The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-04
GEM|N| COMPANY
WILL sink DEEPER
Management Satisfied That Ore
Will Be Found in Lower
Levels.
CHIEF CONSOLIDATED Is
MAINTAINING SHIPMENTS
All Sections of Tintic Dis
trict Are Showing
Activity.
Special TO The Tribune.

special 10 ne lrlDune.
EUREKA. Jan. $.-When the Little
Chief mine was started. some twelve
years ago. by tho late T. D. sullivan. It
Was predicted that the property would
develop into one of the greatest producers
OF the Tiutic district. and OF late this is.
indeed, proving to be the case. Since the
Chief Consolidated company took over
the holdings OF the Little Chief company,
a search has been made for the ores at
depth and the results have been moro
than satisfactory. the shipments from
the minc averaging now six carloads OF
erty Is located in tho heart of the Tintic
district naturalization, and the workings
are within the city limits.
During the year large amount oil
money has been expended, not only I'm
development work, but in erecting new
buildings, adding up-to-date machinery
every detail. The Eureka City Mining
company, which recently obtained tho
right 10 mine beneath the Eureka town
site. is under the same management as
the Chief Consolidated. Walter Fitch be-
ing general manager and superb tendent
of both properties, and IL is tho inten-
ton TO develop the territory OF the Eu-
rcka CITY company through the lower
levels OF the chief Consolidated, the pre-
dictIon being that fortunes will be taken
from the orc deposits underlying the old
rclSa City treasury $40, 900 for the privi-
lege OF mining under the homesteads OF
the little city.
Gemini Also in Game.
The Gemini company has also recently
purchased the right TO search for min
ersl underneath the city OF Eureka In
property owned by the city and adjoin-
ing claims nee areSy SS o0T552eG paS Sy tS
to the city council for this right of min
ing
of the Gemini will also start al once 10
sink in the main shaft at the mine:
which has already attained depth OF
1000 feet, Some work. however; has been
done below this level and the results
have been OF such an encouraging nature
tha, the management is confident that
the mine viii open up at ssn,I Its best nf ,aaS sS
feet It Is said, some OF the richest ore
which ever came out OF the Tinuc ols-
trlct has been found. and on the 100
ticularly high class, The management
vii send the main shaft down to the
2ooo-fo level, and win continue devel-
opmcnt from this point.
The large electric pump built for the
Gemini people and installed at the mine
some time ago TO handle the water sur
and will il Is believed be found equal
10 any emergency which may arise; The
striking of the main shaft 10 additional
depth Will not only open MP considers,,,
bic extent OF new territory. but il will
make possible the more economical han
ding Of the water. and the greater de-
Velopmcnt of the mine generally.
Other Activities.
C W. Clark formerly superintendent
OF the Eagle & Blue Bell mine. is In
charge OF the work recently started on
the Wicklow property In East Tintic The
old tunnel; which is In a distance OF ntty
feet is being cleaned out and rotimhered
prepara tory to the inaugura ton of cam
raicn Of active development
AT the Cliff property. Judge Frank
siderable ore exposed. a shipment hay
ing been made during the week, and IL is
promised that regular PRODUCTION ps, Will be
speak we'll for the future possibilities OF
the south end OF the district
The Silver City end Of the district is
at the present time experiencing a gen,
cTsl revival Of interest aud activity y
pTcitsaly operated by IeaseIs; ;;,s and ole old
Good miners have no difficulty In finding
work in this end Of the camp: Judge
J. W. Green Is working his old claims
the Silver Horn group, on Julian Lane
hill and the Pacific Mining company is
perfecJing plans for extensive develop
mcnt NJ It's holdings
Gabe Westburg and Robert Long have
developed duiie substantial ore body
in the old I-ndine property. and are MAX
ing shipments Of high grade. siiver-lead
ore. The results attending the develop
rnent work In general are highly encour-
aging and go 10 show that Silver City
10 still far from being dead one.
North Tintic.
Len peI,ong and Irving n. Spriggs have
completed the annual assessment work
on the Electric group OF claims owned by
them and located in North Tintic. and
the showing made has been such as TO
lead 10 the determination TO continue de-
velopnlcnt work indefinitely OH this
ground.
Work is still going ahead AT the Black
Jack property. drift now being run
through a soft and highly mineralized
formation which il Is expected Will make
into high grade ore in the near future.
As a matter Of economy. the waste from
the drifting ope re- lions is being dumped
into an old winze which does away with
the expensive hoisting operations
Leasers on the old Joe Bowers property
are following n strinGer Of rich silver
lead ore in their work. and they expect
IN the near future TO make a profitable
shipment Of the product they are now eX-
tracting. In the early days high silver
values were the feature OF the Joe
Bowers ore. and II is stated that the
old producer is still far from being en-
tirey worked out.
When promised capital enters the Tin
tic field II Is thought that other old
properties. such as the Martha Washing
ton. Picnic and Cleopatra. will attract the
attention Of investing operators. and. II
such IS the case, an active revival OF old
time productiveness is promised