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Show it Per Tew. Per Copy Itum Neihdealen $4.00 10c A Complete Review of the Mining Operations of Tintie. and Newsboys. Volume XXI EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921. Milling Company Of Eureka Extendi Hammond's Option Craven Named As President Of Club - o . Oivio organization launched with capable set of officer! and large meets each - membership; Wednesday. 0 Ob Tuesday evening of dlls weak IB embers of the new Untie Com merdal Clnb luld routing meeting , at the City Hell, at which time they finished their organisation by .electing a complete 'set of officers, consisting of a president, Tice, president, secretary, treasurer and board of governors. P. H. Craven, local manager of the Utah Power company, Whs the unanimous choke of the club members for the offlce of president and the other officers were also named by acclamation, as follows: Walter Jensen, vice president; Harold Shrlver, secretary; Thomas McCormick, treasurer. In the selection of a board of governors mqre than twenty were placed in nomination and the balloting resulted in the election of Dr. A. H. VC F. Shrlver, John J. Cronin, Dr, Steele Bailey, Jr., John Weeterdahl,' C. E. Rife, Claude F. William Owens, H. E. Baker, Havenor, C. E. Dennis. The president will make a total of eleven on this board. Reports were submitted by various committees previously appointed and a committee was named to arrange for a suitable meeting place tot the new organisation. It is understood that the large room in the basement of the public library is being considered as a suitable meeting place for the club, which has started with such a splendid membership and which promises to become an important factor, in boosting for. the general welfare of the Tin tic District. The club has been launched on brood enough lines to take in all of the district and the people of Mammoth, Silver City and Dividend are aaked to affiliate. It is not a business means, guns organisation, by anywhich the but a commercial body in ordinary laboring man and those homing more responsible positions at the mines will find a welcome. The next meeting of the club will be held on Wednesday of the coming week and on Wednesday night there- i 0 ' after. . n Imperial Lead Go. Will Ssnims Mining Operation! Stock of the Imperial Lead company, on which the recent assessment has not been paid, will be sold on January list. The companys officers state that it is their intention to take up work on a more extensive scale early in the coming spring. The property is located in the West tie section and last year produced ore. With a long . unite a lot of lead "wagon haul, necessary to get this ore to the railroad, and the present poor lead market. It is doubtful if the property can be worked profitably but the management has plan- ned to do some development work. New Coal Road Will Extend To Juab County - Greater Demand For Ffaiiing Ore From Untie B. F. Grant, who is in charge of the mining of iron ore at the Iron King, being employed by the smelting company which recently took over the iron deposits under a Tease agreement, is getting out a splendid tonnage. Last weeks output from the Iron King amounted to seventeen carloads and it is understood that the ore is of excellent grade for fluxing. For some years past the smelting companies have been get- ting a lot of fluxing material from mines of adjoining states but under the existing high freight rates it is no doubt advisable to secure this class of ore from mines within the E. J. Raddatz, manager, of the will then be in shape to handle a is going along in a most satisfactory manner. While three carloads of ore are being sent to the mill each day it must not be understood that the plant has reached the stage where it can treat that amount without the ore is received it is being crushed and sent into the bins but the solutions are not yet up to strength and the roasters are being carefully tested out. The mill is eqlpped with seven roasters, similar to those in use at the Tintie Mill at Silver City, but up to this time only five of the seven have been placed in operation. Manager Raddatz says that within the next few weeks the milling plant ought to be pretty thoroughly tried out and Judging from the work which is now being accomplished it V Commodity marketing as sue - rwoo, growers, cotton growers, live-1eeesfully launched In California. stock men. farm produce men. Mdo fair to spread into national etc. are to be so organized, under practice, as shown' by recent ac- the Farm Bunas present plans, tion of the American Farm Bu- furnishing the assurance of the reau Federation. The plan can highest possible msrkftt to all of and does apply to all term com- Us members, no matter what their modities. It is a state or national crop may be. Photos show upof all products to be sold per left: