The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-07
TINTIC MINING NOTES.
Fifty-DrilI Compressor at Centennial
Eureka-Victor Con. Active.

Some ore has been taken out Of the
Little Chief mine. but not enough to make
n shipment Work underground has
been delayed because pipe ordered some
time ago failed to arrive.
The assessment work has been COM
pletcd upon the Orient property in the
West Tintic district and this week the
miners who performed the work returned
10 Eureka The Orient is owned priuci-
pally by Judge O. w. Powers. although
John Il. Vance OF this city has an inte.-
est i'm the company.
The big fifty-drill compressor for the
Centennial Eureka miro is being taker
mp the hill. and will be put in place
within a very short time. This is the
biggest compressor i'm TintiC. If not the
largest in the state. and il required sew
eral OF the best teams owned by the
Hopes Transfer company TO move it from
the railroad TO the mine.
Superintendent John ROundy says that
the work OF cutting a station at the 30
foot level i'm the Colorado property was
finished the first Of the week and that
drifting has now started. The Colorado
IS without doubt one of the most prom
Using prospects in the district and every
one is looking for IL to duplicate the rec
ord OF its neighbOr. the Beck Tunnel.
Michael Fisher and Frank Mathews arc
low upon prOSp ectlng trip III Nevada.
in the interest Of number of local peo-
pie who put mp money for them TO spend
> few months looking over some OF the
mineral sections of that state. Very en-
couraginE letters have been received from
them. and as they are both experienced
miners they may be able to locate some
good property.
William Stauffenberg came in yester-
day from the Erickson district. He ssys
that preparations are being made to re-
sumo operations at the New Utah com
panys property i'm which Eureka and
Grand Junction. Col. people are inter
csted. Timothy Manion one of the heav-
Jest owners in the company. is now I'm
Nevada, but he is expected to return TO
Eureka within the next month. There
IS sufficient money in the treasury to
take M the development work where
IT was left eff last year.
Claim jumping is almost thing Of the
past IN the Tintic district. as most OF
the owners Of claims see TO il that the
assessment work is done long before the
new year rolls around. However. there
were few people out i'm the hills on the
night of Dec. 81. and there was an in
creased demand for location notices dur
ing the last days of the old wear. The
storm which started i'm on New Years
eve made a trir out into the mountains
very disa greeablc task and several who
had intended TO make some locations on
that date postponed the job until the fol-
lowing day and took a chance on some
one getting ahead Of them.
superintendent Joseph Treloar of the
Victor Cons. saws that three shifts are
sinking was started a few weeks ago the
shaft has been put down a distance of
about sixty feet. The boiler which was
hauled MP to the mine last week is now
being brcked i'm and within a week or
ten days at the latest it will be i'm use.
Manager a. w. McCLne. jr.. was at the
mine during the first OF the week and
spent a few DAYS in looking over the un-
foreground workings. Victor stock has
been a little stronger on the exchange
during the past few days ard while no
strike has been made the showing in the
shaft is splendid.