The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-16
TINTIC MINING NOTES.
poines of Past Week at East Side
Propertles-Black Jack Tunnel.

Sinking is still in progress at the Nc
kinley property. The shaft has now
reached a depth of $50 feet, and w. D.
Myers. the president of the company, says
that sinking will be continued until the
800 level Is reached. During the month
of February the shaft was put down
nearly fifty feet, and in the future the
shaft will be dropped down at the rate
of about fifty feet per month.
Perry Fuller. assistant to superinten-
dent John Roundy of the knight proper
ties in Itntic. states that sinking of the
Crown Point shaft will start early next
week, the station at the 800 level being
nearly finished at this time. over at the
Iron Blossom sinking is still in progress
and at this time the shaft is down some
thing over 400 feet Work Is still going
on in the tunnel which was run in from
the railroad grade to tap the Iron Bios
som shaft a. a depth of 800 feet The dis
tance between the mouth of this tunnel
and the Iron Blossom shaft is between 600
and 700 feet.
Superintendent Lou Merriman of the
Yankee Consolidated states that the new
shaft is now down about thirty-five feet
below the 500 level and that sinking has
been discontinued for a few days while
some repairs are being made to the boil
ers and other machinery. The sinking
OF the shaft will start again next Mon
day. Drifting Is going on upon all of
the levels. and while Superintendent Mer-
riman states that there is nothing new
at this time ct the Yankee. IL is learned
from an unofficial source that the mine
is looking splendidly and that some I'M
portant developments are expected at any
time in the new territory in which the
work is now being carried on so energet-
ically.
Scott & Sons have taken a contract for
running the tunnel at the Black Jack
mine. This tunnel when completed will
be about 1000 feet In length, but the
company having done some work at both
ends there now remains about 800 feet
of work 1t is stated that when this tun-
mel is completed the cost of transporting
the ore from the Black Jack to the new
smelter will be % cents per ton or perhaps
little less than that amount The mine
has some immense deposits of iron and
other low grade ores which can be ham
died through this tunnel very prOfitably
This does not mean that they cannot be
handled without the tunnel or that the
Black Jack will not commence the ship
ment of ore until the completion of the
tunnel With the new Tintic smelter in
operation the Black Jack will be one OF
the most favored of the Knight proper
ties because of the variety of ore which
1t has TO offer.
Superintendent Griggs of the Uncle gam
and May Day mines. Superintendent
Brown of the Centennial Eureka mine.
Charles w. Reece. Fred Shontz, p. J.
Fennel and DR.. Harvielle will leave on
March q for the property of the Chero-
kee-Nevada Mining company near Leiths,
New. The property is not being worked
at the present time. but the officials Of
the company. which Is owned principally
by Tintic people, expect to dispose OF a
block of stock and resume work in the
near future. MeSsrs. Griggs, Brown and
Reece will make thorough examination
of the property and their report. as well
as such suggestions as they are able TO
give with reference TO development work,
will be of value to the company. The
Cherokee Nevada ground is generally con-
ceded to be among the most promising in
the southeastern part of Nevada IT is
not merely a prospect, as some good ore
has been encountered. one car load of
which was shipped last fall