Show sinking shaft on old republic ground which adjoins the la clede is being developed un der the direction of thomas rhomas weir other south end notes tor I 1 or several weeks a campaign palan of development 1 has h cpa ell e under wa was at the pr property q ile old re public company located in the south end of the distef near the laded and controller con trolle y thomas weir and associates of alt lake two iwo shift are now being used in sinking a shaft which this week reached a depth of about feet the work is being handled under tle supervision of 13 it R higgenson of city A gasoline hoist was wag installed on the property a few dis d is ago and is now giving entire satisfaction it if sinking continues it ils Is baiely bately possible that new electro aured aured tally operated equipment ill e E se e here in tintic gintic but very little is known regarding mr weir weirs s plans for the development of the old re public but it Is generally understood under stool that other south tintic gintic claims mav may be taken over and a large company organized organised sed iwo sets of leasers are now at work on the laclede and from both I 1 blocks of grounds some ore Is being mined I 1 these hese leasers teasers are john joi boies es and eugene higgenson and william simpson and ben long in I 1 the laclede work can only be car ried on to a depth of 2 5 1 feet on account of the water this is one of the old time producers of the tintic gintic district 0 some development work Is a 0 going on at the transvaal transval Trans Trang val wal property some distance to the west wes finder rinder 01 and gadd of silver city are worl ing this ground |