Crowds In western Kansas at mass meeting on commodmarketing men by the farmers themselves. ity organisation during one of the Wheat powers, own powers. recent Farm Bureau drives: right ring trict, Under the contract with the Iron King company the smelter will do a certain amount of development work, the object of this being to keep a liberal supply of iron blocked ont in the underground workings. The ore is all handled from the Iron Kings main tunnel level and is loaded on the cars of the new Goshen Valley Railroad at the portal of the tunnel. Raddatz Pleased With Outlook At Milling Plant California Plan of Marketing Appeals to Farmers . state, hence the activity at both the Dragon and the Iron King mines of this district. Smelters have leased both of these iron deposits and are no doubt figuring on getting much of their iron ore from the Tintie Dis- Tintie Standard property, was in large amount of ore. He is confident Tintie People Respond the district during the week and that excellent results will be posFor European Relief stated that the work at the new mill sible and with unlimited quantities At the services held last Sunday the various wards of the Tintie Stake of the L. D. 8. Church succeeded in raising approximately $700 for the relief of the starving children of Europe. Acting under instructions from the head of the church the officers of the Tintie Stake requested that a fast day be observed and - that at least the equivalent of two meals be donated to the needy children of the old world. The response was most liberal and in Eureka 140 was raised; Silver City church members contributed about f 1B0 and Mammoth ward donated almost as liberally. President Frank Birch says that it is safe to put the total for the Tintie Stake at over 700. To B Facing A Criaii o Members of tho Utah delegation, who returned early this week after their trip to Washington, feel confident that the lead Industry will be saved by an Increase in the exislting tariff. One of the mining operators gave out an interview in which he order to carry out these tests a building has been rented at Salt Lake and thoroughly equipped under the direction of Mr. Smith.' - Mining Industry Said HE WILL NEVER SEE HIS SHADOW R. V. Smith was out from Salt Lake during the early part of the week, coming here for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Eureka Metallurgical Company of which he is the president and manager. At this meeting John Hays Hammond, who some timeJagO took an option on the controlf ng interest in the company, was given an extension of time in which to take up the stock. Mr. Smith says that for some time ha has been engaged in experimental work at Salt Lake Cite, the expenses attached to this work being taken care of by Mr. Hammond, who is thoroughly interested in the milling processes which have been developed by the Eureka Metallurgical Co. In Papers which have Just been- filed with the secretary of state indicate that Utah capital will be used to construct a hew railroad to the coal properties of Selina canyon. These mines, while new, are uld to be of great value and the present plan calls for the construction of a 44 mile railroad, which will connect the coal fields with the main line of the Salt Lake Route at Juab station, in Juab county. At a special meeting of the Central Utah Railroad company at Provo on January 22nd the companys engineer reported that he had examined and surveyed the line and that the project was entirely feasible. The Rio Grande Ry. company has a line extending into southern Utah, and within a few miles of the Sallna canyon coal fields, but it is generally supposed that there are some big advantages to be gained by connecting up with the main line of the Salt Lake Route. The proposed railroad would place Sallna canyon coal in much closer touch with the southern California section. Number 13 H. Gustafson, chairman of the grain marketing committee of the. Farm Bureau Federation, who reports Feb. 14 at a Kansas City meeting on the "California plan" to his grain growers. Lower left: Activities in the southwest, where the winter onion growers are already highly organised and are getting highest price for their bormuda and pearl onions. of low grade ore the milling end of the companys business should bo very profitable. Copper Outlook Said . To Be More Promising The price of copper, especially for future delivery, is slowly but con- sistently advancing according to Information from Ney York. The immediate demand is increasing, while inquiries for later deliveries are coming in freely from European buyers in anticipation of new credit arrangements now being made. On the whole, sentiment seems much improved from two weeks ago. Most of the large producers are refusing to sell second quarter copper. A buying movement of Importance is expected to begin within four or five weeks, but it Is firmness