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Show VP $4.00 Per Tear. lOe Per Copy From Newsdealers and Newsboys. A Complete Review of the Mining Operations of Tintic. Volume XXI EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. Miners Wages Will Be Cnt January 1st e Men working in mines of Tin-ti- c will sustain reduction of 79 cents a day; decrease at copper mines is $1.00. S o conference of the mine operators of Utah, held this week at Balt Lake, it was decided to put new wage scales into effect on the first of January. Wages of miners who are employed in lead-silvmines, in fact all but the big copper properties, will he reduced 75 cents per day. and the reduction at the copper mines will amount to 1.00 per day. Oopper producers of Utah state that under existing conditions they cannot hope for any profits. The price of the red metal is so low that most of the mine owners would prefer to close down as they are operating principally because they desire to keep their organizations intact and prevent the ydpld deterioration of the mines. Xsilver producing mines are working nnder conditions which are subtly more favor- able but in mW cases their profits have been enitoly wiped away by excessive freight and smelter charges coupled with high operating costs. The Pittman act, which holds silver at fl an ounce, has been a llfo saver as Tlntle mines could not hope to operate if they were forced to accept the foreign price for the white metal. With the present cost of production and the price prevailing of 5 cents a pound it is stated that most of the lead is being produced at a loss. Under the existing smelter contracts the mines only receive about 90 per cent of the New Tork price 'and then must allow the smelters to make additional deductions to cover the cost of shipping the bulcents lion, which leaves about 3 a pound for a metal that is produced at from 6 to cents per pound. There has been considerable discussion of the wage reduction during the past few days. Borne of the mines, where contracting and leas- -' ing prevails to a great extent, will not be seriously affected, but everywhere there is a feeling that the mine operators have been forced to take this action and the employees win make the best of it. At ;C er .. Walter Fitch, Jr., Back From Visit On Coast UTAH PEOPLE PATINO BIO SUM IN INCOME TAXES BRASS MUXS ARE BUYING SCRAP COPPER FROM ABROAD When the population of this and other states is considered, Utah is one of the largest sources of income to the federal government and probably exceeds in actual revenue collected per capita nearly every other state in the Union, according to D. C. Dunbar, collector of internal revenue for Utah. As shown by the annual report of the comlssloner of Internal revenue, the revenue collected in Utah during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1930, amounted to 19,695,161.19, from a population numbering less than 460,000. This sum nearly equals that collected in Idaho and Montana, of Montana and Wyoming combined and it exceeds by several hundred thousand dollars the combined total collected in Wyoming and Idaho. It is stated that United States brass manufacturers, normally creSuspend Assessment dited with melting 40 per cent of the copper consumed in the United States, have not been important fac- Claim owners will have until tors in the copper market this year. middle of coming year to Whatever buying for domestic account has taken place in 1920 has annual most ... o Grand Central Is Forced To (Suspend High operating costs and low prices prevailing for metals prevent profitable operation of old time Tintic producer. o On Tuesday of this week work was suspended at the Grand Central mine at Mammoth, about fifty men being laid off. Word given out by the officials of the company indicates that the shut-dow- n will last until conditions are more favorable for mining operations. For the past six months the Grand Central company has made but very little money, notwithstanding the fact that about a carloajLbf ore has been cent out each dtTOecently all profits have been vuped away and the management sajl that rather than opetate at a loss it was decided to stop all mining work, leaving only a couple of watchmen in charge of the mine. Manager Loose says that with high wages, together with all other expenses at the highest point in the history of the mine, and low prices now prevailing for the three metals produced the Grand Central eannot be operated profitably. The dosing of this property will be a severe blow to the camp of Mammoth as the mines of that section have for some time been employing but small forces and many of the old time residents have been forced to accept work in other localities. . o. Walter Fitch, Jr., mine contractor, who has been on the coast for sev- Will Drift Drift On eral weeks, is back in Eureka but it Central Standards 600 