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Show i! vy DEVOTED TO THE GREAT TINTIC MINING DISTRICT III- - Volunu XX Col. Loose By Sudden i;i .h am Gas Hinders Work at the Central Standard Called Death The Work at proper!) hi Mi.Tim lr Dixtriit, . ronslth-r- 1 iYnir.il 1;.- - t itah. Tnn:siAY. .iam aijy cuiwty, Prohibition Forces For Utah Will Be Increased St.ii),tj-f u,,. ;l. i,- (Ijitiiwfl i., - pn--n- Elka Club and attend- dutlea during the routine hi to EL In the evening hU daughter, called lira Preston o. Peteraon, to tbc tamlly home he complained k.r father and Jf being unable to breathe stepped into and Mrs. Peteraon room to get him tha adjoining her j of water and upon i class she dead. father her found Ntarn died while reclining Col. Loose VY-Yih- , e hi . at;",? . , Y' .Y" . fur h.ira.-terimlt- - I y lay yur wiili .is nnp:inv this s.mii.- - iYi. !,!. ' The Boulder Dam ag Ad-di- vice-preside- nt I I I I I Price Oil Well Passes 3000 Foot Depth i i I I i - ! Mc-El- CM Consolidated Co. Annual Meeting Feb. 19 ft annual meeting of tho stock-o- f the Runner Here for Laurel Chief Consolidated held on! bruary 19th. at tho of--; j3hn B. Wright at Tucson, lp, The Chief company Is under the laws of Ari- -; nd consequently the annual jjngi are held In that state. The ?. oiled for the tu--.i purpose of t 1 f tn ftfLdrctor ch EW m,1NG publication m'KKS its appearance h- - mr in the J the a-- it v . Do1 U t" dr. editor of and Legel I18 appeared last j ftatur i per. 44 i -! H nits: tU' faa CUk Wlh ! th east aa well as I ar-tu.- il ' ti V 1 I 1 1, iiHi-tl- o lull-size- d , I iX ij-ir- n 1 . Ii II. ! i - t- Continued progress In raising tha American rtaudard of living will depend more upon progress In eliminating waste In distribution than on cutting down cost of production. In opinion of I)r. Julius Kline of the Department of Commerce. e up-b- ?irt for work of the Tln-l- ii Nu hols property, which was recently aciiuirt-i- i hy the laihl Tintic coiiipuiiv of the North Tlnllc His trill. Is now uiiili-- r way Already a crew of men uro ut work cleaning out a ili t ft ou otic of tin lower levels of tho l.ehl Tlnllc so that this drift Nlr-ho- ls j I tftketo,1.1- ,!Iornlbrook. publisher Times, is publisher! tht nan. ? .nni wl,l continue! Times, according innounrement. j 1,1 Baghy, the new! ttinlnjj devote Itself tot ! Inlng condl-- 1 tb te skKivj - rSf id VI '! no wn preparations ii,-- I r y M'S'rill'S ore tic Lead company jso.OOO.OOO In rich silver-lea- d trlct, at Frisco, Utah. Fifty men jia, been mined, the company has are employed under the direction of nncovered numerous strong deposits into virgin country, Manager A. E. Kipps preparluz the leading On the !00 and 500 levels alone, old mine for production from nun-- ) to Manager Kipps, fully a eroua showings on the 300 and 'he or more pay streaks.' rang 500 levels. The shaft has been r timbered to a point near the 000 Ins from a foot to elgth fK wide, level double deck cages Installed, a .ire awaiting development, Mr. Kipps has a theory that Ii new buukhouse. large enough to ac-- imen. Is be- following the ore from the 750 h ng'con.pleted. and the large surface the 1000 level, the "old tlm. rs iilant af the company thoroughly re turned off to the north on a branch hl- of the main shoot. habilitated. ou fact tho belief by 'Headings are btlug reopened and silver, 500 levels so that letter carried copper ihn " 300 and the - while of the e values operapredominant and leasing both rompanv lead. and were silver On levels under way. per tlons will soon to the -' Furthermore, faulting was is proscompany the level the 300 hrout uhwest. bnt on the 1000 and by tht long drill hole met It would be nat. a nrocedire per f ted and used- 1600 levels, where ore would be! believe to the Uhl- -f C .n uni the at success much tth been r.n done. work j has found. this By olldiiHd mine in Tlrtlc. as speedily as possible the shaft Hvstetn ground can im prospected at; will Im cleaned oul and retlmberedj oMt of a dollar or imi a foot as. I fif-,I01 level, while Pro-- j or ten of tj i ompared with a cost ductlon proceeds on the UPP1 if a foot, dollars teen IYpIjIi OllfQ th TOO lil rWrhMf th t Edvlr Wide, fsiiiou hitdloM moir run. wont of Inin worn of rnaDuliAUoii Mar. cMur&i mMNW ciivfp SsUsh olddh distance running 111 Tufic U.d company and have Wu accomplished , i.,1", of the -.... Today, alter