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Show w 94.00 Per Tear. lOe Par Copy A Complete Review of the Mining Operations From HiwidMlen and Newiboyg. of Tintic. Volume XX EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY. JULY 2, 1920. 100 Cars In Jane Chief Coni. Mine Trying Out New Leasing Fisa O' -- Froa Tintic Standard Mine is handicapped by labor shortage bat is getting out an excellent grade of ore; work on milling plant. ur one-hundr- . Property Down 600 Feet o A new leasing plan la being tried out at the Chief Cons, mine, stopes of ore of liberal slse being turned . over to groups of miners on a royalty basis which Insures the company about the eame amount of money that could be realized under the old system of company work" and at the same time gives the men employed a much greater return for their work. In few cases this new plan Is being tried out below the water level where three shifts are required and this means that as many as ten or. twelve men are sharing in the revenue derived from a single block of ground. The regulations governing th's new system of leasing require that every miner who works on the block be Interested and when the work of any man becomes unsatisfactory his partners In the lease have the right tq vote him out and take In another miner. As the lessees have not been to any expense In searching out the ore, or putting It In shape for rapid extraction, It Is but natural that the companys royalty should be heavy, heavier than usually charged, but even at that there is good money to be made by the lessees as extra compensation for efficient work. Tin tie Standard closed the month of Jana with a total of 100 earloads of cm to Ita credit, accorlng to Supt. John Westerdahl. who was In Eureka today. Mr. Westerdahl says that a scarcity of labor la holding down to about ore production twenty-focarloads a week and at the present time the mine could more . very easily use men. An output of 100 cars monthly is nevertheless a pretty respectable tonnage and with the Tintic Standard It means extensive profits as the ore le of a splendid grade. A. part of the Standard's output is now being taken from the mines deepest level, the 1460, where large ore deposits were opened only a short time back. This level promises to become one of the most Important et the mine and already preliminary preparations are being made for following the ore below this point. The ore will be followed with a winse and developed to a considerable exshipments from Tintic mines tent before the main shaft la deep- - on Ore page five. aned. In the south end of the Tintic Standard ground threq. headings are Will being driven, two on the 1200 foot of 1000. One level and one on the the drifts on the 1200 Is being sent Soon Completed over toward the big stops s, principal0 ly for ventilation purposes although. It should develop ore before reaeh-- Bullion Beck's shift has been Ing the point at which mining operaretimbered to the 700 level tions arc under way. About twelve hundred feet of 'work remains to be and the job will be finished done before the connection will be Shaft Of North Tintic Ill YE 6000 OLD PAYS - A depth of 600 feet has been reached In the shaft of the Victoria Gold Mining companys property of North Tintic, which Is being developed by the North Beck company. A few days ago sinking was temporarily stopped on account of a break In the compressor and It will probably be the 6th of July before things are moving again although the repairs can be made this week. It Is understood that a station will be cut In the Victoria Gold Mining companys shaft after which a drift will be sent over to a point directly under the Iron deposit which Is to the northeast of the shaft. m YE NEAR - BY FUTURE Hu well-defin- 0ACDIS6 AT Here Is wfcst tka WO . o Eureka Bullion Is on the market this week with lu Initial shipment of ore. The car contains about 40 tons which was taken principally from the workings above the 81)6 level, where a raise has been following a small bunch of ore for several months. The. other part of the shipment came from the 800 level and rs Eoreka Gets South Lily Trouble Brewing In the North Standard Household Company controlled by E. J. Radd&tz takes over claims That there are troubled waters which lie to the south of the ahead for the e r a f t of the North Standard Mining company Is Tintic Standard mine. Indicated by the following Item .. o Census Director Announces Eureka 0 Jn o East Tintic mfa puts its initial shipment on the market this week; ore taken from raise above the 800 level. ered the ore, something like a year ago, and since that time considerable development work haa been per1600 level. This work was stopped formed. In addition to following the ore by means of a raise from early this spring when a large flow the deposit 800 level the management has of aurfhee water got Into the shaft, but this difficulty was but a tempo- also sunk a winze through which property can be prospected at rary one and has been entirely the much greater depth. cleared up. The ore from the Eureka Bullion The report that the North Beck has taken over another large tract was loaded on the Goshen Valley of land in the North Tintic section Railroad at a point near the Tintle has been denied by Mr. Raddats, Standard mine, only a short wagon who says that there has been no new haul - being necessary to reach the claims added to bis North Tintic railroad. It Is reported to be about f 85' rock. Some ore Is being taken holding in recent months.' out as werk progresses In the raise but It anp-athr.t the best chance of getting Into an ore body of liberal Standard size is from the bottom of the winze where drifting s now under way. ' Supt. John Enlund