The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
TINTIc NOTES.
Interesting News About Mines and
Mining Men.
(Speclal CORRESPONDENTS

(opSc4al CorreSoondence.)
Robinson, Aug. 21-Ralph Root of
East Orange. n. j., who spent several
days in and about Tintic. yesterday for
warded 1000 pounds of tailings from
the Mammoth mill Sums" TO one of
the liXlVlating mills at Florence, Colo.
DR.. ID. o. Miner, who has been over
to the West Tintic country, returned
last evening, bringing with him many
samples of fine ores from the various
properties being worked in that local
lty, but notably some specimens of eX-
tremely rich mineral taken from the
Scotia. II Is a rhigh-grade coprer-silver
ore, the copper showing in pretty aZur-
rte and malachite forms, and the silver
in almost metallic state, being a Steph-
ante or argentite, and very dark in
color. Before the old diggings caved
in the Scotia this ore netted the own
ers more than $1,000 per ton, after
hauling to Sandy by bull teams.
Affairs are beginning to run very
smoothly at the Molly Bawn. under the
management of Mr.. James Gardner.
The new whim hoist has been compIet-
ed, erected in place and operations re-
Sumed in the incline, which, when work
was suspended, measured something
like 240 feet. The Molly Bawn ground
is esteemed very highly
Good news is likely to come most any
day from the Hope mine, being devel-
oped by Mr.. ]. G. Sawyer. The incline
being driven to cut two parallel veins,
and some old workings, has reached a
depth of about 225 feet, with something
like fifteen or eighteen feet further as
estimated by Mr.. Sawyer, before en-
countering the vein which formerly
yielded such splendid values
The working conditions in the ground
have been made quite favorable by
opening an air channel from one of the
old drifts. As formerly explained an
The Herald, the Hope Mining company
is the outgrowth of the Lancaster
subsequently the Cleveland-and lies
east of Silver, on the old Mammoth
footpath. 1t has been better than an
average shipping property, but that
was years ago. The new company is
equipped to do business properly, and
is doing it.
Word comes from Judge Hanford of
Silver City, who is interested in the
Iron Cap mine located in the Blue
Bell district, north and west of West
Tintic, and adjoining the Columbia
country. that his associates will at
once commence the shipment of a 100
ton lot of iron ore to T. r. Jones. The
ore is said to more than meet the re-
qulrements, as stipulated by the pur-
chasers, in iron percentage, reaching
something above the 80 per cent mark, I
also carrying silver values varying from
eight TO fourteen ounces. The iron is a
siderite, or spathic character
In spite of all the mean things that !
have been said about the Tetro since
the little furry in the shares, the mine \
continues to look better all the time. 4
Gus Tetro himself appears more con- /
hdent than ever concerning the ultl-
mate future of the Tetro. In talking
Yesterday with one of the stockholders, |
who is also one of the directory of the !
mine, the writer learned that not only
one assay, but several had been made
on the ore that ran so high, and. as /
the gentleman said, while none gave
such good returns as the lot Tetro had .
tested, one sample gave a four-ounce
gold value.