Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
Sensational Developments Were
Made In the Bullion Beck
Tunnel Mine.

that tho Scranton gives promise of be-
Comiug one of the greatest mines IN
the entire state. New buildings have
been erected at the mine this year ana
new machinery installed in order that
the ore might be handled properly The
ore from the Scranton mine IS hauled
by team 70 Delmonte, loading point
upon the san Pedro railroad. Al this
loading point the company has also
erected a large ore house, and no prop
erty ia Tintic. located the same dis
lance from the railroad, IL better
equipped for the handling Of ore, The
property Is owned principally by
Scranton Pa. capitalists, who never
LOST faith IN the mine during the sew
etal years required TO translate IL from
an uncertain prospect into q paying
mine The Scranton mine was first
located over 80 years ago the work at
that time being carried on In what is
now termed the "old workings" on the
opposite side of the gulch from where
the present workings are located. 1t
was from these old workings that tho
ore was taken years ago when tho
original owners were working the mine
which at that ime was known as the
Tierran Iron mine. About 10 years ago
the work upon the north side OF tho
gulch was abandoned and a tunnel
started into the mountain on the south
side. II Is here that the rich ore was
opened UP. Upon the tunnel level the
body Of ore has been followed for over
300 feet no Stopping has been done
upon this level, and all of the ore which
has been removed here has been taken
out IN running drifts There are two
different kinds Of ore I'm the Scranton
mine, one carrying values in zinc an3
the other IN lead.
The boundary between the two class
rs is so well defined that IL Is no trou-
BILE whatever 70 keep the ores separat-
cd The workings I'm the Scranton
mine extend fully 200 feet above the
tunnel level or Oh through the zinc
ore into the deposits " lead above.
The highest workings of the mine have
Lot penetrated through this lead ore
which appears TO be a Gaping 70 the
zinc and there Is every reason To be-
leve that the 500 or more feet be-
tween the highest workings ana tho
surface contains ore equally as rich
as that which has already been opened
up. on the other hand win2e has
been sunk for a distance OF 100 feet
below the tunnel level For rs feet
OF this distance the win2e cut through
the richest kind of zinc ore and then
tho foot wall was penetrated. When
the Winze reached depth OF 100
feet drifting was started for the pur-
pose of tapping this same ore upon
It's dip. The zinc ore I'm the Scranton
carries between 40 aud 80 per cent
IN this metal and that which Is now
being shipped TO the eastern market,
there being no local market for zinc
ore, rcts the company about $l2 per
ton. The lead ore runs as high as As
pcr cent lead with a few ounces of
silver and some Of IL carries an access
of iron 90 the amount Of 81 or 50 per
ton 70 is very desirable ore for
the shelters and nets the company
between SO and S2j per ton. A well
known mining mDu who visited the
Scranton recently said that there We're
over 100, 900 tons Of ore exposed and
the writer who was recently accorded
tnc privilege " "a trio underground.
believes that this figure was a very
conservative one 10 H. the general
opinion Of avery one who has visited
the Scranton mime that the property
viii within very short time be one
o tthe richest mines OF the state.
NEW BULLION MINE.
Some nice ore WIS taken ont OF the
New Bullion mine near the Scranton.
this yer Eugene Santchi, c. #.
Adams and associates Of salt Lake are
the principal owners of the mine and
according tq all reports they will soon
have bonanza
THE WASA PROPERTY.
over 900 foot of drifting have been
done Within the past two and n half
upon the property OF the W0sa Min
ing company. This company Is con-
troled by Eureka people who have
faith in the North Tintic district The
mice is pretty wen equipped with ma
chincry and the stockholders have no
f..f ID ID r.