Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14
ecord Breaking Era for Mines of Tintic District

I This shaft has two compartments and
p menway. ana viii. az some time In
the future become the principal work
/ ING SHAFT 81 the mine
The mine is we'll equipped throughout
| and everything has boon 80 system
aucally arranged that the cost or min
INK and extracting ore has been re-
sduced 20 "a minimum.
ORE VALUE rHowN.
The ore values range from SIS to 500
ton. although some N the chloride
ore viii go 1000 ounces silver g5 pcr
cent lead and from S. TO s. in gold 20
the ton. Some picture" or specimen
ore has been obtained from the Colo
RADIO mine which carried values " 5000
ounces % tho ton. There n~o ~ claims
IN the Colorado group and are so To-
Gated as to cover tho Colorado lode
Tor distance of 1900 feet or more
Inc oWco7 of tho organization. as
ia the case with an OF the Jesse knight
enterprise nrc located in Provo.
BECK TUNNEL CON.
In tho operation and doveloon,ent
ot tho Beck tunnel e SHAFT wae s,u',
600 feet north Of tho Colorado onA-
Ine. AZ depth Of 300 feet q drfr
was run 90 the east distance ~ 2Ot
ieet, whore the ore channel was on.
..'''i ''a NlNUk I.IIH EFNHf NN |N f .
hiTh rr0de ORC drift wos r..~ ro- %
% tho Bcck-Colorad1 end line tho
WorkinrS h"ing I'm "a continuous ltf.
or rich orc identical On character 10
mar taken from tn south work 'nus
~ llr colorado mino. For many
tcet along this ore 1enosit sets ~
timber four or five sets Oh width and
siV or seven IN height. have been
necessary 20 prevent tho cavirg or no
miro after The orc has been extracted
ana this fact wifi Give some idea ~
the meVnitude OF this wonderful ore
aepo7't some ~ tire high grade cre
from this portion OF the mine aeeays
as high gs I 900 ounces in silver 10
the ton. while the r,inc average Is In
che neighhorhood ~ $500 % $3.50 10
tho ton. From this uortfon of the
Beck about 81 ono non i0 o-, rae heen
taken from which the IA rr7v h7s
disbursed $500. 900 ln 1I.'1euds: a
record that would he difficult for any
mining company 20 eclipse. or ,ven
duplicate
North from the shaft the company
u drifting in ore. ond - -voin has
been followed In This iIrertion for
two or three hundred feet the orc
body maintai1e nenrlv regulation s'zo
body maintaining nearly regulation
size
one thousand feet north NJ tho old.
or south shaft. the company Is now
manway This shaft is down ESQ
feet and n drift viii soon he strrtsd.
IN not already under way, TO be run
20 the east. the expectation boiru that
tho ore channel win be encountered
I'm that direction within a distance
1f from 100 10 zoo feet
MARVEL OF DISTRICT.
Tho Beck Tunnel mine is another
Of the youthful marvels OF Tinyic
district and rs also another OF the
many successes I'm mining which have
crowned the efforts OF jesse Knight.
The Beck Tunnel group. consisting
OF 10 or n claims, adioins the domain
81 the Colorado company on thu
north, and covers at least 5000 feet
OF the extension Of the Colorado vein.
It's north end line abutting upon the
territory Of the Yankee Consolidated.
IN addition 20 the Colorado vein, he
Bees Tunnel group embraces two
other known ore zones or leges-One
known as the Crown Point vein, and
the other the Yankee and Humbug
ore channel. the latter cutting through
Beck ground well within its western
sidcline
No sinking on the vein has been
done below the tunnel level. and, be-
cause OF this fact, there have been
those who have argued that the ores
OF these mines do not go down. De-
volopmeut viii prove this question.
however: and vet IL r. the belief or
tho old-time mine managers and
mining operators Of the district that
the Colorado and Beck mines will
nnd gigantic ore deposits down to the
900 or 3.000-foot levels; or as far
down as these cNm, Nnies can 60.
Deprecated veins are the rule in the
lime formation Of Tintic district ana
such mines as the Centennial Eureka.
the Gemini- X eystOIN', the Bullion
Beck. the Eureka I'M, the Mammoth,
have developed gl-Nttcr and riches
ore bodies at 1000 feet and down to
the 1000, than were fyund in the
upper workings"
NINE WELL EQUIPPED.
Like the Colorado the Beck Tunnel
mine is well equipped. Late shipments
from the mine have assayed from 25 to
30 per cent lead, 80 ounces In silver
and about 81 In gold 10 the ton. owing
.o the recent smelter restrictions. divi-
lends We're temporarily suspended and
ihipmens curtailed This order Of
.hings. Il Is Anticipated viii be only
A feature about the Colorado and
Beck Tunnel mines is the absence OF
lead work. and the best evidence OF this
$ the dumps about the hosting plants
where very little waste can be found
everything taken out OF
heso mines has been ore, which has
,een sent 20 market. This mine has
paid dividends aggregntlng $40, 900.
BLACK JACK CONSOLIDATED
Next IN line Is the Black Jack Con-
olidated. which vas formed during the
ear. Il having tsorbed the companies
.perating Black Jack and Star Con-
Olidated Recent developments made
n the Black Jack mine are Of an Inn
,ortant character.
The property Is now I'm condition TO
reduce ore and under favorable smet-
ng conditions, 50 can make its mark.
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