Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05
n. IRE ORE FOR
]. T|NTIC SHELTER.
Victor Con Also Waiting to Pat
ronize Knight Reduc-
ton.
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MAMMOTH EYES ARE ON FINK.
superintendent OF Sioux Con. Amused
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MAMMOTH EYES ARE ON FINK.
Superintendent OF Sioux Con. Amused
At Recently Published
Mine Story.

to the Yampa Eneltel last week and
1t is expected that the returns will show
about ~ per cent copper, . ounces silver
ana ~ cents III soiu, per ton. pnese
dTe the feturnS received Tor the carload
sent out Il couple OF weeks ago, and TIE
iasl Shipment was the same quality
OF ore. me superintendent vi the VIC
Tor states tiiat no mas q tine tace OF
the ore in the raise from the 500 level
w nen the Iinttc smeiter IS ready 70
receive IL, the Victor will SEND u por-
ton OF its output 10 that pant.
rne Shipment OF ore RON the Mann
moth mine lis nor very heavy at the
present time, bur the famous old pro-
uucer is by no MEANS idle. a short time
ago contract was ret Tor the SINKING
OF the wirze nom the 200 level, whoa
was put down to a depth OF 100 feet
some time ago. THIS winze will be
ueepencd an additional 100 feet under
the present contract, and when this is
doHe 1t Is pretty sure. that the COM
zpany will let another contract for an
additional g1U0 feet. The Mammoth
company has wonderful showing on
the lower levels of the mine, partlcu-
arly to the northeast of the SHAFT
where great deal Of exploration work
has been done of late years. The COM
petion of the contract for sinking the
winze from the 200 level will give
the Mammoth workings a depth OF
$50 feet. Some few weeks ago the Of
metals OF the Mammoth company We're
considering the 7advisa blity OF erecting
a. local smeltef In Tintic, ard 1t now
develops that the officials are watch
Ing the Fink smelling process which
is goingg on at Garfield, which IL prov
en- satisfactory In the treatment of the
character OF ore that the Mammoth
us producing. there Is reason to believe
II Jt.,t,
OF course the plant would be
only q small one With possibly two
furnaces. for local use. According TO
the figures which have been compiled
for the benefit of the company a plant
of this size would be Il splendid invest
ment.
Manager Grant Snyder Of the Eureka
Lilly property was in town a couple
of days this week ma king arrange
ments for Installing the new machinery
which arrived Monday, and which is
now being hauled to the mine in East
Tintic. According to Mr.. Snyde1's state
ment no trouble will be experienced In
getting everything In running order by
the time tile workmen complete the job
Of retimbcring the 30O-foot shaft. The
management Of this property Is sflap-
ing very fast for campaign of de-
velopment work which is likely to place
it in the producing list.
The Ajax has made arrangements for
the immediate shipment of about 1000 |
tons of ore to the Tintc smelter This
company will not only ship to the To-
cal sInelter but 1t Is learned that a con- |
tract has been closed with one OF the |
Salt Lake valley shelters for n por- |
ton of the mines output Of 1000 tons /
Of ore already out. There Is practlc-
ally nothing new at this property. but
tits intimated that the Ajax will make
a good record for itself now that a
market has been obtained for the OUT
put.
Regarding the story published In Salt
Lake that the Sioux Con- had followed |
the ore to a point near the Iron Bios
som line, the superintendent of the |
Sioux. Del Roberts, enjoys hearty |
laugh when asked about tho subject
the Sioux has made a SPLEEN
did record In the shipment Of high |
grade ore over since it commenced |
shipping, the first scnsationally rich
.arload will not so forward until the
Early part of next week, and q man will |
De sent along with the car in order to
guard against loss to the company in |
shipment This carload will, it is gem
erally understood, bring the company |
about $4,000, There is a nice face of |
his. rich ore exposed, and it will not |
be long before another shipment VIII |
meet in Provo next Thursday when an |
other dividend will be declared.
About three carloads OF ore Is ready |
'or shipment this week from the new
strike to the south of the shaft on the |
100 level In the Swansea Consolidated |
at Silver City. The ore will go to tina |
rintic smelter. The new strike is turn |
ing out we'll and is being developed by |
4 raise which has reached a point 40 !
feet above the level and is still in ore.
over on the other side Of the shaft. |
on the same level, the company is fol- |
lowing a small stringer of ore with the |
that 1t will ..open IN"
Work in the drift on this level has been
but another drift is
headed in this direction on the 500,
the level above.
TINTIC OUTPUT.
The output of the Tintic mines for
the past week amounted to 149 large
and small carloads, the producers fol-
lowing:
Cars,
Rack Jack Observation-Disclosures.
Centennial Eureka .............,.... AZ
Colorado ...... Observation-Disclosures. 12
Dragon Iron Observation-Disclosures. 20 |
Eureka Fiji ..................... 8
Grand Central OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
iron blosson IT |
Ridge and Valley ..................., 2
Sioux Con. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Uncle sam ..,-.........,.l........ s
Yankee Con. ............ )
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