The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-14
NOTES FROM THE
T|NT|C DISTRICT
Much New Work Is Being Done
in Some Interesting
Spots.
CENTENNIAL PUMP
IS BEING REPAIRED
Colorado. Iron Blossom, Black
Jack and Others Working
in New Ore.
Snecial 70 The Tribune.

Special TO The TrlDune
EUREKA, Nov. 1S.-One of the large
pumps gave out at the Centennlal-Eu- :
reka mine during the week and certain
portions had to be sent to SAT- Lake
for repairs. and the other units OF the
plant which handle GOO gallons OF water
per Minute will be used in keeping down
the overflow of water on the 2SoV !eNcl.
Operations are going along ilneiy on n.. .i,a
level and the property is adyanSlhg &c e"''y
in the production Of hiGh grade ore.
The ore body on the 500 level oil INC
Colorado mine is opening up IN a shape
very satisfactory to the nlanaGemStt
the present body being about forty tecl
wide. and as progress is made the vein
widens from which is obtained the nlSh~
est grade ore AS the property contains
400 feet of ground that has never oeen
prospected. the future is bright
The shaft at the Yankee minc is rcach. :.
ing the lower levels at a rapid pace and
it is expected that large deposits OF ore
100 level is attained, The present con-
tractors will sink to the 1900, where
prospecting will be the order OF the day
and the shaft will be continued TO the
at the property will allow $500 feet OF
sinking. and, il necessary, the company
Will go To that depth. The management
OF the mine is working the property In
a very economical manner and is max
ing every dollar count,
Owing TO a fault in the compressor
plant recently installed at the Bradley
group Of claims in North Tintic, WORK
has been suspended until repairs are
made, and ;he old hand machinery is
again IN opera ton: The shaft mas at.
tanned depth OF so feet. superintendent
S. Z. Ware has the development work
we'll in hand and is making rapid pro
gress. AS soon the machine drills
are put in operation good reports can
BE expected from these claims.
4 drift is now being run on the 800
level at the No workings OF the Iron
Blossom mine for the purpose OF get
ting under the cave recently opened up
in that property. The drift will have TO
be run distance Of 100 feet, and Su
perintendent Charles Zabrisklc expects TO
accomplish this work within two weeks,
He will push the work as the cave is
known from recent explorations 10 con-
tain vast quantity of good paying ore.
which the nagement Will remove
through the drift nov being extended
from the 500 level: The Iron blossom
great Tinttc.
Dan Frank has finished his contract for
sinking the shaft at the Crown Point
distance Of 100 feet and another contract
vas Immediately let to sink TO the 200
level Located as the claims arc. there
is no doubling their future as ore pro-
ducers
Work was commenced this week on the
North Iron Blossom claims. which ad-
Join the old Seek Iron mine I'm the north
end Of the district and from samples
taken from the ground with proper dc
velopment work should soon be made a
paying proposition.
As The drift is being driven on the 1000
level OF The Black Jack mine. the de-
posits Increase In richness and the work
ings are being pushed southwark to open
ZIP high grade ore body known TO en-
ist in that locality. The ore at present
encountered is rather of a broken char
acter, nut is assuming a higher grade
as the drift is being rnn. and II is only
n question of short lime when the
solid ore body Is encountered.