Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-07
.LEASERS WORK
OLD T|NT|C MINE
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Utah Property in the Tintic Dis
trict is Responding Very
GratifyingIy.
NEW WAGE SCALE ADOPTED.
No sunday Work at Centennial Eureka
And Bullion Beck
Properties,

cpeClai correspondence.
Eureka, March 6.---,rhe Utah mine.
enc of the Oldest properties in this
district and which has been idle for
several years, is NOW being worked by
leasers. and the outlook is very fav-
orable for 1t to again become pro-
drctive Of some good ore.
Three men are working on the
lease and the owners intend to get
out three or four car loads OF the ore
before they geek "A market for IT, MIR
Matsch. who Is one of the most sue
ccssful leasers in the district, and who
at the present time has a splendid
paying lease in the Bullion Beck. is
quite favorably impressed with the old
Utah and thinks 1t is far from being
worked out.
Three car loads OF heavy rails were
Received on Monday over the Rio
Grande. The new rails will be used
in constructing switches and side
tracks at the new smelter at Silver
City.
The Tintic Iron company's mine at
Silver City is still closed and 1t will
be a few weeks yet before the coru-
pany will be oble to resume the ship
ment of ore. A switch to the mine
and loading station are being built.
and when these(sre put in 1t will he
possible to market the ore from the
property without hauling II by team.
When the new switch is ready, the
ore viii be hauled to Silver City and
there transferred fran the narrow
gage road which connects the knight
mines with the smelter to the r.. q.
w, and Salt Lake Route railroads.
Probably the reason of the advance
In price and demand for Bullock
stock on the market is due to the
strike made In the property the other
day. The Bullock mine. which Is at
Silver City. has considerable ore ex-
posed.
Mrs. Margaret Sheehan is making
the necessary preparations to secure
a government patent upon some min
cral ground which she owns in the
vicinity of the Eagle and Blue Bell
mine.
Beginning with last Sunday the
employees of the Centennial Eureka
mine will be given a layoff every Sun
day, and on Monday last the wages
OF the men were increased. which are
now as follows: Machine men and
timbermen, 1925 per day; miners.
S., and muckers S2.75. The Bullion
the company employees, which does not
] in the least affect these leasing In
the mine. They have the privilege of
working Sundays.
The officers of the Zuma expect 10
begin operations again about the.
middle of next month. The company
has a well equipped hosting plant
and Is in excellent shape for an active
campaign of development work the
coming summer. The ground of the
Zuma company is to the east of the
Colorado and Beck Tunnel properties
on Wednesday two shifts were put
To work in the old workings of the
Colorado mine. under the supervision
of John Roundy, and the starting up
OF the hoisting plant upon the south
ern end of the Colorado ground made
II possible for the Crown Point CONT
pany to take up development work
where it was left off few months
ago The compressor at the old
workings of the Colorado supplies air
for the machine drills at the Crown
Point, and when the former closed
down II forced the Crown Point 10
cease operations. Work was, how
ever. carried on by the Colorado
through the new shaft which Is To-
Gated upon the northern end of the
prc perty, and II was In these new
workings that the ore was encounter
ed about a week ago, showing con
clusively that the immense ore de-
posits of the Colorado extend from
one end OF its ground 10 the other
Two shifts are now at work In the
old workings, blocking out ore and
doing other work which will place
the mine In splendid shape for q
heavy shipment when the time ar
rives.
Sinking will soon he under way at
the Crown Point. there being at pres
ent two shifts engaged in cutting ont
station at the 900 level.