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Show October 23, 1963 Remember when THE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page Nine . . . places of business served Eureka Seventy-fiv- e Eureka boasted three fair size department stores, Bullion Beck Merc. Co., Tintic Merc. Co., Co., Heffernan-Thompso- n later known as Norman-Jense- n carried first class merchandise, clothing for men and women, a fine line of groceries, and Eureka ladies were known to be the best dressed of any in the surrounding towns, with clothing bought Co. All at home. There were two mens and boys clothing stores, W. F. Shriver and J. E. OConnor store. Shrivers are now doing business in Provo. Three meat markets, Fennell's, Eureka Meat and Produce and Davis Meat Market, later known as the Laird Market, which is still in business today, and is run by the sons of Robert Laird, Hamilton and Dick. Many of the older residents remember stopping in at the markets on their way from school and snitching a big dill pickle out of an open barrell, mincemeat was displayed the same way and if the kids were fortunate enough tog et a little of this and a little of that, they would be too full to eat dinner, which oftimes worried their mothers. The Scapatura Ice Cream Parlor was the most popular place in town. The young swain who was fortunate to have enough shekels to buy a fancy nut sundae for his lady love, was the most popular and envied guy in town. The younger set always managed to save enough before the 4th of July to make a trip to Scaps and get some delectable concoction, which for them, was the highlight of the celebration. As one man expressed it "Scaps" was truly the "Fountain of our Youth. When father paid the monthly grocery bill, he was given a big sack of candy for the kids? and sometimes a nice box of candy for Mom? When Rays Pharmacy and Schramm-Johnso- n drug and soft drink parlor was the meeting place for the working "gals, who met for a "coke break" rather than the now popular coffee break. One young man by the name of Bryan was always on hand to buy a coke and he was known as the "working gals friend," remember ? The horse play that went on at the stores and at the Barber shops Garritys and Morleys, (Joe and Monk) when they sent unsuspecting young clerks from store to store and back to the barber shops to d get "shelf stretchers" monkey wrenches," etc. It was all in good fun, and if you doubt it, ask Pete ? ? Gear and Henric were also in on the joke, and what fun they "left-hande- had "hatching up jokes." The feud between the Park City and Eureka ball teams? When Eureka had about business estabseventy-fiv- e lishments ? When old "Black Joe" ice cream and when he "dived" with the scoop to fill the cone, his hands were as black as his name. Somehow we all survived, germs and d's-pens- ed all. When peddlers" came from the valley every week bringing fresh vegetables and fruits in the big covered wagons. It took a day to drive from the valley to Eureka, and what a day it was for the kids when Mom bought the tasty produce by the bucketfull. After arriving in Eureka, the drivers would spend the night at Jobs Feed Stable, where the horses were watered and fed. Many a young fellow visited the lot in the evening to try and talk the men out of a juicy peach, a lucious canteloupe. Some were some tastv known to "lift morsel and when caught, they were chased almost to their homes. After a few such instances. the boys decided that the husky farmers were built for speed, rather than comfort, (as the boys first thought). When the men employed "around the hill as the mines in the east (up Knightsville way) were referred to, and those working in Mammoth, walked to work, through heat cold and in all types of weather. The Elks Pavillion was the popular dance hall, and dances during the week went on into the wee small hours of the morning. The Saturday night dances closed at midnight, and "Heinie" kept watch to see that everyone was kept in line and not doing any fancy dances not in keeping with the dance steps at that time, and we ddn't dance all night with the "Guy that brung Us" as is the custom of today. 1910 mining book tells Tintic story The great Tintic Mining District stands in a class by itself in Utah in the matter of production of high grade ore. The weekly output from the Tintic mines is about 150 carloads of nearly 15,000,000 a total of about pounds making In the transactions of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange for the year 1909, it is estimated of the business that four-fiftwas furnished by the stocks of hs Tintic. The immense ore traffic of the Tintic District centered in Eureka and the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad and the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, were kept busy with their switching crews handling the output of ore to find its way to the sampling works and smelters in the Salt Lake Valley. In 1909 these two railroads handled 8,500 carloads or approximately 450,000 tons of ore, at the different shipping points in the Tintic District. Added to this, the merchandise traffic together with the coal and mining supplies used made Eureka an important point upon the railroad map of Utah. Dividends paid in the past two years by Tintic mines (the years 1908 and 1909) were as follows: Sioux $126,716 Iron Blossom .... Colorado .... 450,000 Uncle Sam 100,000 Lower Mammoth .... Bullion Beck Mammoth .. May Day .... pounds of ore anIn the production of this amount of ore and in the handling of development work at the various mine and prospects about 2.500 men are employed and to whom are distributed in the neighborhood of $200,000 monthly, or about $2, 000,000 annually. These figures tell the story of Tintic's 750,000,000 nually. CONGRATULATIONS UTAH MINING INDUSTRY CENTENNIAL Saluting the Utah Mining Industry Centennial FROM Nash Barber and Beauty Shop lUnciilllles (Cafe & Eureka, Utah D-otunrage 80,000 60,000 44,000 $566,495 400,000 960,000 50,000 2,000 |