Show over cars of ore shipped in 1921 0 notwithstanding the general mining depression tintic gintic in mines ines have just closed a very successful year 0 with the mining industry suffering from one of the worst depres in its history the various pro bertles ot of the district came through the year 1921 with colors flying thanks to the pittman act which gave us a fair price tor for silver when the price of practically every other metal had slumped oft off to a point where it could not be produced at a profit the total shipments from the mines according to the table given below were quite close to carloads this being a substantial increase over the pre year the heavier output for 1921 can no doubt be attributed to the remarkable record made by the tintic gintic standard mine this wonder fully rich bonanza closes the year with more than 2800 carloads of ore or over tons to its credit this means about 65 55 carloads for every week in the year a train load of ore tor for every working day the chief cons mine takes second continued on page 6 over oars cars of ore shipped in 1921 1 0 continued from page 1 place in the table of shipments tor for the year this proper property tys s output be ing a little under the figures of the previous year iron king comes in with a very heavy tonnage but this mine mines s output was not a high grade product like that from the standard and chief the iron king and dragon both shipped heavily from their iron deposits although the lat ter shipped considerable ore to the mill and some high grade ore to the smelters both the eagle blue bell and the victoria were forced to reduce their forces quite materially early in 1921 but they close the year with large amounts of ore to their credit it is somewhat of a surprise to note that the victoria la Is following closely on the heels of the eagle in thel the matter of ore pro and durl during g the past few months the younger mine has been leading I 1 the table showing the ore ship ments from the various tintic gintic mines tor for the past tw is as tol fol lows iowa f tintic gintic standard 2824 chief cons 1887 1897 dragon iron king eagle blue bell victoria iron blossom swansea colorado centennial eureka gemini 90 86 6 mammoth at bullion beck 62 sunbeam 46 alaska 27 gold chain 26 empire mines 22 eureka hill 20 eureka mines 17 drain tunnel 7 joe bowers 4 yankee 4 ridge valley 3 eureka bullion 3 little may 3 martha washington 2 silver park 2 showers 2 primrose 1 uncle sam s 1 george castleton 1 1 total carloads |