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Show East Tintfc Mine Work Reaches Interesting Stage Pursuing their long established policies of developing Utah's resources re-sources to the, full extent of their means, two of the state's larger mining companies .have combined i their efforts upon a program In the Tlntic district, which is now enter ing Its most interesting stage. The project, known as the Development De-velopment Unit, was started in October Oc-tober 1941 under an agreement between be-tween the Tlntic Standard Mining company and the North Lily Mining Min-ing company, a subsidiary of International Inter-national Smelting & Refining com- pany Work of the development unit was to sound out the ore production pro-duction possibilities of an area consisting con-sisting o 113 acres of ground in the East Tintic district, which Includes In-cludes parts of the Eureka Lilly Consolidated Mining company and Twentieth Century Mining company com-pany properties. The area, hitherto undeveloped at depth was regarded by geologists and engineers as one of the most promising areas in the Tintic district. dis-trict. Since 1941, more than S.000 feet of lateral work has been done and several promising ore showings have been encountered. Work in the Development Unit Is being performed from the 1.450-foot 1.450-foot level of the No. 2 Tintic Standard Stan-dard shaft. A drift has been extended ex-tended southwesterly along what is called the South Fault, a pre-mineral pre-mineral fault which has led to ore in other parts of the district. The drift is now out a distance of S.000 feet from the No. 2 Tintic Standard shaft and well within Twentieth Century ground. Up to the present time more than $100,000 has been expended In prospecting work by the Tintic Standard and North Lily on the Development De-velopment Unit. In two years these two companies have accomplished work that might require decades for smaller inadequately financed firms. One reason that mining has continued to grow and advance In Utah is because the producing companies com-panies set aside a certain amount of revenue for development in an effort to find a new pound of ore for every pound niinni. Development is as essential to a mine as thp planting of a new crop is to the farmer. |