Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-20
PROSPEROUS TINTIC.
Increased Activity Noticed In All Por.
lions Of the Camp,

tlons Of the Camp,
Special Correspondence.
Eureka, Utah, March 1.-THE pros.
poets OF the great Tntio district are
growing brighter daily, and business
men are looking forward for increased
prosperity from now on. At the old
reliable Centennial Eureka mine, work
is being pushed, and the force has been
increased TO about 300 men, with a
prospect Of further increase, In or
order to handle the increased tonnage
another shift has been employed on the
tramwav which is used to convey the
ores to the two railroads New ore
bodies are being opened up IN the prop
critics on the lower levels, and It Is the
intention to sink the 2lOO shaft TO a
greater depth.
The Mammoth mine Is showing up in
splendid shape, and the force OF min
ers ls being gradually Increased
Reports from the north end of the
district are very encouraging and n
large amount of development work Is
being done by the Wasa, Sweetwater
and Victoria Mining companies.
West Tlntic Is also showing up IN
fine shape, and ere snow flies next fan
there will no doubt be several mines
added TO the list Of shippers from this
end OF Tintlc Several Of the old prop
critics at Silver City are being worked
by leases who are doing we'll
Considerable work is IN COntempla-
ton for the east end OF the district as
soon as the snow Is gone. a great
deal Of work Will also be done by par
ties owning claims on Godiva mountain,
and prominent mining men have been
I'm the city for the past week looking
over the ground.
At the property OF the Mckinley
Mining company, lying just southwest
Of the Centennial Eureka mine, the
tunnel Is now in distance Of ll6 feet
and from the report Of Supt' Erick
Levin, II is expected that II will soon
tap the vein towards which It is d.
rected.
The force at the Mammoth has been
increased by about 20 men this week,
and development work shows vast i'm
provements in the workings OF the
property.
Joseph Reese Arnold Johnson and
Peter Anderson, we'll known miners OF
Mammoth, left on Tuesday last for the
goldfelds OF Nevada, making the en-
tire trip by team.
Surveyors of the Rio Grande West
ern railway have been busiy engaged
this week In surveying q spur to be
built 20 the property OF the Eagle &
Blue Bell Mining company, running
from the water tank southwest to tile
dump Of the mine. II Is the intention
OF the company TO erect large ore
house, so as TO handle the heavy out
put OF the mine.
A special meeting OF the Mountain
View Mining company VIII be held IN
this city on April g. at which time "a
~ ttN ha ala ~
the articles Of Incorporation amended,
changing the principal place Of bust
ness from Eureka 10 Salt Lake City
West Tintlc Is to have mill. so says
G. w. Jones, superintendent OF the
Bonanza property In that section He
has secured an option on some good
ground I'm the west end and the mill
viii handle the product OF the different
properties. The mill will be OF great
advantage in handling the low grade
ores OF that country, Of which there lis
an unlimited quantity and which cam
not be now made profitable owing TO
the long haul to the railroads.
An assessment Of Y cent per share
has been levied on the Capital stock Of
| the Lilly Mining company whose prop
erty is located In East Tntc. The
delinquent stock will be sold on the
1st Of June
II. IT, Price and Jack Byerly, miners
! Of Eureka, have taken a lease IN the
! Mammoth mine.
The shaft at the property OF the Vic
| torla Mining company In North Tlntlc
is to be sunk another hundred feet Mr..
| r. S, Robertson, the superintendent, Ia
making active preparations for extern
! sive development work at the mine
which Is showing UP In FIRST. class
! shape.
The ore now being put through the
Uncle Sam mill Is all being taken from
| the mine and as soon as It IS possible
20 operate on the dump ore the min
force will be increased to three shifts
The ore shipments this week from
Tintic have nearly doubled the output
Of previous weeks this year The Cen
tennial-Eureka sent out 81 carloads.
The following mines produced the ore:
Centennial Eureka, 81 Bullion Beck.
6; Gemlnl, Is. Ajax 3; Carisa, 1; Grand
Central T; Mammoth, 49, Lower MANI
moth f. Victor, 3 MARROW and Baxter.
I; May Day Q; Yankee Con, o Uncle
Sam Con-. 3 Eagle & Blue Bell, q;
Swansea, 2. Total III carloads,