Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27
IRON KING IS
AGAIN ACTIVE
Development Work Resumed on
This Well Known Tintic
Property.
SHIPMENTS OF PAST WEEK.
Much Work Going on in Eastern Por-
ton of District--At
Big Hill.


Eureka. June 26.Work has again
been resumed in the shaft with two
shifts at the Iron King property locar-
ed east OF the Colorado and Beck Tun-
mel The mine is equipped with good
hosting plant, and the management
says II is the purpose to sink the shaft,
which Is now down $50 feet. to 1000
feet depth before running out for the
ore. Development Is being carried on
under the direction OF p. j. Donnelly,
the superintendent of the Grand Cen
trail mine. and Nick Roberts is fore
man at the property.
Uncle Jesse" knight will land an
other group OF Tintic mining claims, in
fact the details for the transfer of ths
Daisy Eastern company's ground TO
Mr.. Knight have already been ar
ranged. This property lies south or
the hon Blossom, Some time ago Mark
Hopkins and associates of Salt Lake
secured bond and lease upon tho
claims of the group and organized the
Daisy Eastern company. Part of the
treasury stock was sold and some work
done upon the ground.
MIR Hopkins was in Eureka this week
gathering in the stock that had been
sold here, giving them 81 for every
dollar that had been invested. II Is
caled-and there is only small
amount issued-the bond and lease will
be disposed OF to Mr.. Knight The
Daisy Eastern company VIII go out
OF business and a new company organ
lied TO take over the claims.
Shipped from the district this week
were Ga carloads of ore and two car
loads OF concentrates. The properties
contributing were as follows: Cen
tennial Eureka, SO; Eureka Hill. 6; May
Day, s; Uncle Sam. s: Carisa 1; NAM
moth, 3; Grand Central, 8; Yankee
Con, 2; May Day mill (concentrates).
2. The $50 ton shipment of the Man,
moth mine was sent TO the U. s. smelt-
er while the three cars sent out by the
Grand Central went to the American
smelter The Grand Central lot con-
sisted of copper ore that had been
mined for several months: II being in
the way at the mine arrangements
were made to dispose of 1t. No more
ore will be sent out from the mine un-
til the new Tintic smelter Is ready to
receive 1t.
p. j. Fennell returned Tuesday from
the property of the Cherokee Mining
company In Nevada with the report
that the showing Is better at the mine
than 1t has been since the company
took over the ground two years ago.
The new shaft being sunk upon the
depth of go feet, and some good ore
has been cut In sinking this distance.
one streak OF Is inches in width being
quite rich. The shaft will be sunk 100
feet.
A hosting engine was taken to the
East Crown Point ground In East Tin
tic this week. Supt Joseph Reese,
says work on a new shaft will COM
mence soon.
The new hoisting equipment for the
| Sioux Con. arrived a few days ago
| and has been delivered to the mine.
| About 10 days Will elapse before the
| new machinery can be installed and
then the property will be heard from
| regularly in the shipping line. A sta
| tlon Is at present being cut out at the
| $50 foot level and a drift will be run to
| tap the ore upon its dip to the east.
| Although the car OF ore sent out re-
| Gently did not bring as much as was
| thought by many, 1t was entirely sat
| isfactorily to the management.
| There is quite a lot of activity in the
| extreme eastern part OF the district at
| the present time. In the drift from the
| 125-foot level of the Ralph property ore
Is being broken down and already a
| few tons have been hoisted and deliv-
cred to the new ore house, recently
completed. The product Is steel galena.
some of which runs over so per cent
/ iNdh. nc iNdipH some lead
ore years ago; but the prop
erty was worked only to a depth Of
| about so feet. For the past seven years
the ground has been tied up by lltiga-
ton and only recently have matters
been adjusted so that development
| could proceed
Adjoining the Ralph upon the north Is
the holdings OF the Provo Mining COM
panY which Is drifting on tho 160-foot
level. The work Is being done under
| contract by Walter Lott, William Leav-
ut and Bert Bowen OF Provo. These
workings are headed toward the east
with tho intention of cutting the Ralph
vein, IL is hoped. within the next S6
feet.
At the Tintio Standard, southeast OF
the Ralph, two shifts are at work.
Drifting is under way upon the 225-foot
level. but II is understood that the
management intends to sink the shaft
TO greater depth The company II we'll
equipped with machinery TO do the
work and from the way the manage
ment isegoing ahead II Is readily TO be
seen that they have explicit faith In
that section OF the district and mean
business.
At the Big Hill drifting is going on
from the 200-foot level OF the shaft.
supt. Olson of this property states that
the indications are most encouraging.
Al the Horseshoe claim, work Is go-
Ing on by John Bestlemeyer and his
son, John NJ. Bestlemayer These gem
tlemen are preparing 10 patent several
claims in the vicinity whore they are
working. and although they have sold a
great amount OF their East Tlntlc
ground. they Atill have left several very
promising groups of claims.
A meeting OF the Iron Hat company
was held In Eureka last Saturday. al
which It was decided TO inaugurate
development work.
The Centennial Eureka mine VIII be