Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-04
TINTIC'S MINES
ARE FL OURISHING
Great Centennial Eureka Con.
tinues to Lead All Others 10
Production,
SHOWING IN WASA PROPERTY.
Many Leasers Working in Camp Are
Making Money Good Ore In
The Swansea.
specIal Corresnondence.

Special Correspondence.
Eureka, April i.--The three shifts at
the Centennial Eureka mine are doing
an immense amount of work in that
property, over 600 tons OF ore being
brought 20 the surface daily. The COM
pany has placed another 2,7OO-foot
cable at the mine 90 be held In re-
serve in case of an accident to the
cables now In use. The force of 500
miners Is being gradually increased,
and from the present outlook the work
at the mine viii be permanent.
Eureka has not looked so prosperous
In years as II does today, The streets
are crowded with men and nearly all
who wish employment can secure IT,
Most of the old properties are inoreas-
ing their forces and new prospects are
being developed, In a few weeks the
properties In East. North and West
Tintic, will be worked as the roads
will then be IN good condition, making
access to the mines an easy matter
and greatly facilitating the> shipments
OF ore.
The Rio Grande Western Railway
has been obliged TO put on an extra
freight train, owing to the greatly in
creased output from the mines, The
twin camps of Mammoth and Robinson
are also enjoying the increasing pros
perity of Tntic and the forces at the
Grand Central, Mammoth and other
properties are being gradually IN
creased. At the Mammoth considerable
development work is being done and
below the 300 level a large amount of
new territory Is being opened up, A
splendid grade Of ore Is being shipped
from the property and the output is
mat t'ially increasing monthly. The
force at the Victoria is now working
i'm the raise from the 800 foot level
and the wlnze is being sunk from the
500 level, The company has a large
quantity of fine ore stored underground
and will soon make another shipment
of several carloads
The showing in the tunnel and shaft
at the property of the Wasa Mining
company I'm North Tintic Is exceeding
~ fine and the prospect OF opening up
bonanza i'm that section this spring is
almost an assured fact
a special meeting of the Bonanza
Mining and Milling Co., will be held at
Robinson ON April q, tor the purpose
of electing a new board Of directors
and to act upon a proposition to sell
the entire assets Of the company.
Eureka Miners Union No, l5l, has
caused the following notice to be post
ed: ITO all men employed In the mines
of Eureka and vicinity. Notice is here
by given that on and after April l6,
1905. all men working for less amount
than stated below shall be considered
enemies of organized labor and VIII be
treated as such,
"All men working on machines shall
receive not less than SO 90 per day.
"All other men working underground
shall receive not less than 81 80 per
day"
Fred Mathews and William Chris
Jefferson, well known mining men OF
this city, VIII commence operations ON
the North Tmtlc property consisting
of seven claims, located in Parleys
canyon. the latter part of this month.
Operations will be commenced In the
lower tunnel which Is now I'm 80 feet,
The shaft Is now down 1875 feet and the
men also have a short tunnel in go feet
The leasers In Tintic properties are
nearly all making money and prosper
ing At the Beck mine on the 6O0-level
John Mavey is taking out two carloads
monthly and Louis Gemini Is shipping
three carloads every month. James Me-
/ Pherson ct al have a very productive
| lease and are shipping some tlue look
ing ore as are Munt2 & Long, Fred
Mathews and others j. III. Chinn anu
G. II. Carter have splendid lease IN
the Little spy mine at Silver city and
are shipping a fine quality Of ora 5l
tons being taken from the Chicken
Coop stOpe last week. other leases IN
properties In and around silver city are
III II ha
looked for I'm that old camp. The
Wheeler brothers, who are heavy
stockholders In the Swansea and South
Swansea mines at that place, are try
ing to make arrangements to resume
operations I'm the famous old properties
n satisfactory arrangements can be
made with the smeltcrs.
The Dakota Mining company has re.
sumed work ON the Old Buckeye prop
erty near Diamond and II II can secure
the machinery of the Cleopatra plant at
SILVER city the shaft on the property
| win be sunk u couple of hundred fee.
deeper The work at the present time
Is being confined TO the upper levels
The shaft on the property Of the Vic
| tora Mining company 40 North TlntlC
rs now down a distance of l15 feet, and
| Supt Robertson would like to continue
! sinking and development work but
finds 1t almost impossible to secure
miners. there being such a demand fol
mon In and around Eureka.
The Uncle Sam mill Is now cunning
through about % tons OF ore every eight
hours. and everything az the mill is IN
first class shape and the workings arc
giving entire satisfaction, four carloads
Of concentrates being shipped every
month
The Sutherland Brothers who have
lease IN the upper workings Of the
Swansea mine, have encountered q
splendid streak OF ore and have begun
TO make shipments, as has S. II. Ware
who Is sorting out the dump Of the old
Swansea.
The Centennial-E Eureka Mining com.
pauy has applied for a patent ON the
Boyd lode mining claim and the Fo,
Millsitc lode No. 1910 A and y.
The territory which Is being opened
mp I'm the Little Chief mine on the S0i
level north Of the shaft Is looking splen
did and Is raising tho anticip0tions ~
the stockholders 10 a high pitch. Jo
seph Hannfn the superintendent, i
highly gratihed with the prospects
As soon az new timbers can be In
stalled I'm the Godiva mine. the worl
OF removing the ore viii be resumed.
Now that the roads are getting n
good condition the shipments from IN