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Show r .. - : Btt CV ' f - ' - t .: a .''S X&l k; : ') -- -- 1 I W . V' is Tintic is the home of the dividend 'Untie has more than fifty pro dndng properties. paying mines. . Volume XIX' EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, e UTAH; FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919 Number 19 . Dick Pleased With Outlook At The May Day Property! Iron Kng Hay Soon Be ! Iron hodndog' Manager James Dick of the Mar Dar and Uncle Bam mines was out from Salt Lake daring tbs past week, Advent of railroad should en- making1 an Inspection of both propand announcing his Intention sile this mining company to erties of continuing the campaign of 'work get some money from its on the S00 and 1009 levels of the May Dar. The showing on both lev large deposit of iron ore. els la highly eneoaraglqg and Man In view of the foot that Col. C, B. 'wger.Dick feels sore that there isen-aLoom la Identified with the new rail-- good' chance of getting into an road for tbs eastern end of thedls-!UrJ? n,lk trlct it is generallr nnderstobd IrefM' that his Iren Wng property will re-mtaS ceive immediate benefits from SsaSwIs T& rislted th! wl,01I,ruf:! Chief miliar with tbs , King wlnse where is being sank' the point It has an JmmenM hodr of iron ofa . . for the development of the new ore of marketable grade, flJlm wmen of the Plutus company and heavy shlpemnts were made during 'deposit additional depth is all that state that the earlier days of the district. With an expensive wagon haul it has been Is needed to bring the Plutus Into the productive stage. Impossible to profitably plaee this Iron ore on tho market' hut the advent of the new road Into tho eastern Jack Aho Hu Finished. end of tho district should plaee the Contract At Enreka Lily Iron King property on an equal footing with other producers of iron, Jack Aho has finished his contract which is usually in some demand at the smelters, where it is used for for sinking the incline shaft, at the property of the Eureka Lily comfluxing purposes. Of course the Iron King people are pany, a distance of 100 feet. This not counting entirely on their iron piece of work was handled at a Mg deposit, : although it may he the saving to the company, the pries per means of giving them some good rev- foot being much leas than any of the enue. What they are after la an ex- previous work cost The Incline shaft tension of the Tlntle Standard's Mg or wlue at the Lily is now down to ore none and It is for the purpose of what is known as the 1400 level, prospecting for this ore that they which is perhaps 1111 feet In depth, Munched their deep mining cam- and it Is understood that the managepaign. Up to this time all of the ment Is seriously considering adding work, on this latter project has been another fifty feet to this depth before in tho shaft. Which Is thought to ha taking up drifting operations which nearing the point where an ore body are expected to bring the company's ground Into the productive stage. chould be found. On tho level 100 feet above the g Eureka Lily people succeeded in Government Junk ABig t fi some good ore but the values Copper Market Factor were not concentrated Into a large 'K. ' ,t Naurs Bureau Issues depoelt. everything indicating that ' tyThc additional depth via needed. When following report On the copper VYihe is started again It will no which Vi ' situation in the government drifting at a where It is aldoubt.be Jink' lector of the market 'is given most a cinch thatpoint ore an body .will bo attention than it has received Leasing Operations To Be Tried Out At Park City Extending Boundaries s Of The Tintic District The Silver i(lng Coalition mine at Park City la to be opened to leasing operations within the next few days, according to a statement in last Coming summer should see weeks issue of the Park City Record. Approximately forty blocks of great activity in eastern and ground, all above the mine's 700 ends where ground northern level, will be worked under this new - 1 is rapidly being taken up. system. i Income Tax Man Arrives; Tintic people are Just a Mt surWill Help Tintic People prised at the activity In tho outlying 5i j Tt." ffijJtosli aJJ t5 i i i . . . . : get-in- . ml . ? l 'mewr - I TI ?' found. .wSetkfr.weok before l'hf ISf df lTll No Exemption Ftam Annul North Standard Property Manager P. K. Craven of the Utah Power Co.s Tintic business says that the work of building a line to the property of tho North Standard mining company luu been started and Efwill be rushed' to completion. forts will be1 made to finish the line by the first of the coming month at which time tho mining company will have its new equipment ready to go into commission. About a mile and a half of new Hne will be needed in . order that the North Standard people can secure power and their line is to connect on to. the one which now extends to the Copper Leaf. . . - MAT BAT MEETING. Stockholders of the May Day company have bean notified of the regular annual meeting, which Js to be held on Monday, April 7th, for the election of a board of directors and for the transaction of other business. ' East Railroad JM Lleat.