of sterling exchange and recent improvement in foreign sales that appear to be the main causes of this better feeling, so far as the market is directly concerned. But, of course, the fundamental reason for the stiffening in price and reluctance of most producers 'to sell very ter in advance is Increased probability that certain large producers who have been turning out copper at much higher rate than the present average, taking war production as the basis for comparison, will curtail drastically. Foreign sales have been quite encouraging' so far this year. Toward the end of the week foreign sales have been reported totaling several millions of pounds. Germany and France have taken considerable copper, while English buying also has been fair. Even Italy bought some metal. Domestic wire mills report considerable increase in Inquiry and some an Improvement in rate at which orders are being booked. However, as one large manufacturer put it, "there is nothing startling as yet in this; Just minor improvement.' said: "Without the least exaggeration, it can be stated that the mining industry is facing a crisis ter more serious than most people realize. Tho mining operator at present is between tbe upper and nether millstones high railroad tariffs and increased smelting rates which are grinding exceedingly tine. That this statement is accurate can be easily proved by citing the increasing number of minee which find it necessary to suspend operations, altogether and observing the steadily decreasing number of dividend payers. Few people realize the fact that tho number of men employed in mining is less today than it has been at any time since 1907. If something is not done speedily for mining companies in the way of relief from high freight rates and increased smelter tariffs the industry which has been mainly responsible for the upbuilding of this community is liable to perish. "Not only in Utah are complaints against prevailing conditions heard, but in all parts of the country. The condition of the mining industry is desperate in Colorado. In Arizona, Idaho and other western states the outlook is hardly more roseate. If relief is not afforded immediately Utah may face a condition similar in Colorado to that prevailing twenty years ago, when commercial clubs and other organizations offer- Untie Standard b b Excellent Shape i i Mine never looked better, to Manager Rad-dat- z, who ipent the week inspecting Tintie interest!. When asked regarding the outlook for the lead industry of the weet E. J. Raddatz, who spent tho greater part of the week in Tintie, said there are reasons to believe that a higher tariff will be placed on this metal. The Utah operators, who have Just returned to the state after a heaping before the ways and means committee at Washington, report having received a sympathetic and cordial reception and these men feel confident that the showing which they made will result in the present tariff on lead being raised to about S cents per pound. This change will, of course, be made when the new tariff law is enacted and operators of Utah can relief. expect no immediate Mr. Raddatz says that the Tintie Standard is exceptionally fortunate in having a lot of excellent silver ore from which substantial profits are possible even under existing conditions. As far as it is possible to do so the lower grade lead ores will be left unmined as the cost of producing lead is in excess of the. present price. In the Tintie Standard mine there seems to be almost unlimited quantities of ore and tbe present large output would undoubtedly be Increased were it not tor the fact that the smelters are continually putting on the brakes. After a trip ed bonuses for prospecting and dethrough tho underground workings velopment of claims in order to Mr. Raddatz said the mine never stimulate the languishing industry. looked quite so good and that every "Considerable optimism prevails piece of new work adds to the we in the east. This optimistic attitude reserves. is derived from the fact that deflaThe new compressor, ordered durtion has been accomplished and that ing the holiday season, should reach the era of rising prices and profi- the mine during the coming month teering has come to an end. Another and following its installation tho favorable factor is the fact that work of sinking the No. shaft will there is no great surplus of manu- be taken up. As already stated this factured goods. The great need for giew shaft will be to the northeast the building of not only homes, but of the No. 2 shaft, through which office buildings, schools and other the mine iscmovlng its present large edifices, should in a short time tonnage of ore. The work of sinking operate to start a building campaign the third shaft will likely be handled which will benefit every Industry. A under contract and Mr. Raddatz is careful survey of the situation trying