Show bright future for the tintic gintic district today marks the opening of the year 1909 and everything indicates that it arill ill be the most important year in the history of the district notwithstanding the many set backs to the mining industry of this state during the year which has just drawn to 1 i close the year 1908 was an en eventful one for tintic gintic everything goes to show th tint thit it the year 1909 will be even better the past year was an eventful one for the mines of tintic gintic not because of an increase in the production of ore but for the reason that it maikel mai ked the completion of a great independent smelting plant within the boundaries of of the district which will have much to do with the future prosperity of the tintic gintic camps the past twelve months also witnessed the completion of the eureka hill railway which links some of the most important mines runes of the district with this new smelting plant and gives them an opportunity to place their ores upon the market without a wagon haul thus reducing trans por tation charges to a considerable extent the closing of several of the large smelters early in the year 1908 be cause of the clash with the agricultural interests was a serious blow to many of the tintic gintic mines and one from which some of them have not entirely recovered but when everything is taken into con consideration the future of the district is exceptionally bright the mines are all in splendid physical condition at the present time many new properties are now being developed new mines have been dis covered thus stimulating interest in adjoining territory tern tory and with the amount of new work which has been mapped out the d strict cannot help but enjoy prosperity in tintic gintic we have the almost deposits of ore which have already made this the most wonderful district in the west and all that is needed Is a market for the product of the mines tintic gintic is fast coming to the front as a district where deep mining can be carried on successfully and it is truly wonderful ua to see some of the achieve ments in this line the deepest workings of the mines have not yet pene rated beneath the ore and there are many exceptionally deep mines here in fact some of the richest strikes of the year have been in the lower workings of the oldest mines 1909 should be the banner year in the history of tintic gintic |