states that the retlmberlng of the main working shaft at the old Bullion Beck mine has been carried along in splendid shape and the work Aas been en-- ! depth of 70S tirejy completed to feet. From that pojht to the bottom of the sha! only a question will not be necessary of repairs, to remove ihaft sets as was the It case above,' and consequently should not take more than ten days to finish the Job. With the completion of this piece of work the Beck shaft will be In fine shape better than It has been In many years. While the shaft work has been under way no ore has been removed from the mine although most of the lessees have kept busy, using the workings of the adjoining mines In going to and from their work when the Beck shaft was entirely out of commission. Considerable ore Is now Chief Union Saji piled up In the underground workChance To Make Mine ings of the Beck and we can aspect a much heavier tonnage than usual 0 Charles Zabriskle, early In the Just as soon ns the Job of repairing .week, made a trip to the property the shaft Is completed. o Aof the Union Chief Co., 'la BantaQutn MINE MANAGER HERE. Canyon, Joining C. E. Allen, Roy Beamls and Manager Albert Larson, Mine Manager Muir of the United la an Inspection of the workings. This company has had pfie galena States Mining company's properties for several years, dlrinf which time was In the district during the week, a few thousand feei ml development being accompanied by Mrs. Muir work has been portioned, and now a and Andrew P. Mayberry, who for carbonate ore has edseen encountered, many years was superintendent of vein and the local properties. coming In a of Mr. Muir states that conditions earmarks permanthe all having ency. Mr. Zabriskle says thst the are entirely satisfactory at both the work at the present time Is going on Centennial Eureka and Bullion Beck 406 feet below the main tunnel mines. Most of the work at both level, where a bunch of low grade properties being in the hands of ore be been followed for about 126 lessees. While is the district Mr. Mayfeet He Is favorably Impressed with the showing and thinks there Is berry paid a visit to some of the an opportunity of making a good East Tintic properties, nmong them mine in the ground of the Union the North Standard In which he has been Interested for some time. Chief. Ships Car Of Ore At the North Beck property. In the North Tintic District, drifting operations have been resumed on the Be within tiie next ten days. Eoreka Bullion North Beck Company Again from below this point. It was on the 800 level that the Working On 1600 Foot Level Eureka Bullion people first encount- Shaft Repairs Reports from the site of the Tin-ti- e Standard's, new. mill Indicates that satisfactory progress Is being made. Most of the excavating has , been finished and the concrete work will soon be taken up: The coarse material for the concrete will be taken from the companys mine and crushed after It Is delivered at the mill. Electric power Is now available for all of the construction .work at the mill and the tramway, used In lifting material to points where It Is needed on the mountain side, will be a great help in speeding up the work on the plant It Is generally understood that efforts are being made to complete the first units of the mill, having a capacity of not less than 16 tons, by the early fall. Eventually the mill may be enlarged to handle 600 or 000 tons daUy. Number 35 Eureka's population, uccordlng to the last census, le 2,602. A telegram ' to thf Reporter editor from Milton H. representative In Com of this this information on Tu that Eureka Population Is going ahead and that short time ago there appeared in these columns a notice of transfer of certain claims of the South Lily Mining company to the Eureka Standard company and It now develops that the holdings of the former company have been entirely absorbed by the latter. E. J. Raddats, the president of the Eureka Standard, authority for the statement that A is what counts. Soma mining camps are continually having ups and downs In the matter of population; which Is exceptionally bad for all concerned. Eureka has been steadily office forging ahead for many years and week. Mr. Welling wl: on receiving the figures from the the outlook Is good for a much larger director of census at Washington, D. city. Our old mines continue to produce and If new properties are open1 The new census shows a growth ed to' the north nnd east this camp of. 192 or 6.6 per cent. Not a very may become one of the largest In purchased the da heavy Increase but enough to show the whole western country. Lily, and com unusually large tract land to the south of Standard and to the east of the Iron View Optimistically King claims. Mr. Raddats and associates also A feeling of optimism seems to; the Influence which Great Britlan own the South Standard property, exist among the mining operators has over that country, India has which is still farther to the south of the Tintic District since a definite temporarily stopped the purchase of and It Is understood that their first the south of the Tintic understanding has been reached re-- silver but those who understand the work to will be on the Claims of the Standard are conditions The silver. of that situation future the say gardlng South Standard. to Already a water line sure wonderful lift was act a change, Pittman Tintic District, which seems has been Installed and preparations saver to the silver producing mines of our country and the Nevada able to wiggle along no matter what are being made for a development senator is surely entitled to a liberal difficulties confront the mining In- campaign, although the date on amount of praise for Ms foresight dustry, has much to