The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-13

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Prince-ore and Bullion-Silve1
and Lead-Mining Notes and Per
sonals.
Quite change has taken place in
the great mining camp of Tintic dur
ing the past ten years, and while the
district had acquired considerable
local reputation half a score of years
ago, its fame is now international and
the camp has spread and grown to
such an extent during the last few
years and the district is so interviewer
with railroads that now it takes more
than day 20 even casually inspect
the three leading towns of the district
Eureka, Mammoth and Silver City.
Nine or ten years. ago, when the
Oregon Short Line, then the only rail-
road to penetrate to the mines of this
wonderfully rich camp, stopped short
ct ironton, Eureka was the only place
OF any prominence in Tintic district,
and this was not saying much. either
Now, however, the railroad has ex-
tended its line on to Eureka, to Nam
moth and Silver. and the Rio Grande
Western also touches these camps,
while Mammoth and Silver City have
grown apace with Eureka. quite a
rivalry existing between the former
and the latter, and all over the district
is to be seen evidences of prosperity
and progression
The Silver City end of the district
has been especially prosperous during
the past six or seven years. and the
addition oe
TWO DIVIDEND PAYERS
to the list in that portion of the camp
the Swansea and South Swansea has
given that locality considerable prom
inence, which has had its effect as
Stimulant to other claim holders in the
district, the result being that there is
great deal OF activity around Silver
City at the present time and that
within its immediate neighborhood
scores of promising and valuable prop
critics are being actively and syste-
matically developed.
representative of The Herald was
visitor to Silver City the first of the
week, and was surprised at the growth
and substantial development attained
by this camp during the past year and !
to note that signs Of life and activity |
were in the air, While on every hand !
were to be seen the evidences that the |
claim holders of that locality had |
ample and abiding faith in the out |
The town itself shows quite a num-
Der of new dwellings and business
houses, while just north of the little
city and within a few minutes walk
from its principal stores are the hoist
ing works of the Swansea, South
Swansea and Four Aces, which, with
their imposing appearance make qliite
an attractive background for the
camp.
The resurrection of the Swansea. and
its deep development. which finally
placed the mine on the list as a regular
dividend payer; the discovery Of the
South Swansea and its admission to
the ranks as g. wealth distributor, also,
has created the impression in mining
circles that ground in the immediate
vicinity of these two producers was
valuable and desirable, the result be-
ing that every claim holder in that
locality is doing what he can to find an
extension of the Swansea vein, and
about the most faVorahly located prop
erty in this regard is the Picnic group
OF five patented claims. which adjoins
the South Swansea and Four Aces on
the south and is environcd on the east
by the famous old Park mine, and
which, in fact, is right in the hot-beG
Of bonanzaS.
Considerable work has been done in !
the development of the Picnic group,
which is located so as to embrace a
portion of the town of Silver City as :
Well as taking in railroad tracks, etc. 7
The owners of the Picnic are con- /
ident that within the boundary lines f
md that when the junction of these I
mineral bearing zones is encountered =
me of the ;
LARGEST MINES OF TINTIC
district Will be disclosed. These three y
edges are the extension of the South !
swansea vein, an extension OF the y
FOUR Aces, and also of the Park cross
Elm, and it is believed that the course s
f these mineral belts will bring them S
ogether somewhere within the lines Of L
he Picnic ground, and this theory is =
~ the statement that tire
outh Swansea vein runs nearly due =
outh. the Four Aces runs slightly to
he southwest and northeast, while the
trike of the Park ledge is in an
asterly and westerly course, and the
ERECTION Of these veins can be so
iosely traced that their point of inter
ection can, it is believed, be located =
-itllin q few feet, unless a fault or (,
reak should occur. s,
The main workings on the Picnic is S,
hat is called the Picnic incline, the II
orks being located but short dis u
nee from the Four Aces workings and u
I'd line. This incline is now down q n
stance Of 425 feet, in the bottom of Y,
hich there is a nice body of ore ex- e
1sed from which a shipment was made D.
few days ago. This incline has un- r.
lubtedly been run down on the extern VI
on of the Four Aces vein. and now a.
lat q strong company has been formed n
further develop the Picnic the in =
inc is being Strengthened out so that
skip can be utilized in future on
atoms, and within the next so DAYS n
steam hoist which Will be almost a
of the South Swansea
ant, will be installed on the ground.
hen work viii be pushed more vigor-
sly than ever before, the capacity of
e plant being a depth OF 10000 feet. II
ID it is believed that the mine will
on a paying basis long before this
nit IS reached. The company is work
2 two shifts at the Picnic incline I'M
r the direction Of that able mining Gu
IN, c. +. Ford. pu
About 300 feet seuthwesterly from mr.
2 Picnic incline is Shaft No. /, which NJ
down a distance of 100 feet, from wa
2 bottFn Of which a. crosscut of 60 IN,
i to the southeast has again dis is
sed the -Four Aces vein, which has on
an driven on for some distance, and Gro
Iich, considering the work done in WI
Development by the Picnic incline. ON
5 virtually prcspected the ledge for wa
re than 300 feet. no,
further to the southwest and only ser
Drt distance south OF the South wa
ansea end line, is the Junction shaft, for
ich has reached a depth of 155 feet shi
IN the bottom of which a crOsscuf | > III