to work out a plan whereby proves that conditions are essential- the Job can be speeded up to the ly sound and that with patience and highest point. There is a possibility conservation a rising tide of pros- that better time can be made by first perity should in a few months stimu- sinking a small shaft and then cutlate business in all parts of the ting out a larger opening, carrying United States. the smaller shaft on down a hundred feet or more ahead of the other and allowing a large part of the "muck Utah Lake Water May to drop into pockets or chutes from Be Used In Tooele which the bucket or skip can be rapidly loaded. The Job of cleaning a round of holes has been Under a plan which is to be map- up after takes the time In conis what fired ped out by residents of Tooele nection with shaft work and it la water from Utah Lake is to county that better progress be used in the Irrigation of about Just possible can be made under some new system 40,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Tooele and Grantsvllle. This mat- of sinking. the slump which ter - has been under discussion for hasNotwithstanding the hit mining Industry such a some time and this week meetings feels Mr. Raddatz blow terrible havei been held for the organization will be able to take up he sure that of the new irrigation district The development campaign water from Utah Lake would be an extensive on the big tract the in spring, early conpumped some distance and then owned by the South Stanof ground veyed through a canal to the Tooele dard company. Much of the prelimcounty term land. It is a big underwork has already been comtaking but residents of Tooele and inary and but a few weeks will be pleted Grantsvllle seem determined to go to install the machinery having the support required through with start and sinking operations. The of some of the well known Salt Lake line has been completed and power people. Money will be raised, either machinery, timber, etc. is on hand. by bonding the land to be Irrigated, At the Eureka Standard the work or through the organization of a of enlarging the 600 foot shaft la company which wonld build the along in u most pleasing canal, pumping plant 'etc. end then moving manner. The work has now been sell the water to the farmers. completed to a depth of (0 feet and Tooele countys growth was stop- from all reports the shaft will be ped some time ago by the lack of one of the largest and best in the water for irrigation purposes and East Tintie section. This la in the the people of that locality are deter- nature of assessment work but it mined to avail themselves of a sup- will have a permanent value, in fact ply from Utah Lake before it is too local mining men feel that it is precamlate. liminary to a big development paign which will be taken up later in the present year. . West Tintie It Trappers Are Having Good Luck Rollo B. Wright and Joseph A. Anderson, the latter an old time trapper whose home is in Iowa, were in from the West .Tintie section during the early part of the week and brought some . fine photographs showing the pelts of n large number of coyotes and wild cats, which have been trapped in 'the vicinity of the old Rockwell ranch, which is now owned by the Samuel McIntyre In- Ore Being Mined By Utah Zinc Silver-Lea- d Oo. B. F. Fleiner says that he is getting encouraging reports from the Utah Zinc property in the Erickson District, where some work has been in progress throughout the winter, and where a couple of carloads of ore has been mined good lead-slivBy and is now airs'1"! gb'p" the time the Wfgon road Is in shape EUREKA MAX WILL OPERATE for ore hauling, following the spring AT PRIXCE OOXS. PROPERTY vestment Co. thaw, Mr. Fleiner hopes to have They state that they have caught about three carloads of ore ready E. R. Richards, well known min- over 109 coyotes and about SO cate for shipment ing man who for some time past has during the past few months and that At the Utah Zinc there is also been connected with the Chief Cons. a larger number would no doubt several carloads of lead-sin- e ore for Mining company of this city, left this! have been taken had It not been for which there may be a market later week for Ploche, Nevada, where he! the stormy weather which on many! in the year. At the present time has a lease on one of the large dumps occasions covered their traps with there is not much demand for this of the Prince Cons. mine. For the ice and snow. Bounty will be col- - f- i- of ore. present Mr. Richards will maintain lected on this bunch of hides which Recently an assessment of half a his residence here. He has no inten- -i the trappers expect to hold as the cent per share was levied in order tlon of moving his family from Eu-- j fur market is exceptionally poor Justithat the work may be continued at reka until after the close of school, at this time. the Utah " - ! ! er |