two and a ' drifting Into a highly promising Urif mnthswork . the company has , virgin block of limestone for the or,, vhoot will bo speeded to ne S .hilt. lf Indoor track weed to nuolbi m. wi, participate : W'N p, 4f. H lake Mining amber whllrh s lvrf , m o Tintic-Nichol- s i j rn n InP . lr, li mliiary i'lve of ihe-- nine men already oil! the local force will lie retained Mr. Jackson said, and fic additional! Three of agents will he assigned i the new will In in t'l.lll The Ollier two Will lie as can lie sent nut Into thn Nichols NIC lied here f Colli here The men who will remain on the property for the purpose of developE. it. Wooley, manforce are John Ferrell, chief field ing It at depth deputy; F V T.tvlnr, It. V. Mack.' ager, stales that this development V Mop.mii and I. M Hammond campaign is going to Im one of the It most ever Inaugurated in Tintic and that the work Is going to he speeded up and pushed to the limit. The adproperty joins the la1 hi Tintic on the south und east and only a short while ago the latter company came Into control ot them claims, purchasing Nichols of From all a pimui ranees tho Job of them from Theodore American Fork. These claims are a man does not lieing city council located ami are said to emhold ont in ucli iiidiifouicul to the ideally men of Eureka. For the past two brace some of the most promising liiontliH there lias been a vacancy III mineral land lit the North Tlnllc and this statement Is verithe city council., caused by the resig- section, fied hy the fact that the new ownnation of one of the members, ami ers have lost no time In starting a up to the present time there has not for this development campaign been a single application filed for) property. to If were office. the it appointment At a force of men Is at around election lime there would be work present on the 750 level or the Iahl any number willing to taka tho re- Tintic cleaning out anil In sponsibility of being a councilman, shape a drift from which putting developand even running the risk ot going ment will lie carried ou. down to a liiiinilial lug defeut, but A weekoperations more at least now lluil It seems ii most certain will Im or ten lays to this drift required place that one could gel the poMiliou forj in for work. At present tho tin asking no one wanla it. The! I riftshape Is oul a distance of about 400 present rouncll, cnnslsliiig of only feel and In order to reach the tour members, la going along in a ground an additional distance smooth, agreeable manner and prub-- j of ahout 000 feet will have to he are hotter Ilian alily getting along driven. The main objective of this five members could so it is unrea- work is to cut two big breaks which sonable to think I hat they will go! lie between these two properties. out ami spend their valuable time; When the drift reaches tha Nichols looking for a man lo rill the of rice. property tt will have a depth of beIf it Is not worth the asking it Is' tween 1500 and 1600 feet, this not worth having. being attained hy (lie rise In Hint if depth h are of Hie opinion the stirfuee of the ground In (ha some good would file his which the drift Is going. appliealion h would get the appoint! Charles Zabrlskle, who Is directing mcnl, ami it might lie that a Repub- work at thla properly, elates that allican would have a chance in vlewj a contract has been let for of the fad that a majority of the ready tha drift. driving council are of that political belief, The The power of naming a new roun- -' work Isusual amount Inof development tha Laht Tin-ti- c going along it is invested within the conn-- ' and offleers of tha comalthough cil but II is customary and essential gave nut no statement It la in consult the mayor on an appoint-me- n pany understood that the work la now I of this kind In thn Interest of at a very Important stage and that harmony and good feeling. the showing is eaceptlonally eno- couraging. K. It. Wooley, manager Mining: Claim Patents of the ladil Tintic, Is one of the most enMay be Secured Easier thusiastic boosters the North Tintic Ion sort ever hail and he haa has The Douglas hill to authorise Isthat his properties ran suance of patents for mining land confidence Im Into the productive upon auhniisslon of aullHfactory evi- singebrought this and ronfldence la shared dence of the exlatence of minerals other prominent Tintic was patmed Inst week hy the