-Sutherlan- -- ' Sinking operations, which have Assessment Work In 1919 been under way for some time on the It is probable that the effort to North Standard, will not bo stopped extend a time limit of the ruling suspending assessment work on claims will fall. We are informed that there is a great division of opinion in this matter as the soldiers are taken care of under established rulings and there is strong sentiment that assessment work should be forced in order to further development in the mining districts. Company Formed for . c Mm To' ) WlWWShtiiewhed. ho marketed. ' The --quantity involved aggregates 140,M9,O0I pounds which was purchased direct, from producers hr the government and shipped to manufacturing plants against orders for munitions. Cancelation of the munition orders left the manufacturers with copper either on hand or consigned to them. Thus far no steps' have been taken toward caring for the large quantity of scrap copper which has accumulated from government work. This is placed at not less than 190,000,900 pounds. sections of the district where claim Get busy on your Income Ux, It owners are busy "polishing np their you have not already made It out titles and to aee that there watching and forwarded It to tho collector of are no Soma years infringements. Internal revenue. There la uu In- ago when the Chief Cons, people come tax man In town today for the location notices over about purpose of assisting tho people ofi plastered that was open for locaeverything Eureka in tho preparation of their j tion In the eastern and northern ends Ho hero will remain until! of the district It looked like a reports. very Saturday, which ,1a tho lust day for uncertain piece of pioneering if not tho filing of tux returns. This repre- a reckless expenditure of money, hut sentative of the government la at the camwisdom of their the city hull and he will be pleased to paign was long ago expansion Now tho proven. explain any of the problems which BANDS MAY BLARE, whistles toot, crowds cheer and dty boundary lines of the district ire are confusing Income tux payers. D officials immortalixestill here la the real home coming being pushed clear back to the foothills on the Goshen and Elberta when Yank doughboy greetsrmother and dad in the LEAD GOING INTO PAINT. the three looking into each slopes and back Into tbe dry farming shadow of the old homo-j- ust sections of Cedar Valley and during others eyca icdng, knowing and understanding. They are Demand by the white lead manu- the coming summer a lot of new des And are now--boywho ntnen. better criming home fast facturing Institutions to supply the velopment work will no donbt bo una better home in a better World is waiting for them because requirements for spring painting la der way on ground that la miles from all have learned through a bigger, broader sacrifice. beginning to firm up tho price, ac- the older, properties of the district cording to eastern lead men In close It Is understood that all of tho touch with the situation. This probthat lies between the old ground ably had Ita effect in recently caus- time Lehl Tintic and Scranton propTintic lead some to the of advance New. ing prim erties has not only been located but SO cents a hundred pounds. This token over by people wbo intend to meant considerable for the Utah some money for Its developInformation, which wu given out tbs Iron King property and the main mine operators, wbo In the aggre-ght- e spend ment and that there Isn't a foot of have been producing lead at the early in the week. Indicates that lino that will continue on to the Tin-ti- e between tho Lehi-Tint- ic work will at once be started on the Standard mine. Tho work pre- rate of 15,000,000 pounds every unlocated ground tho and Tlntle Standard. construction of the branch railroad sent: no engineering difficulties thirty days. connecting the Tintic line of the Rio whatever, the surface rock being a Grande Ry, with the mines of the rhyolite that to handled without any SMELTER WORKERS RETURN. Lieut Sutherland Giving East Tintic section, particularly the trouble. Tintic Standard and tho Iron King. .''Negotiations are now under way Training To Local Youths Smelter workere, wbo went on a It is understood that the work will for. price and delivery of the 1100 trike, when their wagoa were cut be under way within the next few grew tons of steel rails that wIU be 75 cents a day, have agreed to reUsing his experience and knowl- weeks and that midsummer will sec required for tho conatructlon of the turn to their former employment edge of military tactics to the ad- the completion of the line. E. J. Ra ,BSw