Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-27
CLEAN UP OF THE
TINTIC SHELTER
win Occur This Wcck--Plant May
start again Under New
Management.

Eureka. sept e5--TWo furnaces al
the Tintic smcltcr have been closca.
and before The ist fires from beneath
The other furnaces Wiu Doe drawn and
next week the general cleanup of ute
plant viii take place. Thor. s "1
question but what the sncteg VII
be closed hat tlrIr ls sdiA 20 pa q
splendid possibility OF IT'S resumhs
Cpeiations again under entirely new
management Local mining men are
OF the opinion that Che shutdown VIII
DC ior a short tiWc only ANA others
look al the closing OF the 5mcitcr lh
more pessimistic manner ana die moN-
ing away from Silver Clty rne uuSi-
ness people and other residents are
feeling pretty gloomy Some have coh-
fdcnce In the plant rcsuming but nave
not money sufficient Co hang on uht.l
conditions become better again ana
are getting ont. The stores at silver
have been forced 60 stop selling goods
upon credit and some OF the stores
and saloons are preparing 20 go OUT
OF business.
4 pump win be Installed al the Tutic
Central to handle tho flow ~ water
recently encountered in the shntt
which is now down TO a depth OF $50
feet \ contract for another 100 tet
OF sinking viii b. let at once. Manage
Holloway believes that the Iron Bios
som ore viii be encountered in the
Tintic Central at depth OF 800 feet.
work upon the big tunnel being run
by the Centennial Eureka Mining COM
pany. TO tap the main working smart al
Il depth OF about 800 feet. Is well under
way. and splendid progress Is being
made. already more than 100 feet OF
the tunnel. including tho cut al its
mouth. having been driven. Work Is 20
10 rff.H HIf ends and II Ia
expected that 400 feet of tunnel work
can be completed each month. Al this
rate 1t win take eight months at least
To complete the Work.
Only a Few days ago a stringer Of
nice lead-silver ore made its APP
pearance in tile shaft OF the East Tin
tic Development mine. II Is learned
from the manager % the properly,
Ralph Kellogg, that the stringer of ore
is all the way from two 20 eight inches
in width and carries about 30 ounces In
silver and SO per cent lead The COM
pany is still continuing the sinking OF
the shaft To the 800 level. when drifts
will be pushed out toward the cas-.
upon the $50 and 500 levels The 10th
of next month is the date at which the
shaft IS expected 10 reach the 800
level Another carload OF good ore
was sent Out from the property the
past week, having been taken from
the ore body which was recently OPEN
ed up on the @25 level
The North Iron Blossom company
will soon be launched The company
owns several claims I'm the North Tin
tic district. the ground completely sur
rounding that OF the old Beck Iron
mine which ls the property OF Jesse
Knight The new North Iron Blossom
company owns n claims and the capi-
tallzation Of the company has been
fixed at l.00o 600 shares Of the par value
of 10 cents The officers are TO be
James Morgan ~ Eureka. president:
John Walker OF Union Fort. vice presi-
dent, and @ A. Fr0ube OF Eureka, sec
rotary and treasurer: these with Chas.
Field and Charles Monitor form the
board Of directors
Capt Hugo Deprezin IS engaged In
putting down rails in the long tunnel
on the Golden Ray group Of claims 10
the ives; Of and adjoining the Centen-
NAL Eureka ground other Improve
nentS are heiag made 90 the property
preparatory 10 the starting OF work.
Mr. Deprezin has had several oppor-
tunities to incorporate this ground, but
after giving the matter careful con-
sideration he has decided to personally
handle the development OF the ground
believing that very small amount or
work viii demonstrate the value uf
the Golden Ray claims.
From J. ~ McChgysttl superntcn-
dent Of the Gemini. who has been In
Eureka FOR several days. II Is learned
that things are moving along In nice
shape at both the Gemini and Ridge
and Valley. and operations will not
be suspended on the lower levels ~
the Geminl as reported The pumps ara
handling the water without difficulty
and the usual amount of work is going
on Ia an parts Of the two mines and
win continue 10 DO 50. the SHOWING
being exceptionally good upon the
lower levels. TWO carloads OF high
evty last week