Show east tintic gintic mine work reaches interesting stage pursuing their long established policies ol of developing resources to the full extent of their means two ot of the states larger mining companies have combined their efforts upon a program in the gintic tintic district which Is now entering its most interesting stage the project known as the development unit was started in october 1941 under an agreement between the standard mining e company 0 i n p a n ind and the north lily mining alining mine aline I 1 n g company co P Y a subsidiary ot of international S smelling smelting Sm me elting ting refining company work of 0 the development unit was to sound out the ore production possibilities of an area con toting 0 of acres 0 of ground in tho the east gintic tintic district which includes parts ot of the eureka lilly consolidated mining company and twentieth century mining company properties the area hitherto undeveloped at d depth depth was regarded by geologists and engineers as one of the most promising areas in the tintic district since 1941 more than feet beet ot of lateral work has been done nd several promising ore showings have aye been encounter el work la in the development unit to it b eing being performed from the 1460 1450 foot level ot of the no 2 gintic tintic standard shaft A drift has been extended southwesterly along what Is called the south fault a pre mineral fault which has led to ore in other parts ot of the tha district the drift Is now out a distance ot of feet from rom the no 2 standard shaft rod aad well twentieth century ground up to the present time more than thae has been expended in prospecting work by the standard and north lily on the development unit in two years these two tw 0 companies have accomplished w work ark that might require decades for or smaller inadequately financed firms one no reason that raining mining has ca continued to grow and advance in utah Is because the producing companies set aside a certain amount of revenue for development in an effort to find a new pound of ore tor for every pound mined development Is as essential to a mine as the planting ot of a new crop la is to the farmer armer |