Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-10
GREATER ACTIVITY
IN NORTH T|NTIC'.
increasing Force at Eagle and Bluc
Bell-Grand Central and
Victoria shipping.
fsneclal 70 the News

s Eureka May 10.-There is "a lot OF
activity in North Tintic at present,
\ Among the properties that are WORKING
at this time might be mentioned the
Selma Tintic HUMBOLDT and Ilntlc
Silver. At the former double COM
partment shaft is being put down un-
der contract. The shaft mas now teslfslt, ,
ed q depth OF 80 feet, and IS loca ssd
near the junction OF two veins Miiele
the showing could hardly he more en-
4 couraging. John w. Taylor OF thls
place left for the Tntic Humboldt pro-
y tperty "Wednesday with couple OF "as-
on loads of supplies and 1lumoer NIL
be hauled out at once for the efectica
Z Of some buildings. This company Was
recently organized at Provo. Years ago
there was nice showings OF iead ore
opened up on some of the claims whlcn
s are embraced in the company's hold
I ings, and from the present indications
it will not be long before a permanent
ore body is discovered. a short as
lance north and adjoining this ground
John Holloway OF Provo has q splen-
did showing OF lead at the bottom OF
an so foot shaft.
a 1t is the intention of the Tlntic EN-
pire company to Install an electric moist
as soon as the shaft has reached Il
8ueplIll 5MutIt
The shaft has been sunk 10 feet
The force at the Eagle and Blue Bell
has been increased until there are nov
about 40 men ut work In the nine
aside from leasers, and in addition 10
4 the ore the leasers are sending out, the
= company is shipping about three car
loads each month. Everything considr
cred the Eagle Is looking fine ana IT
will be but short time pefore the
force is increased.
CUTTING STATION. q
After sinking a % foot sump below
( the $50 level In the East Tintic DeYel-5
opment property, a station Is now beins
) cut at that depth, says Manager Ra!ph
Kellogg. and as soon as the station Is,
completed 1t will be possible to y. re-
sumo the sinking Of the shaft. The
mine Will no doubt be holsting consul
cradle ore within couple OF w. Wes *.
The company Is anxious to tap the ora
at d depth Of $50 feet, and with the
machine drills the shaft can be put
4 down to this depth in less than O
month.
The Grand Central and Victoria. mines
were started UP Tuesday and the out
4 put Of the properties at this time is
about one carload daily, this being
7 the amount OF ore that the Tinsic
present. Within a few weeks the night
shiftSwiil be put to work ut these mines
and the force gradually increased and
the daily output OF ore also increased.
"A station is being cut in the Cen.
tenntal Eureka mine at a depth Of $3.50
feet There is a IS foot stump below this
station and as 1t requires three days Tor
the flow OF water to I'LL this stump the
handling OF the water without the aid
N n er,E fVrnIfn
this station Is finished drifting Will
commence on this new level, which Is
260 feet below the deepest point whsre
4 work Is now being carried on in the
mine. X
y ORGANIZE NEW COMPANY.
ate, Rockhill and r. r. Thurhsr,
both OF Lehi, were in Eureka 9. couple
LOT days last week. They are interested
in the Redstone property of North Tin
tic, and stated that new company
will soon be launched to develop the
* ground. Mr.. Rocktlill Is Interested in
numerous other Tintic properties, and
he said that he believed that the pres
emit year will be the best In the his
+ tory Of the district The ground OF the
Redstone adioins the Nicholas I'll ntic
and the wanless companies properties,
and is among the best in that section.
\ The Nicholas Tintic has q good show
ing OF ore at this time. The Wanless
company was recently organized.
Under an option which calls for the
Payment Of a big piece of money early
\ In June, the Bradley group OF 20 claims
4 in North Tintic Is now held. The claims
are all patented. AT this time It is not
generally known who has the option
which Involves this group, but 1t Is
4 learned that the deal WAS handled by
H Hart, who also promoted the deal
whereby the Tintic Mines company Sc
4 cured some valuable claims adjoining
the Eagle and Blue Bell and Chief Con-
solidated mines.