The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-12
New Avenue Will Save Much
Time, Trouble and Money
for Company.
OLD TRAMWAY is
TO BE DISCARDED
Many Tintic Mines Given Atten-
tion by Correspondent of
Tribune.
Special To The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
EUREKA. Sept 1.-Tho big gravity
tramway running from the railroads up
the mountain TO the Centennial Eureka
mine is now out of commission, It's use
fulness now being done away with as
the ore is being handled through the new
Holden tunnel. which extends into the
mountain a distance Of 1000 feet reach
ing the mine on the 500 level. The old
tramway has saved the company thou
sands of dollars in transporting the ores
to the railroad. as before It's construction
about ten years ago the ores had TO be
transported by teams down the noun
tain All the timbers and coal used at
the mine Will be transferred through the
tunnel Next week the employees OF the
mine will use the tunnel going 10 and
coming from the property. thus saving
the big climb OF over nile up 10 the
shaft The shops and buildings now at
the mine will be removed 10 the mouth oi
the tunnel. and the offices OF the COM
pany VIII also be located in the same
vicinity. Work on the water column In
the shaft this week stopped the shipment
lar force OF miners will be put 10 work
on Monday sending out the ore.
The three cent assessment on the ope%
Vas %aS oeNn9uent on Angust ~ rhn ana b1Ife ,ne
cent assessment on Tintic Central stock
became delinquent on September. and
Will be sold on September 2l. All delin-
quent stock on the Tintic Comblna t!on
will be sold on October s. The sale day
for the delinquent stock of the Bullock
is October Is. and the delinquent stock
OF the Schwab company will be placed
under the hammer on September 10.
The drift which is being run toward
the east In the Tintic Central property
has not encountered an increase in the
n n u,h usac S,s n nrktl Ia
the shaft work, and the management is
satisfied that this difficulty has been
overcome, and operations will be resumed
meeting of the Three Metal Mining
company viii be held in this city Sep
tember a, for the purpose of ratifyinE
a deed and transfer Of the Texas & Mis-
sissippi lode mining claims located in
this district. Also for the purpose OF
electng new officers for the company.
Work on the King William property.
Eagle & Blue Bell mine. was commenced
on Thursday night. the operations being
carried on from the l00o-foot level being
the depth attained in the King William
mine when operations ceased and on
which level large amount OF work had
Dccn accomplished. In the near future
another DRIFT viii be run from the Eagle
Blue Bell into the King William prop
erty. The King William ground is In
the center of the big TIntic mineral belt,
and C.. II. Blanchard. the principal own
Newhouse IN the property. and ample
funds are obtainable to make the prop
erly T,, one Of Eureka's great producers;
roddS nhe shatt IL, a. the eoo Yankee % mine has
worked through gray dolomite lime
containing tale and clay, The cave
opened up in the property recently is be-
Ing used by Superintendent Merriman Tor
dumping the waste from the shaft work
and saves a hoist OF 900 feet, there be-
ing ample room to take care of all the
dirt removed from the shaft
During the sinking OF the shaft at the
Victoria last week the workings passed
through fine ore body, but it will not
be developed until the completion of the
SHAFT to the 1000 level. which work, when
accomplished. will allow the company 10
produce the orc from the side OF the
mountain while at present all ore is be-
Ing taken ont through the workings OF
The Grand Central mine al Mammoth.
The Gold Chain mine is showing up in
excellent shape, producing al present
hNe carloads or ore per week, which ship
ment could be very materially increased
force employed in developing the prop
erty and keeping the ore bodies UP in
advance OF the shipments. Connections
have been made on the. 800 level OF the
property with the Opohongo mine the
operations OF which viii be accomplished
through the workings OF tho Gold Chain
AS soon as the new compressor plant is
completed II will furnish air for the op.
properties. Until this is accomplished
the Opohongo ground will be opened up
through the Black Jack workings.
Several local people interested i'm the
Diamond Queen group OF claims locate
In the south end OF the district, vis-
He'd the property this week and were
much pleased with the inspection, and IL
was decided TO resume work on the
claims. Considerable work has been ac-
-complisbed in recent years on the claims
with good results. There Is a distinct
cropping six feet wide and 300 feet long
along tho ridge Of the mountain on the
east side, which contains quartz full OF
galena ore from which high assays have
been obtained; Below the ridge is
shaft 81 feet in depth. at the bottom OF
which Is short crosscut in which tho
upper vein was cut, and from which ex-
cellent assays In gold, silver and lead
was Obtained. There is also tunnel
400 feet In length. where work will b,,
commenced and pushed vigorously as the
showing in the claims gave great promise
OF developing into splendid paying prop
osltion.