house hy manymen who are familiar with nml sent lo the senate. Under pres- mining that of Tintic. portion ent laws, It Is neceesary to establish o that there has hcen actual discovery of minerals before patents may be Ore From Iron Blossom Issued. Being: Hauled by Sleighs Representatives Douglas, Democrat, Arizona, and Arentz, RepubliFor the first time In many yeara can. Nevada, gald that In many established mining areas known to he ore from the south aide of Gudlva and In Mountain Is being transported to tho commercially mineralized which development of valuable de- railroad liy tha use of sleighs. Tha posits could reasonably be expected Eureka Hill Railroad ceased operat depth, there waa no aurface In ations last summer and during the dlratlon of existence of aurh de- fall monfha ore from the Colorado posits. Because of this lark of aur and Iron Blossom waa hanled by face Indications, they said, patents wagon, hut now that severs winter for mining locations could not now weather has set In the wagons hava been replaced by sleigha. A haul of be Issued. ahout two miles la required to place tho ore at the loading station at Talented and Lucky Silver City. At the preeent time quit a force of men are employed at both tho Iron nioHsom and Colorado mines. Several of these are leasers end eome of thorn are producing a good grade of ora and are able to make a nice profit out of their operations ven in view of the fact that It la rather expensive to placa tha ora on tha railroad cars at the present time. In addition to the leasing operations neveral company men are employed at both mines and some very interesting and promising prospecting la under way. Operations are In full swing at the mine had lo be developed. i transacting. Im'lnes as may be neces- - Mrj Tintic Man Directing Horn Silver Work a company will bo ed - . Candidates Scarce for Councilman Job Another mining development cmpalgn of vital interest to rli eastern section of Tintic and in far: to the whole district was started during the early part of the week when men were pul to work on the1 wagon road leading to the Ad.tie. group of claims. At present the work consists only of repairing the; road but within the next day or twu additional workmen and engineers' At thirteen years of age he startHis will be on the property in preparaed out to earn his own living. tion for one of the most inteusire first Job was on a California ranch development campaigns ever started soon He drifted it S0 per month. in this section. The company which into tha mining fields, however, and has taken over the Addle is known from then on became active in K. Hui.-- h IK Lily Extension and mining In California aa the Standard Mines company. In 1895, he returned sad Nevada. About a month ago the ddie to Utah and has since been one of Now that it Is reasonably certain town of less Ilian 4. UU0 people. H. tho prominent mine owners and op- claims were taken over by l.as Vegas Is about thirty miles Snyder and associates and at that that a dam in to be hiillt and an imerators of this state. Colomense on created the reservoir the point decided on for the was time from word out Inwork that given Aa the years passed by his IHack more extensive, was soon to start on this property rado llivcr the people of Iais Vegas, d:ini. which Is the narrow vestments became ex- Canyon through which are the wild almost with flows week Mr. Nevada, This out the gave Snyder one of the stockholders being heavy To means citement them It silo The under Colorado. information a not great that mighty minute's sad manager of the Grand Central ud Cold Chain Mining companies, time would be lost in getting the business opportunities, unusual pros- consideration for some years whs in of (Ms district, aa well aa a dozen actual development work under way. perity and sensational land values, Boulder Cnnyou, some miles above things they have been thinking Black Canyon und last year uhan u veil as owning large Interests In However, there is quite a hit of pre- about and dreaming about for near- dnned in favor of Black Canyon af other companies. He has like- liminary work to he done. There e ly half a dozen years. ter a thorough iuvesiii'ailon by a wise extended his efforts Into are several old workings on the a within located Vegas, group of nationally known engibeing will and these he cleaned group been basking circles, having neers. of