is his intention to return to Califoro nia for Christmas. Mrs. Fitch and A drift has been started from the the children are comfortably settled there and will remain throughout 600 level of the Central Standard shaft, according to Manager John winter. the ' Mining development has slowed up Taylor. The shaft now has a depth considerably but Mr. Fltdh expects of 680 feet and Mr. Taylor is anxto see things moving along in about ious .to cut one of the important the same old way early in the spring. breaks which crops to the surface. He is figuring on a big contract in After prospecting the ground on the Alaska, this work to be taken up 600 level It is understood that shaft work will again be resumed. early in the coming year. YES. YOUR LITHE GIRL HAPPY, BUT - New Measure Will complete labor; been chiefly for foundry and mill of work in Tintic performed. consumption. It is estimated 100,000,000 pounds of scrap brass has been brought here It ,a thought probable that the and by American brass mills. This owners of unpatented mining claims brass has been melted down for its wllI be relieved of the annual assess-coppcontent at a cost of about 4 Vent work for the 1920. such a cents a pound under the open market measure. Introducedyear Congress-quotatio- n by of the leading producers. man Milton H- - Welllng of uuht Ut to 14 . cents a ing received favorable consideration Copper at 18 pound has dropped to about the cost at the hand of tha h0QM at which the brass men were getting on mInei and mInlng PoP tte paat few years such measures have been passed because of the extreme shortage of mine labor which, made it almost impossible to secure miners to do annual assessment work on mining claims. During that war all available labor was, of couseneeded for o j more It is now Important wjfrk East Tintic bonanzas output claimed that the shortage of labor 4110 0lx or eight months of last week exceeds entire . of the present year made it difficult for claim owners to secure the help shipments from the needed to protect their ground from Pett Makes Report On relocation. J10 new 111 important to Utah In mining and shipping a total of Bingham Mines Properties 64 carloads of ore last week, the and J10 only bad feature is that it Tlntle Standard mine established a )aa een presented at such a lata Bingham Mines company has made th0 poorer claim Manager John Taylor of the Cen-'ne- w some very important developments record for the Tintic District, date that manr those but small tracts tral Standard own0rs, having two that cars a says about property in three the the various produring exceeding by year w mineral land, have already perties under its operation, accord- miners, at work in the shaft, had a recard which was made earlier in - the year by the Chief Consolidated forned their assessment work, on from Tuesdeath escape to a statement Imer genby Pett, ing A bill elmilar to that of Mr. Well- inch wire Mining company. This week the eral manager. Holdings of tha com- day when the three-quarthas also been passed in tha cable ing broke allowed a and bucket, Tlntle Standard established a higher pany consist of Its Bingham propercarloads, senate and will undoubtedly become ty, the Victoria mine in Tlntle and loaded with dirt, to drop to the bot- - record, shipping sixty-nin- e we a law. The plan is to waive the re 97 per cent of the stock in the Eagle tom of the shaft. But a day before and by way of comparison A Blue Bell, another big Tintic drifting had started from the 600 might say that the output of this one Qulrements of assessment work on level and there was just room for Vine exceeded the total output of mining claims for the first six mine. The monthly ore production, and the two men to get under cover at the Park City district by oys thou-th- e months of the year 1921, and proside of' the shaft. Neither was sand tons. Last weeks shipments viding that in the future the assessearnings throughout tM year did not show the uniform operations that hurt when the bucket and the ton of of ore from the mines of Park City ment work on unpatented claims 2100 shall be performed, during the fiscal he physical eon- -. dirt plunged down the shaft, but if 'amounted to approximately of Influencing the accident had happened a few tons, while the Standards output year ending June 30th, Instead during the calendar year. This operations were days earlier, before the 600 drift had was more than 8100 tons. would throw ground on which work During the been started, both would have been glng. Early in the new year .the Tintic had not been done open to relocation killed. an of the year high Standard is expected to establish Mr. Taylor is unable to account entirely new record In the matter of on July 1st instead of January 1st prices for lead and silver prevailed At that time the new and there was an ample supply of for the breaking of the cable, but it