The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
Small Engine Being Installed
on Tunnel Level Pending
Shaft Repairs.
ONLY A FEW MEN
HAVE BEEN LET GO
Interesting Number of Items
From the Mines of Tin
tic Camp.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
EUREKA, July IA small hoist is
being installed on the tunnel level at the
Mammoth mine so as TO carry ON the
Miller ground work which was stopped
about two weeks ago by the smashup Of
the hoisting engine. 1t will take at least
two months longer TO repair the hoist
Ing plant and the small hoist will keep
The mine going until that time. and en-
able the company 10 operate 10 the 1000
level only. The first work TO be, done
on the property Will be to repair tne
timbcrs in the shaft, which were torn
out by the broken cable and the dropping
OF the cage TO the bottom OF the shaft
\ new shaft house and gallows frame Will
have To be built and new 2OOO-foot ca
BILE installed Very few men have been
laid off at the mine owing TO the dlsas-
The motor and engine OF the new cleo
tric hoist at the Yankee Consolidatcds
mine have been placed In position, and
as soon as the necessary appliances ar
rive this hoist will be placed In commits
sion. as Will also the new cable Tor OPP
Grating the mine at greater depth
Work In sinking the shaft al the Dra-
COON iron mine has cut down the ship
ments from that property for the past
few weeks BY next week regular ship
ments Will be made. The mine was never
A distance OF forty feet has been at
| tained in the drift being run cast on the
500 level at the Colorado property. SUI
| perintendent Perry Fuller intends to
push tthe DRIFT 200 feet further when he
| Is sure he will strike the ore bodies, II
| is Mr. Fullers intention to fully explore
and develop the 900 level before proceed
ing to sink the shaft 10 a greater depth.
Superintendent Thornberg is making
| preparations for the shipment OF valuable
lead ore produced from the Gift mine at
Silver City. the assays OF which snow
| 80 per cent lead and about fifteen ounces
silver. The tunnel on the property Is IN
700 feet and this shipping ore Is being
! taken from raise In the tunnel. the race
| OF which shows exposed four feet OF eN-
cellent lead and silver ores.
Since the closing down OF the East
the east end OF the district. the ground
| has been operated by lcasers VINO are
making good. producing hlsh-grade
lead ore from the jigs In operation, Two
smeters. which Will net handsome re-
turns. As soon as the company can ar
range its affairs. active devclopment oi
the property Will be pushed with vim,
| The Schwab Mining company, which
owns claims on East Tintic, Is suing the
| Iron Hat Mining company. whose prop
erty they adjoin, to recover nee certain . p1ri nmI
| and Junior Nos. !. 4, and =. which
they charge the Iron Hat people of in
| Guiding in their survey OF the Dutch Doc.
| Black Cricket claims. on which they are
applying for a patent. SIX hundred dol
| lars and costs are demanded, and the case
will be tried at Provo. as the claims are
located In Utah county.
| Friday evening the whistle blew for
the last time at the Mckinley mine and
the property was closed down, The
| stockholders of the company, who are
| nearly all working men. have for several
| years past been paying assessments and
| have spent thousands Of dollars for ma
chlnery, buildings, and development work
until the burden became too heavy &c
bear and IL was decided to cease opera
tions temporarily When work ceased
| the mine workings were In splendid con-
dition with every indication OF the prop
erty soon becoming a producer. Work
was being carried on in drlit on ths
300 foot level and quartz had been en-
| countered which would produce ore wortf
| Sc In the east and west break, which Il
over thirty-five feet In width. No doub
arrangements will soon be made so tina
operations can be resumed. The com
pany Is out OF debt and has valuable
piece Of property adjoining the Centcn'
NAL Eureka mine on the west.
Some splendid showinGs have heen en-
countered while cross-cutting on th'
100 level OF the Tintic Humboldt prop
erty which is in a distance OF twenty
five feet, the last twelve feet OF drift
ing passing through fine tale and cross
assure shows loose formation OF quartz
iron. manganese and lead carbonates
which Is n fine indication for the deptl
attained and as prospecting work pro
crosses the close proximity OF the ore be
comes more apparent. The cropping
near the shaft show lead and silver ore
and superintendent John Taylor is high
ly elated with the present development
and will push the workings rapidly t
encounter the vein and make soo'
mine out of the property.