the Provo Commercial out for the purpose of examining short distance of the proposed dam ocl.as Vegas lost nothing liy the ind Savings Bank, of which Senator them with a view to using one of and having no other rival c1i1ih. them for a permanent shaft. If cupies an enviable position and change from the original plans, In Seed Smoot is the president. re "uitahle then a business men from adjoining states, fact tho citys position has been imThrough hia tenacity and almost! none of Canyon is he made and the and especially the enterprising Cali- proved because Black will new location efwholly through his Individual Men and teams fornia cities, have been quick to much nearer to the Nevada city. fort, he developed the Sioux. Utah'laft work started. I Continued on page 9) Ilia great possibilities In this Conolldated, Iron King and the old have ten busy on the wagon road realize It week Mitire is and the Ajtx mining company until It was during parchaied by the Tintic Standard, understood that they now have it in for (ravel, la which he was a large shareholder shape There has also been some talk at the time of his death. He also kid Interests In the Big Indian, and. that the new owners of the Addle ii oil claim in San Juan county; and may develop a portion rf their Thursday night the test well of, penetrate the Im Plata group which ii ike Spanish Pork Canyon Oil ground through the Yankee Cons, the Price River Petroleum Company measures from 900 to 1500 feel It will be remembered company. acrosa. property. a at Price had reached a depth of He had also turned to Since passing the 3000 foot depth farming that the International people ran ud itock raising aa a diversion long drift from the Yankee Cons 3074 feel, bottom in a hard blue three different types of gas have iwcTion and lime. Since that time the work has been encountered. The first gas apfrom. ether business cares, and- had, 'Over into the eastern waa of the mdhaue type always been prominent In political that this drift Is not far from the been temporarily suspended as the parently It would not cost driller, J. Barker, had an attack of as It burned with a blue flame. Then activities. He was one of the lead- -' Addle ground. m In the Republican party In Utah, much to put the Yankee in shape to influenza, hut expect to reaume! heavy cold gas was encountered living been national committeeman resume operations from this drift, work tomorrow. Progress for the that was Incombustible and put out for wveral gas previously years. He served as a Mr. Snyder did not confirm or denv past three months has averaged bet- the flame of the from ter than a hundred feet per month. struck. A few feet further on an- delegate to the national Republican this statement, but Judgingof work coaventlon at Chicago in 1912. and hia conversation this plan Geologlcal opinion is somewhat j other gaa, containing considerable u an elector on the ticket when! will not be taken np at the present divided as to whether the Sait Wash quantity of ethane, was encounter-sandston- e Theodora At'ed. As the hole la uncased for a has been penetrated. Roosevelt was chosen time. incident. The Addie is considered to he s a depth of 2702 to 2720 feet a hard j distance of nearly six hundred feeta He wac always an ardent admirer! very valuable group of claims which quartzite sandstone waa encounter-- , there Is now a considerable accumuof Roosevelt and went with him Into' are ideally located and everyone ed but this formation lacked nearly latlon of gas. Ike Progressive An snalysls of the nerond gas eni familiar with them predict that they all the characterlstlre of the Salt party in 1912. Is 1SS7. Mr. Loose was united In will be brought Into the productive Wash member. However, as very countered la now being made, but wriage to Miss Jane Patten of atage with proper development. The little Red Bed has been passed the gas Is of a very complex nature Is some and returns have not yet been reftycon. who died a few months ago. recent strike in Chief Conn, proper-Th- e through since then there children who survive him are: i ty, near the Addle, has boosted this reason for thinking that the ceived, but should reach here this Rra Erma and week. and been has has lot given a whole formation passed of wife ground the Peterson, The ethane gas was encountered toos G. Peterson, state road com- - the owners added incentive for un-- the