The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-01
PUTS IN
NEW EQUIPMENT
General Review of Tintic Mines
Is CulIed From Eureka
Reporter.

The following items are culed from
the Eureka Reporter, the paper that is
making splendid use OF It's location al
Tintic.
The new machinery-a hoisting engine
and compressor-is now being installed
al the Victoria mine, Most Of the equip
ment Is already In position and j. c.
sullivan who Is in charge OF TINS nine
gine and compressor within the next
week or ten days, The installation Of the
new machinery has been handled in such
manner that II will be possible to
switch over from the old plant without
losing more than day or Two.
The usual amount OF ore Is beins
mined at the Victoria. For some time
the output has amounted to two car
loads each week. but the change in the
machinery Will mean a heavier tonnage.
Last Saturday the engineer at the Gold
Chain dropped an empty cage down
upon the chairs and the cage was quite
badly wrecked This accident prevented
the mine from sending out the usual ton
10 repsr the feHrrsS amase SotRRithstan@dSs SotR @
this trouble the Gold Chain was upon
the market with eight carloads OF ore
for the week
Superintendent Wetterstrom reports
the mine as being In excellent condition
and barring accidents the output for the
next week will not be less than ten car
loads.
The ore body. which is being devel-
oped from the 400 level, has opened up
until 1t has surpassed the expectations
OF the most sanguine officials OF the
company and the work upon some OF
the other levels is expected 10 add 10
the ore reserves OF the mine at an carly
date.
About 100 tons of ore daily is the out
put from the No / workings OF the Iron
Blossom and most OF the ore is being
taken from the slopes above the 900
level.
sLn,,I 1oo ,.o, ~ ari,,;,r l,,s alr,adv
been done upon the level below the 500
and the ore should be opened up at
that depth within the next month or six
weeks.
While in Salt Lake last week Super
intendent w, D. Loose Of the Sioux minc
started some cyanide tests which he
will probably complete within the next
ten days. For some time Mr.. Loose
has been making cyanide tests upon ore
from the Grand Central, Sioux and other
mines and while these tests have been
upon q small scale they have been high
TO do is to make other tests. using five
ton lots OF ore. and see If IL is possible
to get the same results. II this expert
these mines arc susceptible to the cyan
ide process Manager c. e. Loose OF the
Grand Central, Gold Chain and other
Tintic mines proposes to erect a large
cyanide mill in this district for the treat
ment Of ore which under present condi-
tions cannot be handled.
4 couple OF carloads of ore Will be
sent out from the Beck Tunnel mine
within the next few days and this will
make a total OF six cars which have
been shipped since the compromise of the
suit between this mine and the Uncle
Sam.
Superintendent Perry Fuller states that
the main drift. which is being sent out
toward the south, will probably have to
be driven n distance Of so or so feet
before reaching the point where ore
should be encountered on Beck Tunnel
ground The ore is now being followed
from the winZe which is down a short
distance below the tunnel level.
William Mathews. who is In charge OF
the Utah property, now has small force
busy in the old workings OF the mine.
which are reached from the. main tun-
mel. This is the section OF the Utah
been shipped and only a year or two
ago some OF the ground was worked
by lessees. Mr.. Mathews
says that the showing Is quite encourag-
ing in some OF the old workings and
that he will do some prospecting while
waiting for the completion of the sur
vey OF the property. AS soon as the
complete their work an en-
tirely new campaign OF development work
will no doubt be taken up.
Water is being pumped out of the
at the rate Of about $50 gallons per min
ute, and while this work has been un-
ler way for some time it will no doubt
lake about ten days yet to thoroughly
inwatcr the mine. AS soon as the water
can be pumped out the work OF sink
ng the shaft will commence. the sinking
TO be handled under contract,