Tintic, Bullion-Beck Mine

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Overview

(The focus of this page is the surface workings of the Bullion-Beck mine, as visible in photographs, as well as a general description of the mine, with minimal coverage of the geology and financial returns. Also to establish a timeline using sources not previously readily available.)

The following comes from Geology and Mining Industry of the Tintic district, Utah, by G. W. Tower and G. O. Smith, USGS 19th Annual Report, 1897-1898.

West of Eureka are the Eureka Hill and Bullion-Beck mines, whose workings, connected in many places, extend under the hill slopes on both sides of Eureka Gulch and explore a portion of the Eureka zone 3,500 feet in length by 1,000 feet in width. Their workings also connect the Gemini mine on the north and the Centennial Eureka on the south.

The Bullion-Beck mine, through the main shaft and winzes, has reached a depth of 1,200 feet (5,150 feet above sea level). The Eureka Hill mine has cut to a depth of 1,150 feet (5,340 feet above sea level). The latter shaft is 100 feet higher than the Bullion-Beck, so that, level for level, there is a difference of 100 feet.

Bullion-Beck Mine

1902
"Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Co. -- P. L. Farnsworth, manager. Secures a limited amount of copper annually as a by-product from gold-silver-lead-copper ores; has steam and electric power and concentrating mill. Employs about 150 men." (The Copper Handbook, Volume III, 1902, page 221)

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