The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-29
RESULTS IN TINTIC.
Comparison of Results Obtained In
Different Sections.
(special Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence)
Mammoth, June 2S.-The assertion is
| often made that for this years work
the results for Silver City. Diamond
and below, Will not compare favorably
with that of Mammoth and Eureka,
two reasons being assigned for the
cause. One is, to use the expression lit
orally. because there ARE TOO many
hay-tossers in charge and working
under ground. in the lower end; the
other. because in most instances too
much money is being expended in sur
face improvements hoist equipments
and big vertical shafts, without the
positive assurance that ore bodies eX-
list below. However true the first charge
may or may not be, the writer is not
prepared TO offer any explanations; but
of the last. there are many plausible
reasons and grounds for defense, even
If the statement is true. While there
is world of truth in the old warning.
be careful how you leave your ore for
experimental theories" and a lot of
good common sense in determining
what may be below by following the
vein on that pitch. there are also many
instances in the entire Tintic country
where il was sheer nonsense to sink an
incline on the vein. Take for instance
the South Swansea case. With shaft
houses so close together that one can
almost step from one to the other. the
shaft was put down at a point where
the end lines met, and in all fairness,
il may be said that the South Swansea
folks would not have run one chance in
a thousand by sinking a vertical shaft
in the first place, thus avoiding the
necessity and additional expense of do
ing ii now. There are many parallel
instances in the district. In the case
OF the South Swansea it may be said
with some plausible excuse and juStifi-
cation that the company. besides being
short of funds at the time of sinking,
had no reason 10 believe that other
than rebellious ores existed beneath the
sulphides. II required the pluck of a
William Hatfield 10 demonstrate the
fallacy of that belief. Those who are in
clined to criticise the work being done
in and about Silver and Diamond on
the grounds of extravaganza and haZ-
arding too much. must remember that
long before there was any Centennial
Eureka or Grand Central there were
fabulOusly rich mines in the lower end
Of the district that for years poured
out their treasures. They must also
remember that, in every instance, with
not single exception. the Mormon
Chief Sunbeam Lady Aspinwall, Teso-
ra, Julian Lane. Bowers Summit, Walk
er. sabella-Nictoria, Morning Glory
and the Bonanza No. 1. though ship
pers of rich ores, were none of them
down 800 feet.
1t is a well-known fact that at time
QS76) when the Bonanza No. l was
producing rich ores from a digging but
$50 feet from the surface, people came
from distances more to see the deep
shaft than 10 see the mineral. So that,
with full knowledge of what the mines
in the south end once produced, If
enough faith is shown by parties who
propose working them now, at ALL it is
proper that they should be worked,
only as all vertical veins are intelli-
gently worked, by perpendicular shat
ing. In justice to all portions of this
district, it may be said that if any par
ticular locality shows to a better adj
vantage, it will be chiefly because more
capital and labor is directed that way.