The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-14

taken charge of the operations of the
| Utah consolidated mine and has put .
| force OF men at WORK on the 2O0-leve
mining a drift TO develop adjoining prop
| erty, where the ore is known To be 10
Gated. Mr.. Mathews, while In charge o
| the Swansea properties al Silver City
| was always glad To meet newspaPcrmel
| and give them the truth about the work
| ing of the mine and Will always cXtonc
courtesies TO the press In his new posi-
| ton.
With push and vim Superintendent
! Nicholas Roberts is driving the big tun-
mel AT the Iron King In East Tintic
About 400 feet OF drifting will have tC
| be accomplished TO cut into the big iror
ore deposits, beneath which lies the richer
orc bodies. 1t Is a well-known fact
proved by old prospectors of Tintic, that
where there is q large deposit OF iron
| rich bodies of ore exist. This fact Is
| proven In the iron claims located by sew
! ers1 Tinticltes, and In the Incorporated
| company known as the Iron Hat. located
| In East Tintic. John Bestlemeyer. the
pioneer of TintIc, first located the claims
tried to get capital interested in the
cast end, hut was not successful tlc
kept right on locating. knowing that In
time he would come into his own Today 0y
he is called the 'Father of East Tin
tic." and the old. despised Iron Hat
Grutli, Bull Hill and other properties. IA
thered by him, promise 10 be the big
ore producers OF East Tintic. The ore
underlying the iron on the Iron Hat is
being developed under the supervision
of William Hoffman and In short time
will surprise even the stockholders with
it's richness With proper railroad ia
cilities the Iron Hat could make splen
did shipments OF high grade iron ore,
and with development work now In prog
ress will be ono OF the big East Tintic
producers before the close of the pres
ent year.
Other Activities.
Ur,,, Iba Ionn foot Laval 1f Tho Gle
and Blue Bell mine Superintendent
Owens Is now stopping a good grade OF ore
and will open up as fine body or orc as
ever discovered in Tintic from all indics-
tions. Should the proposed consolidation
OF the Eagle and Blue Bell go through
with the American Star company they
will own a big group OF very rich claims
located in the heart OF Tintic. lying be-
tween the Centennial Eureka and Chief
Consolidated holdings sac reaching right
over to the Grand Central holdings on
the other side Of the mountain.
George A, Udall. one OF the principal
stockholders in the Schwab and Gray
Rock Mining companies. and attorney for
the same. this week informed The Tribune
correspondent that in few weeks active
work would be commenced on their valu-
able holdings In East Tintlc The Schwab
group consists OF eight claims, lying be-
tween the Iron Hat. Gray Rock and Mon
tana claims and directly south OF the
well-known East TntiC Development
company's property. On this property has
been sunk a perpendicular shaft OF 100
feet and the indications show that with
proper management the ore body can be
encountered the same as in the East
Tintlc Development ground
As to the Gray Rock, the shaft has
been sunk near the contact OF The lme
and in the porphyry. which has produced
good Indications Of the ore body; Though
the shaft has attained depth OF only
fifty feet the showlngs have encouraged
the management to at once resume opera
tions and before fall the Gray Rock will
be a leader among the prospects OF the
east end.
John Taylor left Saturday morning for
the property of the Tintlc Humboldt.
where operations will begin at once on
the eighty foot shaft and Will be con-
tinued on down depth OF 100 feet, when
prosecuting will be done 10 encounter the
ore vein. A new whim has been pur-
chased for the property, so that work
will be expedited. Then bottom Of the
present shaft Is In an iron formation and
shows that n body OF good ore exists In
the neiGhborhood,