line. These rails, it Is planned, and accept the reduction. This ac- vantage of local youngsters, d, data, the manager of the Tintic Stan- will; be about eighty pounds to tho tion wu taken lute last week and who saw several nwikt dard property, and one of the pro- (hot, heavy enough to construct a everything la now going along In a of active service overseas, boa estabmoters. Of the road Is ughiy substantial roadbed when satisfactory manner at the umelters lished a training squad In Eureka, In authority, for ' such a statement. ipon the rhyolite grade. It la in Balt Lake valley. The smelter which he hss enrolled np to the pros-en- t, about ninety of .the gumpi tjiattho, required equipment cpmpanl. did not, agree to retutate Viallay Ry. Co., has been form- for tne present at least, will prob- all tho mea who went on fWT y4mfol strike, Twice ed for the tonstructlon of the rood. ably bo leased from the Denver A claiming that shipments of ore to given their training under Che super-- , the smelters are now uo light that vision of Lieut. Sutherland, who Working quietly, and preferring Rio Grande company. that no publicity be given to tho The construction of this long- - they cannot dm their entire force, states that, although tho Work of lino of railroad will provo but married men add soldiers are to training them boys is not fully outquestion of constructing ' tho much j looked-fo-r needed lino for the transportation ofja boon, not only to the Tlntle Stand- - bo given the preference and then the lined, yet plena are rapidly being ore from But Tintic to the rail- - ard and Iron King mining compan- - single men, who have not bnn In made for a permanent organisation road, which makes direct connection lee, but to tho entire Eut Tlntle Mo Uncle Sam's Mrvlce, are to bo em- of this kind in Eureka, and be exwith the smelters, the Goshen Volley tion, where soma new mines will no ployed if there are jobs enough to go presses the belief that within a few company has perfected all Its prelim- donbt be opened this year. Among around. weeks the enrollment will be larger. inary arrangements to such an ex- tho properties that are now under There are no stipulations or conditent that the contract! for grading active development some of which MONA TO BE INCORPORATED. tions relative to enrollment, any boy have already bun lot to tbe Utah are expected to enter the producing who wishes to take the work may do Construction company. The work of stage during tho year may be menMona, one of tho thriving little so at hla own option. Training is grading will bo undertaken thu tioned the Eureka Lily, the Eureka villages on tha eastern side of Juab given on Tuesday and Thursday at A the high school grounds and tha boys month; tho laying of track will be Bullion, the Copper Leaf, the Zuma, county, is to bo Incorporated. a fair proportion tha Enreka Standard, the South Stan- mass meeting, at which it was decid- are looking forward to umt more started as soon of tho grade Is completed, and It Is dard and tho Apex Standard. Each ed to launch a new city government, Interesting military activities darthe plan of tho management to ex- one of tbooe la uo situated that even wm held there teat week. ing tbe spring and summer months. pedite tho work with sack speed thsi should the companies decide to build tho rood will bo ready for operation no spur tracks, only a short and euy within n period of six months. haul of their product would bo reThe Tbe railroad will extend from Iron quired to place tho ore on tho can of Knight Spar, a siding on the Denver A Rio the Gouhen Valley line. Aside from Its direct and Intrinsic Grande road, two mites west of ElMeetings of the various Knight it is hardly likely that a dividend berta, direct to the Tintic Standard value to tha Tlntle Standard and Iron mine, n distance of approximately 7 King companies, the Goshen Valley companies were held at Provo during will be declared when tha directors mites. At a point four miles from line will have an earning power that the past week, the buaineaa transact- - meet next month. Much of the work at tho Iron BlosIron Spur n branch from the new line should reasonably entitle It to par- ed being largely of n routine nature. som la handled under tha teasing syswill bo built to tee Iron King mine, ticipate In a division of tho freight There was no action regarding divi- tem, in fact almost all of tho mine's h rates. It wUl prove tho logical and s distance of two 'and dends or but reports output Is coming from blocks of assessments, sidemiles.. economical means of solving the With tbs required tracks end switches, tbs total length transportation problem for the com- were submitted showing the progress leased ground. The Tlntle Drain Tnnnel la reof the rood to bo constructed ti panies mentioned und some others in of recent operation! in all of the con- ported to ha in a dtetance of over which are under the