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Show VAST DEPOSIT ! IN GREAT MINE Tintic Standard in Better, Condition in 1922 Than Ever Before Already ranking amonx On1 foremost fore-most properties -i i!. state, the Tin- ' tic Standard mine wan ikv.t In better bet-ter condition than It la today, accord- 'lac lo the showina; inado from a tnin-, I orallzatlon and a financial standpoint ImporttDi irtipi overnenls wr" made I in the prist twelve montha and tlx- physical phy-sical condition of the mine is better I I in n ever betore. To date t lie mine lias produced from its large holdings in the Tintic, Utah, I district or" of a total value of more than $10,1100.000. all vsliih has, taken from an ireri el; 700 fi-t iqtiarc on an ore qhartnel that tra- verses the c.om.pany'8 holdings for a traced distance ' &G.0&Q feet. Prom this production dividends totaling $1.-547,43; $1.-547,43; have Been paid. Dividends in, t9S totaled 'iiT.i.'o. and Indication I are thai profit,-, in 1922 will he con- 1 siderably greater Improvement of the physical rondi-h?n rondi-h?n Of the mine was effected during the past year which will greatly facilitate fa-cilitate future work Instead of th' cam of waste being hauled to the sur- ' face. their contents were dumped into tno old slopes. Through this back filling enormdaa cavities r-reated whr ore was taken out i?i the past wore filled, removing their menace to fu-J fu-J turo operations and make th- ventilation ventila-tion of the mine less difficult More tli. m 7.000 1 ars a month wore dumped into the old atppea With the bai k I r 1 1 1 i n ft completed, mining operations I can now he carried on at a considerably consider-ably reduced cost and profits are expected ex-pected to be proportionately greater Ore produced in the past year totaled approximately 140,000 tons A year ago the company installed a new mill which employes the chlorl-dlsing chlorl-dlsing roast and leaching process It:, capacity has been increased to 20 tons 'i day and officials of the compam 1 report recoveries of 82 to 85 per cent of the silver a ml 58 to 69 per cent of the copper. The company is now installing in-stalling electrolytic equipment whereby the gold and lead values will be saved. The mill Is now precipitating more' than 3 000 ounces of silver and about 1,000 pounds of copper a day. This would mean a total silver production for the present year of more than 1,-000.000 1,-000.000 ounces, which will establish It as one of the largest silver producers produ-cers in the United States. Huge reserves of mill ore are on hand In the mine, containing. It is estimated more than 17,000,000 tons of recov-rabb- silver The company also' owns two-thirds of the Goshen Valley railroad, operating eleven miles i of track, connecting the Tintic Sian-I Sian-I ihrd and Iron King mines with the , Denver & Rio Grande Western rail-I rail-I road. T.'te road is operating at a comfortable com-fortable profit. With its improved physical condition and Installation of I equipment to make for more econo-; econo-; micnl mining, Tlntk: Standard today rank amonsr the three most Important ! mines in i.-,h and the life of the j property for more than fifty years of - ssful operal on Beemc - lured |