The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-29
NEW HOIST NOW
READY FOR WORK
Victoria Company Gave Its
Equipment the First Turn
Over Last Week.
LITTLE TIME LOST
AT THE PROPERTY
Eureka Reporter Gives Many
Items of Interest About
Tintic Mines.

The new hosting engine al the VIC
toria mine was turned over for the first
time the early part OF the week and Is
now In operation. Both sides of the new
hosting engine will be used just as soon
as the guides can be placed In the sec
ond compartment of the shaft. The In
stallatlon OF the new hoist has been made
without interfering in the least with the
operation OF the mine and j. {. sullivan,
who is In charge OF this property. says
that the switch from the old hoist 10 the
new did not mean the loss of more than
a couple of hours Time.
The new compressor will not be moved
I'D TO tho mine until the management is
ready to tear out the old hosting en-
CINE AS soon as il is possible to use
both compartments OF the shaft sinking
will be taken up. The Victoria mine has
been producing two cars of ore weekly
ever since the new strike was made.
Manager George Nichols Of the Lehi
Tintic was in camp this week and states
that the tunnel at this property is now
driving the tunnel along ut the rate OF
about four feet each day and the ind-
cations arc said TO be very favorable FOR
that the tunnel is now following along
the hanging wall OF the big assure which
is so wide that the foot wall has not
made lis appearance Tor over 100 teet;
pc rhaps be driven over 10 the foot wall.
as there is a possibility of some ore be-
ing found there.
day caused a three days shut down at
the East Crown Point. The repairs were
completed on Monday and the following
day sinking was resumed In the SHAFT.
Manager j. Preston Greer was at the
property during the week and expressed
himself as highly pleased with the rapid
manner in which the development work
has been going along.
The diamond drill, with which pros
pecting will be carried on at n depth OF
1900 feet and below this level was low
cred into the Iron Blossom mine on We'd
.ncsday. Superintendent Charles Zabris
kie expects 10 have this drill In opera
tlcn before the end OF the present week
or by Monday or Tuesday of next week
at the latest.
There is little change at the Iron Bios
som mine this week and the advance in
the price OF the stock is attributed TO the
fact that some heavy buying orders have
been coming in from eastern investors
for the past ten days.
The shaft al the Opohongo is now near
ing the 500 level. and after a station
shaft will no doubt be sent down 10 the
500 level. the management having adopted
the system OF making the levels 80 feet
apart.
There is a splendid grade of orc in
the bottom of lie shaft at the present
time and a recent assay showed this ore
TO contain % per cent copper The ore
which is being shipped from the mine is
averaging up about as folaws: Twelve
to 20 per cent copper. to 10 ounces
silver and from Sl.50 To $40 in gold. and
this means that the orc is netting the
company little better than $1,000 per
car.
This weeks output is a little lighter
than usual. The Opohoneo is being
worked through the Gold Chain and the
engine of the latter company was out
of commission the early part OF the
week.
The large ore house. which is located
at the lower end OF the old Centennial
Eureka tramway is being torn down
this week, Now that the output from
this mine is being handled through the
Holden tunnel this building is not need
ed. The big gravity tramway. which for
SO many years carried the ore from the
Centennial Eureka shaft house to the
railroad. a distance of about 1000 feet,
has been shipped TO one OF the properties
of the United States company at King
txt,x r1ly.