The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-22
.LEHI TINTIC
STARTS BIG TUNNEL
Will Tap at Depth Several Rich
0utCrOpping Lead Silver
Veins.

An S0O-foOt tunnel 10 open up and ex-
pore its large territory OF over 240
acres In the northeastern part OF the
Ilnttc district, where Outcroppfngs
showing rich ore IN several places will
De tapped nj depth. is the plan Of work
5ust started BY the Lehi Tintic Mining
company The property Is located six
miles northeast OF Eureka.
Aears ago some very rich silver-lead
ore was taken out OF shallow workings
IN several places on the property An
Incline tunnel was sent down one Of
the cropping veins. showing punches OF
nigh-class ore here and there. with the
FORMATION very much crushed and bro
ken.
About three years ago the present
owners got control Of the property and
drove 200 feet into the hill. tapping the
llch OutcFoppings at considerable depth.
The same crushed formation, showing
rich pockets now and then. We en-
countered. Wines were sunk on the
ore IN places, proving IL was going
down.
Fortunate Clause.
The company was for a time handi-
capped by lack of capital. il being inn
possible 10 float treasury stock Re
Gently the articles of Incorporation
were amended. an assessment levied
ana the necessary FUND raised 10 put
this tunnel into the mountain at least
SOC feet In the original articles pro-
vision had been inserted giving a two
thirds majority the power 10 amend,
and make the stock assessable. other
wise this campaign OF development
never could have been inaugurated, as
some OF the stockholders objected to
aE assessment.
The company has had engineers make
a thorough examination Of the prop
ertV, also make careful underground
survey. which satisfied the manage
ment that a long tunnel would not only
open up the rich outcrops at depth, but
IN its course IL would cut several other
promising veins.
Engineers' Report.
The following is a summary Of the
report issued by A r. Talamantes and
%. A. Ilhbetts.
This tunnel will encounter the line
OF fissuring shown in tunnel No. ,, and
the shaft north OF the portal OF No. 1
tunnel at $40 feet and at a vertical
depth OF 400 feet and viii pass under
the incline shaft on top of the hill in
l-45O -eet al a depth OF 562 feet The
assures show a dip of Sc degrees 10
north and west In the incline shaft on
top OF the hill We find the unusual Oc-
currence Of the intersection of two fis-
sures ia both their strike and dip,
where the flssuFe upon which the in
cline was driven passes entirely
through the one upon which No. / tun-
mel was projected
The geological conditions are similar
10 those of the main Tintic camp show
ing the quartZite, andesite, while the
mlnerallZed section is represented by
the Mammoth and Godiva limestones.
The ASSURING of the limestones has
been quite extensive, but not regular
owing 10 secondary movements.
The naturalization consists Of the
typical lead and iron carbOnates Of the
Tintic district. with occasional occur
reRces Of high grade galena which has
been mined and shipped, aggregating
500 tons.
Property Well Equipped.
The property is we'll equipped with
tools, trackage and necessary machin-
cry for tunnel work. A little later
the intention is TO put in cOmpressOrs,
securing power from the Thelma mine
an adjacent property.
The officers of the Lehi Tintic are
II. X. Cutler. president; r. II. Fitzger-
aid, vice president and treasurer; other
directors: James Melville and George
Nichols of American Fork, who is man
ager. owen Carter is the secretary.