properties the matter of incoming and outgoing about ton mites. trol of Mr. Knight 2000 feet. It la still cutting through Tbe grade of tbs new line, Ckfetein freight of every description. Rad data soys. Is an easy one, betng In tho case of the Tlntle Standard As fur us tho Tlntle mines sre con- a porphyry formation and while ocis going along In u sat- casional strips of hard ground are I per cent for abont four mites over alone, tha long haul by auto trucks, cerned work manner and a dividend le being encountered there are other the lower point of tha Una, and abo il of supplies and equipment for und isfactory next month from the Iron bunches of Mfter material which nec4 per cent from tha point of diver- ore from the mine, has proved an expected the earnings of essitate careful timbering. The tnnBlossom, although wIU to run vexatious sion over tbs spur that proposition, expensive and the ontpnt from tho property being the mine for the pout quarter will not nel is now gaining some depth and lessoned at very frequent Intervals Justify tha payment of a largo sum. It should be bnt a few months until because of bad condition of the roads Dragon hss undoubtedly been even harder formations are encountered or the crippling of several of tbe leu fortunate, although we have no und If m the heavy timbering exauthentic information and are un- pense may be dispensed with. trucks comprising Its fleet. able to get a check omthe mines finComDevelopment work te goiig along Goshen The Valley Railroad ances. The main portion of the as usual at the Empire Mines proppany la capitalised for 160,000, In this Tintic erty and some prospecting ii also be600 sharea of the par value of $100 property la under leau to Milling Co., the Dragon company re- ing carried, on at tbe Iron Blossom, each. Tho officers are E. J. Rad data, ceiving a royalty on all ore mined. one of the Important drifts being the The output of mill ore has not been 2200. This drift 1s being sent out president and manager; C. E. Loom of Provo, vice president, and W. L very heavy since last November and toward the south east. Snyder of Salt Lake, secretary. while awaiting power connections, a gasoline engine being used tempor- arily. ASSESSMENT ROLLS BEAUT. County Assessor Haynes was over from Nephl last week cheeking up local taxation matters. The work of compllingthe assessment rolls, covering Tlntle property, has been handled in a creditable manner by local people, who were deputised by Mr. Thomas Haynes. McCormick, Sr., has Just completed the task hero in Eureka and Bert Wilkins of Silver City acted in the same capacity for the camps of Mammoth and Silver City. - Jl ek.C . u Activity At Various Properties one-tent- . Grader Used To Free The Homansville Road Of Snow Acting under Instructions from tho board of county commissioners, Colin McMurphy, local road man, this week removed some of tha snow snd loo from tho Homansville section of tho road leading Into the Tlntle District. This piece of road is within tho boundary lines of Utah county, and oonaeqnently outside the Jurisdiction of our county commissioners, but In view of the fact that the road la used to a great extent by local people Mr. McMurphy'a work is greatly appreciated here. A road grader won used on the road and It la once more In dhape for ante travel. It la thought that It will bo but u week or two until many motorists will bo using tho road leading Into this district from Utah county. Standard Stripping Hundred and Fifty Tons Daily Supt. John Weaterdahl of the Tin-t- ls Standard property states that the Job of re timber ing and enlarging the old shaft, which hereafter will be known aa shaft No 2, la progressing rapidly and within ten days or two weeks there will bo an entirely new, at the rate of throe carload a day, the trucka being able to take care of this tonnage'ln very good shape now that the sunshine and wind have worked .together and placdd tho road in better condition than it has been any time durlng(the past month or two. Tho 8tandarda ora 1s coming from the 1260 and tbe 1160, m well aa a sub-levabove tho 1250, and tbe mining operation era inereaa-ln- g the ore reaervea. Supt. Weaterdahl states that Just as soon aa the foundations, pnt In a short-tim- e ago, are dry enough to receive the machinery tha work of Installing tho new equipment will bo under way. It te pretty safe to any that the new machinery will bo In operation within n month or six property. Tlntle Standard la now shipping weeks. double compartment, well timbered shaft to a depth of 700- feet. Sixty days more ought to bo sufficient to complete the Job to the 1000 level, Which Is the bottom of this old shaft, bnt It te hardly likely that the Tintic Standard people will stop at that point with this second abaft They are more liable to continue sinking until tbb 1200 level Is reached and then undertake tho development of the eonth end of their extenalvo - el x |