The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-02
PREPARE FOR NEW
BOOM At T|NTIC
Opinion We'll Cernented That
Beck Tunnel Has Another
Colorado Channel.
ORE IN SAME LIME BED
Dragon Company in Going to
South Also Presents Nalu-
able Feature.
ORE IN SAME LIME BED

n vas The knight policy Of Development
three wears OF more ago that opened 'ne
eastern end OF the Tintc district 10 ono
OF the greatest booms In mininS ever
experienced IN tic state, giving birlh 10
the Colorado. Iron blossom and Sioux
oompauies and dividends. This same
poIIcv by tho same people Is promisiuS
another revival OF mining IN Ilntic upon
which the faT.ziChtcd arc oepfpoiuS lV9
restoring life to the local stock exchange
one OF dc Interest points now belnS
developed by "UuCic Jesse Knight cap
ital Is tho Dragon COsol.datcd, ana an
other Is the Beck Tunnel
Tho Dragon Consolidated property lies
Immediately 10 tho south cf tue lion blos /,
som mine and Il has been demonstrated
bcvond otcgti1n that the famous Colo
Iado ore channel continues Us course 10
almost due south as u has been main
iained from tho Beck Tunnel on through
tho Colorado. Sioux and Iron Blossom
mlner The Iron Blossom company Is
Drifting on It's 800 level within a. tcw
feet of the Dragon Consolidated nortn
isfaction OF nearly everyone the answer
10 the old qucry-which way viii the
channel trend after the Iron Blossom
Beck Tunnel Interesting
This ono bit of work seems likely 10
stampede attention TO tho southern por
Tunnel is expected to produce results
that will retain considerable Interest in
the eastern rim a. well.
The Beck Tunnel management Is com
ing south on n now orc body which lies
10 the west Of the original Colorado cham
nsl and, AZ a consequence. the new chan-
ucl in higher IN elevation than the Colo
rado. Those who figure ore bodies
theoretically IN advance OF drifts and
crosScuts believe that this now ore oc-
ours In the same lime bod ~ tho nrtt.
only higher up I'm tho hill and the min
rraiization occurs there by virtue ot a
new assure cuttpg the bed Just ~ the
Colorado channel was minerallZed BY the
original assure tapped.
This second orc channel was found BY
tho Beck Tunnel management via the
Uncle sam workings further north and
tho theoretical miners believe that the
Colorado would have found the ore long
before this, and could fud u now. by
foliooing tho foot wall Of this lime bed
up tho hili 20 where IL is crossed By this
second nssurc. II Is pointed out also
that In tho original channel the pros
poets at depth depend UPON other parallel
lime beds which presents nothing more
tho Assure 20 where Il cuts deeper beds
Never Say Die in Tintic.
Eut the point Co be made Is that this
second parallel channel promises a. much
a. did the nrbt promises new life 10
The Beck Tunnel and Colorado and such
mines 10 tho south - may be fortunate
enough 10 contain territory through which
tho new channel may extend There is
material in this situation FOR another east
side impetus 20 Tinuc. proving the fu-
tiiity OF pronouncing any mining prop
crty Ca that camp a candidate for the
ss-hccn class as long 81 there Is any
ground at all unprospCctcd.
Those who have protted hv riding with
tho current at Tintic are looking after
tho condition Of their respective RATS in
anticipation of launching forth again up
on voyage of great prof, and excite
men.