production. conditions Is thought that the bucket swung mill will be in operation and the pro-- Utah Mines Entitled To labor. These favorable resulted in a large production and into the shaft timbers at a point , perty will be called upon for a large Lower Smelter Charges amount of low grade ore, which the high earnings. The next six months above the 400 level. O- '- officers of the company hope to be were marked by an extreme shortage Will smelters of Utah reduce their able to mine without greatly slowand inefficiency of labor, both at the Is Fast Repaying charges on the treatment of ore folmines and smelters, resulting in a England ing up the present heavy tonnage of lowing the wage reduction, which is ore. Silver Debt Of Late War high grade curtailment of the output, and this scheduled to take place on the first condition was accompanied by a deof January? This is a question Force Now Working clining metal market. However, in which mining operators of Tintic Washington, Dec. 10. Under an Large November, with an adequate supply now asking and it is one which are Mine Standard Tintic At the British governagreement with, to of men and their willingness the smelters should answer with as work, the production has been great- ment, the debt of 1128,000,000 due little delay as possible. Everyone of in force the The history largest dursilver this for country purchased ly increased. knows that with each wage advance Standard Tintic the company Mining Although there was a lack of uni- ing the war will be paid by 1924, ac- Is now being employed, about 275 the smelters increased their treatformity in ore production, plans of cording to details of the plan made men on the pay roll at the ment charges, declaring that the being exploration and development were public today by Secy Houston addition to this the new mines must absorb all added expenand mine in persistently carried out. This was the war, the treasury ar- mill has a large number of skilled ses. Now that the time has come During largely effected by applying a bonus ranged to sell the British govern- workmen and laborers busy on con- for readjustment of wages and with scheme and contracting work. How-du- e ment work. The however. a likelihood of other operating costs bullion obtained from struction mill, melting to the character of the ore finished Is the stage being reduced to some extent the rapidly nearing and the nature of the deposit, this silver dollars at the rate of fl an to smelters should be Just as prompt in Raddatx and expects Manager ounce in Pittwith the conformity arrangement was not deemed satisthe rearrangement of thelf charges. the in have the by operation plant factory when applied to stoping op- man act, to relieve the sliver shor- first of the new Surely the smelters will not follow year. erations. tage in India. Of the 9122,017,638 of surface the lead of the railroads and try to a lot mine At the quite During the year in the company's owned the United States for purthe kill off the goose that is laying the Victoria mine and in the Eagle A chases of silver, 117,633 has been work is nnder way, including excavatsliver, gold and lead dollars. If the of erection ney buildings, Blue Bell, some very Important de- paid with interest. needed and the mining industry of Utah is to surstructures for ing The remaining 1122,000,000, the velopments have been made which water lines, one of which vive the present reconstruction pershould assure a number of years of secretary said, is to be paid in equal digging of site of the new shaft. iod the smelters and the railroads to be will the profitable mining operations for the annual installments with accrued in- Officers of the Tlntle Standard Min- must adopt a live and let live policy terest and the total amount will be properties. ing company state that miners are instead of trying to grab everything "The year's work, which shows paid during the next four years. more plentiful than they have been in sight.1 relatively large production' and earnMine employees of Utah are goin years and no difficulty is being ings, finds the Tintic properties in R. O. Wilson Won in getting all the help ing to submit to a wage reduction in experienced Suit ns splendid condition as at any time needed. The force at the Tintic order that mining operations may in their history. We believe that Salt- - Lake County Standard now compares quite favor-ahl- v continue and this same cut in wages Against the present adjustment in prices of with the forces at the Eureka will be effective at the smelters, conmaterial and improved labor condimines, foreign laborers having been sequently mining men are anxiously The decision in Judge Browns tions will greatly favor the mine opweeded out to a great extent and re- awaiting an announcement of lower division of Third the court district erations at Tlntle, because the prowith white labor. smelting