Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-30
Another TintiC District Producer
That Has Been Making an
EnyiabIe Record.
DISTRIBUTION IN July.
Mine shipper Of Zinc and Lead Orc
Control Is Held In scranton
Pennsylvania.

The Tinuc winIng district will soon
come 10 the front with another dividend
payer added 70 its already brilliant gall
axy NJ celebrities The date of tins
event has not been definitely determ'n-
"a. bat July win probably witness the
initll distribution. in which sharehola-
srs % the Scranton Mining company
are % participate
The property belonging 20 this con-
Germ Is located about 10 miles north
~ Eureka I'm days gone by u was
known among Tinucitos as the Tiernan
groID. although the present owners
have had possession for a little over
six years and have been carrying on
nOisaless. but vigorous campaign OF lc-
yelo1mcnt ever since. there are a great
many who DO not know the property by
its present name and are somewhat
surprised when told that II has been =
rtgulr shipper for some time past
that ne underground workings show
more than l00. 900 tons Of ore developed
Others have been led to believe lhat
Il Is purely a zinc mine. This Is not
the case. Nevertheless II does contain
some extensive bodies Of ore In which
this metal predominates The fact Us.
the Scranton might be called Two
mines instead % one Tor IL has two
veins one ~ them containing a pre-
pondcrarcc ~ zinc hut no Lead while
the order ~ reversed in the case ~
the other This condition Is so I'M
usual particularly IN the Tintic dis
trict. that there Is no getting around
the fnci that the Scranton belongs % a
class distinctly by Itself Both the
zinc and lead ores carry an excess Of
iron ever silica
W. y. Bramel. the well known at
torney Is secretary Of the Scranton
company and from him the News" has
secured some interesting facts concern.
ing The past history Of the properly,
and what he relates goes 10 show hat
even some mining engineers. who stand
high In their profession, sometimes
make mistakes and fan IN making geol.
oglcal Interpretation Of conditions
The control Of the Scranton company
passed into the hands Of Theodore G
Wolf. a wealthy Scranton Pa. business
man. Ia 1900 and shortly after The
transfer OF the property. he employed
FIlhllNfAr 10 NAnINlAIf IT, isNfl y NAlF FA
these men made an adverse report, OK
ceptng Newton A Dunyon Mr. Wolf
decided finally TO act on the sugges-
tions Of Mr Dunyon and organized the
Scranton company with a capital stock
" 30 00o shares. and installed Mr.. Dun
yon as manager Development work
was instituted. and. as stated. has SON.
tinuii uninterruptedly ever since. with
a force averaging 20 shifts per day.
The present output OF the Scranton
mine Il very close 20 40 tons per day
Of shipping ore. all OF which Is Temov-
cd n the course n development; no
stopng having been started The ore
nets a good profit, and the earnings at
the present time n.e sufficient 90 Jus
tify the payment I at least q cents 4
share IN dividends. monthly, which
would be $500.
The mine has been developed through
a tunnel At the present time the COM
pany has IS men on Us payrolls and has
eight teams employed IN moving ore
from the mine 20 Del Monte. the near
est Shipping point on the tracks OF the
San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad FIVE miles away. The Scran.
ton owns about 20 claims all OF which
are PATENTED There are no other de-
yeloped mines in this portion Of the
district The mine "a equipped with a
compressor and other power machinery