The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-27
T|NT|C MINES HAVE
HAD GOOD SEASON
North Portion of District More
Promising Than Ever
Known Before.
IRON KING, GEMINI AND
SWANSEA REVIVED
Drills to Replace Old Methods
of Pumps in Deeper Min
ing of Camp.

Special 10 The Tribune,
EUREKA. Dec 26.-Indications to the
west OF the shaft in the Bullion Beck
mine go to show that a fine body OF
ore is about To be opened up on the
800. 400 and 500 levels and at present
very little is being given out, but Supt.
l.. c. Doty is certain that the mine VIII
in 1910 make a showing that will run
far ahead of It's previous record,
Iron King.
The Iron King property In East Tintic
is rapidly forging TO the front. and is
going TO be one OF the leading producers
OF that end of the district. The tunnel
is now In a distance OF over 1000 feet.
can be employed on the development
work. The showing as work progresses
is OF a very encouraging nature and.
with an extension OF few hundred feet,
VIII reach a high grade OF pay ore.
Gemini Mine.
The GemlnI mine, better known as the
Keystone. is one OF the oldest pro-
ducers In Tintic, and being n close cor
poraton very little in regarding de-
velopment OF this and Ridge Valley
mines are given TO the public. There
Is no doubt but what the workings Of
these two great properties means the
opening up OF the great North Tintic dis
trict. During the lifetime of the late
John o, Packard. who had full control
Of the properties very little information
was furnished TO the press regarding
the operations OF these properties, Under
the present management OF Jackson Nc
Chrystal and John c. McChrystal. some
idea IS given the public or what the
great North Tintic district is going to
be. One OF the greatest mines known In
the west is the Centennial Eureka, Yet
IL does not contain one-tenth the values
undeveloped at depth in the North Tin
tic district.
opment work being done on the 500 level
OF the Raymond Illinois property, just
one-half mile north OF the working of
the Geminl and Ridge and Valley, under
the superlntendency OF J. T, Sullivan. one
OF the oldtimeTs, and an expert in mining
in Tinttc for over twenty years. This
work shows that the same vein running
through the Geninl and Ridge and Valley
extends clear through the North Tintic
country, taking in the Farragut and other
properties. Senator Thomas Kearns has
shown his faith In the development of
this north country by investing thou
sands Of dollars and has got many Of
his friends to DO the same. and as his
faith proved good In Park City properties
II VIII do so In North Tintic. There is
no doubt but what mining men Will fol-
low the example set them by the opera
tors OF the Raymond mine and use dia-
mond drills to Counteract the big flow OF
water, which exists In this district
Drills Replace Pumps.
For years past the only solution was
TO install big pumping plants To the
ager OF the Raymond. it can be said
that he suggested the use OF the dla-
mond drill which is now in operation
on the 15Oo-leveI OF the Raymond mine.
proving very satisfactory. If the grade
OF ore now being encountered on the
OO-level Of said mine can be taken as
criterion of what will follow the rich
est ore veins of TIntlc tend toward the
north and the greater the depth reached
the higher the values. Since Manager
Sullivan has discovered the ore vein he
with great success.
The south drift in the Southern
Swansea mine at Silver City is follow
level, and from present indications may
lead TO the uncoverlng of a large body
OF mineral. The drift towards the north
on the same level Is also showing splen-
did indications. and It will be but a
short time before the mine will be at
tracing considerable attention from min
ing men.
which arc being worked by leases are
proving paying propositions. and the old
camp is far from being a dead one"
Begin,ning Be- with the ne new year. many OF
and prospects developed into mines.
Elmer Duncan has completed the an
nual assessment work on the Montreal.
Grand Prize and Tintic Syndicate group
OF claims In the south end and has a
tunnel IN n distance OF 450 feet on the
Montreal claim with favorable indica-
tionS, and development work will be kept
up until satisfactory results arc OBJ
tained. when the latest machinery will
be installed for the proper development
OF the properties.
Bullock Mine,
Work on the Bullock claims in South
Tintic is progressing very favorably, aud
a fine stringer OF ore is being followed
in the north drift from the 2l0-level,
from which u ton OF good ore is being
extracted daily. From present indica-
tions the amount Will be materially in
creased In a short time AS soon as
transportation facilities can be made to
transport the ore from the mine to the
railroads regular shipments will be
made.
Another old Silver City property that