bottom or the hole now being In the Summerville, which Is Im- above a quarts streak Immediately Provo: Mrs. Fay Gordon,' ting the work under way. It is Lake; Warren Dean Loose. Salt derstood that the work at the Addie mediately above the La Plata group. on top the blue lime. Thle gas has ke. and Clarence Loose, Salt will be under the direction of Frank The depth is now far beyond that always been In the horizons above where the best oil showings hsve foke, also a brother, William Stewart, well known mining man at which the Salt Wash should hsve been reached, so the officials of the ".'of Lot Angeles, California. j who has been In charge of several been reached, so the only conclusion Paneral services will be held Fri- - Tintic properties. that rsn lie drawn is that there Is a company are hopeful that a sand underneath the 2 p. m. in local fold in the vicinity of the well lies immediately the Utah stake tab-- ! as the same blue lime Salt to the of county, the formation; D. made Itah has depth Boyd J. under Sheriff that the direction of ?lkopw. "p. Whitehead of the accompanied by Deputy Sheriffs Wash much greater than calcula- gas was struck Just before the Fer Dakota too first ward. Davis and Roper, were In the Tintic tions or the Salt Wash has been ron and again before the were week. to formations now is well of this the penetrated. ready and on altered Tuesday District I Important Work 1 no-mov- e - ivities of Utah. He was born In Quincy, 111., Sept. It 1S53, a non of Robert and Jane Hia father was at Teeney Loose. oat time a teacher and later entered After the death tha drug buslueM. of kla father. C. E. Loose removed to Utah with his mother and two athtr children, settling in Payson, vberv the children attended school. Starts clr-c- Standard Lily Co. Starts Development chair and death la his rocking a struggle. without causing a0ie Col Loose was one of the prominent mining operators of the Tintic District and during the past forty years has played an important part political actla (ha Industrial and i iin-i- s,nd,rl o- - I i.r ht-u- I V . t condition. The work ;ii present .it iitral Standard is on the 12ih) where a contract drift is by John W. Taylor. i I l t.'itl. , lire, te, J.i.--.hii- ( r. prns-ftctl- rile federal pro!: i Imi it ii force In, t lieoiv.e liiiales. In deputy .1,1 iii i ii i n r.itm will ci eased to toil men. Call for Utah.. prohibition ii.liiiimi Idiiliii and MoiiIiiii.i aim, iiiiiced M.,u J - ai-- Lehi Tintic O days of stormy hi, a. 1.1111 of rim. Siiiiit ,!a) s t;,4 K, heavy that the ;,tr ,.,,ap. meilt II lint (M pa tile t ,f lla .1,11 iia and the miners :ir. Itl r ,his (Ji V,L and capitalist .1, Minins operator bln home In at auddeniy very d of this evening Monday o on death being due to heart fail-MLoose was apparently In Junwal food health on Monday, MINES D .YuiiiImt l.I . ! SILVER-LEA- i?i. :w. Time to Get Up (?) I,;, hly dumu- a . jt.-rii HOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST . J. Facts Concerning the Tintic Standard Co. Margaret Shot well, nineteen year old concert pianist, baa been spending a vacation at her bom to Omaha. Tha daughter of parents to only modest financial circumstances, Mias 8ho(well fell lielr lo a large block of atock to I ho IL J. Reynolds Tobacco company when B. A. Reynolds, who waa man ager of tha Omaha branch of tho com-pnny. died In 1917. .Mr. Reynolds waa a bachelor and a great friend of the shotwell family and Margaret was his favorite. It waa tho Income from thla inheritance which gavo tha girl the opportonlly to purauo a musical ciricr oof siBdlca noocf ibiooqi to Europe and ha. played I. In Ovo European capitals. She distinction of being tho only wonmn pianist who haa ever played to . n XUo.l 0W. bow. The following, concerning one of our minen, waa taken from a recent lseue of an ex- - change: The Tlntle Standard receives 750 carloads of supplies per year, and Its employees con- sumo annually 360 head of beef cattle. 150 Iambi, 180 hogs, besides a constderabls amount of ham and boron, 10,000 pounds of sugar, 3,000 pounds of butter, 1,300 comm e e e e of eggs and 100,000 pounda of floor. Thla mine pays one-fourth of all taxea of Utah county, or about 81,700 dally. Labor and supply hills amount to $3,000 dally, and the aver- age annual payroll la more of a mil- - e than e lion dollars. three-quarte- rs eeeeeeeeeeeteeeee 41 JLII -- . - |