicholas Treweek of Salt Lake and Olaus Jeldness of Spokane. Wash. The company's property adjoins the Cumberland Ely and the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated companies. Three shafts are being driven, being down 150, 200 and 240 feet, respectively, and as high as 8 per cent copper has been secured in these workings. The geological conditions condi-tions prevailing throughout this group are described as being ideal for success, suc-cess, and characteristic of this magnificently magnifi-cently mineralized region of White Pine county. Chilt', Cole tt Co., Brosers. 200 Atlas block. BcM "phones. I . |