Show railroad spurs to tintic gintic mines rio grande ry has completed new track at chief cons mine and is now building a spur to gemini property f he rio grande ry company has just completed a foot spur at the chief consolidated mine this ad dit lonal ional track was made necessary by the hea heavy 1 towage 04 na g e af afore ore from this mi mine ne which 1 fo for r months has b been cen c heaviest producer the completion pt f abe e new spur will make it possible t spot about 12 or 13 cars at the amet ef cons mine at the gemin gemi mine a side track about 1400 feet in length is now be ing constructed which will make it possible for this mine to ship direct ly over tl e rio grande ry here tolore this mine mines s output has been loaded on the tracks of the salt lake route which made it necessary to transfer a part of the tonnage to the rio grande as the business of the mine has always been divided be I 1 tween the two roads but with the I 1 completion of the new spur there I 1 will be no necessity for switching or transferring the cars not only I 1 this but the new spur will place the I 1 cars much closer to the mine mines a hoist and thus do away with a good part of the another station will be built in the shaft house a couple of sets aboe abone the present top station and from this new landing a small trestle will be built in order that the mine cars can be emptied directly into the railroad cars the construction of the gemini spur is being handled by the christensen Chrls construction company of 0 salt lake city and as soon as this piece of work is completed the same outfits will be used in building a piece of track around the eureka hill ifill min ing company s dump some months ago the rio grande s tunnel through the eureka hill min alin ing comp company anys s dump was abandoned for the reason that it was thought to be unsafe and the railroad officials have authorized the construction of another piece of 0 track a short dis tance to the north of the tunnel |