Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-24
.GRUTLI EQUIPMENT
SOON TO Be READY.
Chief Consolidated Sinking Beyond
+ j 400 LevcI-Iron King Strikes Iron
Orc--Nortli Cliff Shipping.

Eureka, May 22-The cause forgathe
.rneasiness OF Iron Blossom stock the
mast few days Is believed to be- the
h circulation of a report that the 1nfsle
was not looking just right, and heavy
selling orders were sent in by some of
Tho shareholder The nlanageH lFle e
{ here states that in crowding the out
put of the property but little opportu-s
nifty has been presented to develop the
big orc body as 1t should have been de-
xeloped, and that al one or two points
from which the heavy tonnage OF ore;
= has been taken lean streaiks were ap-
,,alently encountered. This no doubt
caused the report to circulate. Srper-
intendent Rcundy states that the mine
is certainly looking good at this time
and no trouble is being experienced2s IN
Il Keeping the shipments of ore up to the
standard.
Sinking in the Chief Cons shaft start
ed the early part#of the week ,as ~ this
y time the shaft is down 4 400 feet. a
donkey engine has been installed on
this level and will be used in drnpping
I the shaft down to "a depth of 200o feet
From the l,400 foot level the shaft
{ will be double compartment. down TO
Il he 2, 600. which would indicate that
Il the company is shaping things so that
shaft and put in modern machinery,
should permanent ore deposits. be
y opened up. & - ) 555l tg tis
The new hosting equipment at the
+ Grutli. in East Tintic. will be ln@opera-
3 ton the early part of. next week. The
4 company is putting in pipe line to
carry water to the property from the
1 iBestleneyer springs. The plant at this
property will be complete In every re-
spect. The shaft which is at present
q down q depth Of 10 feet Will be sunk
deeper With much speed. 5
Superintendent Roberts of the Iron
King, who was in town the other
day gave the information that low
grade iron ore had been encountered
I'm the drift on the 400 level of theamtne.
He stated that 1t would be necessary
TO drift considerable distance further
before the main ore deposits are
opened up. The present showing is very
encollra ging, however. The big tunnel
which5is being srlin in Iron King ground
4 toward the SHAFT. has also encountered
low grade iron ore. The. tunnel work
4 is being handled by contractors. and ]
is going along very rapidly on account
OF the soft formation.
The North lift at Silver is sending
down to the Tintics smelter a lot. of ore
which has been piled ut the mine for
some time. a. force has been put to
work, which Will break ore enough to
permit of a shipment Of about 60 tons
each month. A contract has been made
with the Tintic snlelter forSthe receipt
Z Of about this amount Of ore monthly
ard ills believed that the property can
z be kept in the prod ncfng class for this
amount OF ore for some time to come.
n There are a great many men in Tin
satic who have a lot Of faith In this prop
serty and hey Wilt be pleased to learn
+ that the mine Will make egular ship
j nents OF ore II, tho future
At the NlehalGss,r Finite property in the
!. northeastern part of the district opera
lions arc again under way, n small
ploNed. taking out II very good grade OF
Rilver-lcad, ore. Al jigging plant has
4 heen put M at the property and the
s5ore Is being reduced to concentrates.
+ The ore pea rs to como In lunches.
! huff conditions continue to improve
as they have In the late past, the COM
Eany will have a; big proposition.
The first payment of $1,000 upon the
Meilich group OF claims in East Tin
& tic, held under an option by Salt Lake
Y parties, or rather the Montana Mining
3 company, wi II become due July 4. and
everything Indicates that the payment
4 will be made. This Of course will mean
the settlement Of the other two pay
q 1nents, amounting in all to $40, 600. At
the present time hree-con1partnen
B shaft is being sunk on this property
Development work Is being done on
the Queen OF the West ground. over
near the II. q. w. group Of patented
z claims. About SIS 900 in development
3 work has been expended upon the
Queen of the West to date. There Is
good surface showings on this ground,
as well as encouraging conditions at
different points where work has been
done. 5fiss