The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-22
Property Once Thought About
at End of Ore Is in
Good Shape.
PLENTY OF METAL. Is
LEFT IN THE CHANNEL
Eastern Tintic Generally Is
Full of Recent Strong
Disclosures.

The ability OF the Colorado Mining
property 10 answer the assertions ulat
the mine was about worked OUT ny
making = steady tonnage of rich ore ior
shipment. is ono OF the features of the
camp these optimistic times. That the
mine today ls in excellent condition Is
vouched for by F.. c, Davies OF w, H.
Child q Co.. who has returned from an
underground inspection of the Colorado
Iron Blossom. Sioux, Beck Tunnel and
other TintiC mines.
Il should Judge that the riCh shoot ol
ore from which the recent shipment was
mndc is about nifty feet north OF the
Sioux line" said Davies on Tuesday.
The shoot has been followed by a RAISE
for seventy feet and IL occurs In a zone
forty feet In width. II is not an easy
matter To measure the tonnage. but there
is a great deal Of the same quaittE pl
ore ready for extraction. While was
there sunday great cave occurred.
bringing down an enormous tonnage oil
shipping grade ore from above, Near
The Sioux line the management is SINK
ing from the 800 level. and II is certain
that a sufficient tonnage VIII be demon l.
strat.d TO Justify the installation OF a
donkey engine at that point.
Iron Blossom Work.
"The Iron Blossom certainly is IN
splendid condition. In the NO. shall
territory drifting Is started on on me ne oUS o~S
opened first by the cave at the 400 level
and everything is favorable for the de-
sired result al that point. ON me ou,
| level the same ore Is as wldc as SlN y y
feet and tho ore ranges from $50 TO $iS
per ton not counting some very higi
values TO he had by selection.
.T saw Inc new orc on the 6op IeNe
of the No. i shaft, a full face OF shlppml
grade product being exposed. on the Np'
| level there are such indications OF cop
per that one naturally is impressed VIII
| the copper possibilities OF this mine. Thf
Iron Blossom management expects TO aa'
! ono more ear to its large weekly snip
| mcnts. thus increasing its earnings IRON
week 10 week.
'.The Mly Day is looking good and any
| round of holes on the 500 level shoui'
| break into the orc discovered some un'
ago by raising from that depth.
Beck Tunnel Caves.
"The cave in the Beck Tunnel property
is about fifteen feet long. ten feet hiS'
| and six feet wide. and | saw the ore II
| the top. bottom ana sides. The manage
ment is engaged in exploring "a secon'
cave which. understand, is larger thai
south and cast and the ore will pene
! trate the Colorado property withou
| question should it keep its trend and
OF course. maintain Its Identity: IN
ore shoot unqucStiona shows signs TO-
day Of being something entirely inde
| pendent Of the Colorado channel furtheI
| TO the east
There is a mistaken opinion in regarc
| TO the Sioux work and its proximity t
the East Crown Point property. Thii
work is fully 1000 feet west OF the latte
group. This Sioux work is being don
on some good gold ore and the ore ha
every appearance Of going down salts
| factorily.
"Tiutic certainly has reason TO fee
satisfied with the developments of tn
past few months.