charges. duct is a gold, silver and lead ore. was reversed by the state supreme placed court this week in the case of R. G. A Dalton Lark prothe at However, perties at Bingham the low price Wilson, former Eureka man, against the county of Salt Lake. paid for copper seriously affects proMust Completed Valley Anto The county had taken some minconadverse this duction, although eral claims taxes for and delinquent dition is somewhat relieved by the sold them. It later developed that anxlously gold and silvereontents found in the That Juab county must keep faith lard county people parts of the claims had not been ore. the time when they will awaiting and Millard with complete county patented and were not subject to route between Recent have an development work in tax. Therefore, the court ruled, the the new auto road through the Tin-ti-e their principal cities and the state Bingham at a depth so far attained court in lower erred giving title to Valley is the statement made by capital. Tooele county is also Imdemonstrates that the ore deposits are as large and their extraction as the county for lack of payment of local people who are familiar with proving the road near the Juab countaxes. The case was remanded for the road profitable as was found at higher building campaign which ty line and if the work is performed levels. Consequently, due to the retrial. is now being carried on In various in a satisfactory manner there is no reason why the highway through large extent of the three lodes and partq of Millard county. the large production of the various This week the commissioners of Tooele county should not become ore shoots, persistent development Millard county were before the state popular, being by far the shortest Tintic Standard Company should assure a long and profitable road commission at Salt Lake and way of reaching Balt Lake, from not Posts Two Big Dividends life to the Dalton A Lark." secured permission to proceed with only Tlntle cities but the towns of one of the most Important road Millard county. miles of the ZDfO PRODUCTION LOWER About twenty-fou- r .Tlntle Standard Mining com- -. building campaigns that they have WITH NO FOREIGN MARKET pany directors on Friday, last ever taken up. They plan to Improve new road has already been built by o posted a regular dividend of 10 the main traveled highway which ex- Juab county but those who have cents per share for the fourth Production of sine in the United tends from Lynndyl to Milford and been over the new highway say that States has been cut to 290,000 tons quarter and! a special Christ- they are expecting Juab countys some of the small strips which are mas dividene of 10 cents, mak- commissioners to complete, without left are of difficult construction and per annum and further curtailment in December will lower the output Ing the fourth quarter die- delay, the road from the county line, will cost considerably more than the to 249,000 tons.' Retort capacity bursement total 20 cents per a short distance to the north of other sections of the road; then of the countrys sine plants was treshare. Both dividends are payLynndyl, to Silver City. The Tintic there are also some places where the able December 23 to stockmendously Increased during the war Valley section of the road must be road must be surfaced in order to and production ran above 600.000 holders of record December 20. finished before travel can be routed make it of any real value. Unless tons in 1917, the record year. Prom-- 1 This disbursement makes a in this direction and there is no the new highway is properly finishInterests in the metal industry tal of 50 cents a share in dlvi- question but what the Millard coun- ed all of the money that has been state that at present prices neither dends for the year paid by the ty people will use the the new road spent there, approximately 924,000, sine nor lead producers can make a as the old highway is next to impas- will have been wasted. Tintic Standard. The Decern-Word comes from Millard county her dividend disbursement will sable during a good part of the year. profit. Zinc has dropped to around 5 cents a pound with but slight debe 9234,940, making the grand Thq road through the Tlntle Val- that a gravel surface Is to be placed mand at that level. Melting away total paid by the company ley is one that will be of great value on that piece of new road which exof European demand Is the primary in the winter time as very little tends from Lynndyl to the Juab 91,439,962. snow falls in that section and MI1- - county line on the north. explanation. er flt rarz ; per-narro- , er j Tintic A-- Number 7. Road Be . to-ine- nt ' How about other poor little girls of this community? Let's don't little girls heart in this country to be sad Christmas morn. Search out Just one little poor .girl-- or boy and make them glad again THIS CHRISTMAS, Uow any -- r I . |