be thankful for which this work is to start has not In this matter. Without this legisla- at this time. There Is assurance that yet been set. o tion the silver mining Industry our large mines can continue operaBOY HIT BY CAR. would have been at the mercy of tions even though their profits may On Tuesday afternoon a youngGreat Britlan and the price of the be reduced. The tightness of the white metal would undoubtedly have money market may alow up develop- ster ran directly In front of an autobeen manipulated In such a .manner ment work for the present but min- mobile and was under the front end as to have caused distress In every ing presents so many attractions and of the machine when It was brought silver camp In the United States. offers such liberal rewards that to a stop, the accident taking place As things now stand it Is safe to pre- those who speculate cannot long re- In front of the Eureka bank; The dict uninterrupted prosperity during main away. only thing that saved the boy from o serious Injury was the fact that the the reconstruction period although driver had the car under perfect consilver producing mines will be limit- U. 8. Corporation Tax trol and stopped within four or five ed In their earnings for the reason 1st Returnable Jnly feet. The accident gave the kid ana that production costs hnve advanced 0 driver, as well as those who witterribly and labors efficiency has at All corporations capitalised nessed been, largely decreased as a natural more than It, a bad scare. 15,000 must Die their result of the scarcity of labor. returns stock the tax with capital The director of the mint, Ray T. Internal revenue department on or OFF FOR STRAWBERRY. a also Is thewho way by Baker, Otto Swartz and Bill Hancock left before July 1, D. C. Dunbar, colNevada man, has rendered valuable lector of Internal revenue for Utah, yesterday on a fishing trip to the assistance to the mining Industry by announced this week. A tax of 1 Strawberry reservoir. his Interpretation of the Pittman will be made on every 91,000 of act,' which insures almost one dollar capital stock of the corporations an ounce for silver for some years organized with stock In excess of to come. $5,000. Under the old law, Mr. Dunlike 267,000,000 bar pointed out, the capital stock of Something ounces of silver are yet to be pur- a corporation would be non taxable chased under the Pittman net and of unless It was In exeess of 999,000. course all of this must be from Under a new law, however, which mines which are within the boundar- became effective January 1, 1919, ies of the United States. Our mines the capital stock of a corporation Is do not produce more than 55,000,-00- 0 taxable if In excess of $6,000. ounces of silver annually so that Fully 6,000 corporations In Utah It can readily be seen that silver will be effected by this tax, Mr. Duncannot go below fl for four bar said.Thls la nearly double the years and If during that time the number last year, the reason being foreign price should advance to 1 many new corporations have been or higher, so that silver for the arts organized or others have Increased would of necessity be purchased their capital stock. locally, there may be no change In Owen Johnson, an employee of the silver situation, except for the better, for ten year In fact Mr. the Tintic Standard mine, met with Baker, the director of the mint. Is a slight aeddenl late last week, a reported to have made Just such a Slab of rock coming down upon him statement and badly brulmg his leg and knee. Under existing conditions all of Dr. Howell attended the man who the silver from the mines of this left the following day for the Provo country will be utilised for coinage Hospital where he will remain for a purposes. That required for the arts short time. o will be purchased abroad but with 200 of the Because shortage off paper our mines from all of the metal the market It should be but a short dally papers and 1200 weeklies have time until the foreign price will ad- suspended publication In this counvance to 1 or even higher. Through try during the past three ssontka. a Tintic Operators Future President which appeared In one of the dally papers, during the past week: A movement has been started to oust the management of the North Standard Mining company, which la operating In East Tintic, according' to some of the largest stockholders of the company. A special meeting of the stockholders Is planned for some time during July, as quickly as the laws of the state will permit It to be held, they say. A short time ago Interests representing the stockholders had the companys books audited and It Is said that the audit Is a very unfavorable one. Among the charges made by those back of the ouster movement are that treasury stock was sold to the directors of the company at prices well under the current market prices for the stock and that treasury stock was distributed with a lavish hand to themselves by the directors for any service rendered the company. .... o Ernest Bauer Died At Salt Lake City Hospital Ernest Bauer, o 16 years of age, son of Sir. and Mrs. Eber Bauer of Eureka, died on Sunday night at one of the Salt Lake hospitals, death being caused from blood poisoning following an operation for tonsilltls. The boy had been 111 only a short time when the parents took him to the hospital and his death was exceptionally sudden. He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, but for the past seven years had lived in Eureka with his parents. i Surviving him are his parents and the following brothers and sisters: John H., Heber C., Frederick W., Katie, Louisa, Lillian, Ruth and May. Funeral services were held In Eureka and the remains were shipped to Payson for burial. |