Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-05
SOON TO OPERATE
DIAMOND DRILLS
Tntic Smeltcr r. CloSod--Sc"ua N'no
l. Shippinr-iioi-t ana o'iier
Tauipment at Gold King.

E,reka. oct According TO me
statement OF Manager j. o. Sullivan oil
tho Raymond Illinois, that property
Will. within the next two weeks put N
operation diamond dr.ns in lie under
ground workings In this property Moi p
has been carried on TO depin or Low
Feet Some water has been encounteieo
al this level and Go go deeper IN th'
ordinary, manner would nccessittte the
putting IN Of "a pumping plant 60 hanole
the water with diamond drills II VIII
ho possible 20 develop the ground, OF
rather prospect IT, Go a depth ut 'Fu 70
500 feet deepcr than where work IS now
being carried ON. ,...-,-..
Tho shaft AZ the East Tintic Develop
ment company mine has attained "a
depth OF about $50 feet and as soon aH
the workings reach the 500 Level sinhins
wiH be stopped and crosseut sem
out In search Of ore at that depth. Wo
carloads Of nice ore were sent OUT lio'"
the mine this week
s.,er,th,nr is at n st3ndstul az tho
Tintic smeitor. aside from few men
working IN the carpenter shop. lapora,
tory oface. aud IN cleaning up around
different PARTS OF the plant The urea
have AN been pulled from the UT
nacas and the small army Of men when
was employed has left and given the
place a somewhat deserted appearance
local mining men are ~ the opinion,
however that IL VIII soon start up
again under entirely new ownership
and management.
Teams which are now hauling c"al
10 the Mcintyre pumping plant whicn
Is located about four miles this size or
the Scotia mine In West Tintic, VIII
haul ore from the Scotia mine 70 inc
railroad switch al Boulder on the
san Pedro railway There the ore VIII
he sent 20 market. The ore wiz be
sacked. so that Il ian be handled easily /,
and by hauling a load Of coal out and
returning with ore the expense OF maui
ine will he mate ally cut down for
several years the Scotia mine mas peeh
producing good ore. The present ou.-
nut will be about 10 carloads. FOR which
r. cononanv has a contract This is
said 10 be small part Of the ore which
the company has awaiting shipment at
MAY SELL STOCK.
The shareholders of the Diamond Queen
Mining company AT recent meet
ms heard reports that the company Is
In splendid financial condition, and
tho property is improving every day
rho directors now have an opportunity
10 place a block Of stock al an advan-
taaeous price, and a meeting VIII be
held oct. 10. 10 decide whether tho
stock viii be issued. II this treasury
stock is disposed OF It will mean com
plete equipment for the mine ana an
extensive campaign Of deVeiopfnea nS
work. The tunnel has been driven ~.
feet and this with 50-toot crosscu,
rives the company about 3+o feet oil
work upon the tunnel level The face
of this tunnel Is now In manganese
quartz and doipnite lime.
The new hoist and other equipmen
Al tho East Tintic Gold King propert'
is now working In good shape, and eN
oelleut time rs being made IN developln
this ground, which Il In the easter
mart Of the district and II consldere
among the best upon the east slde.
The shaft is at present down depth
$50 feet. and as soon ms IL reaches
depth of $50 feet. prosecuting VIII D
undertaken, aud tho ore should be en-
countered at a depth Of 80 10 800 ieel
THE shaft IS at present In minerallze'
lime with strong iron indications. This
together with the loose character OF IN
ground. are considered good indicationi
OF ore