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Show Report-- r 8dto Thefriends in A former resident of Tintic will ap preciate a copy of The Reporter why not send the paper regularly to some close friend. other parti of the e o n a t r y five them a chance to lean move about the Tlntio District. Volume XXHL EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923. Heir Wage Scale Effective J. Will Knight Wu b Tintic Visitor Mondy hTntic Mbrinff operators voluntarily , increase pay of men working in Untie mines; same scale ... is in force elsewhere. a new 'wage Mala baeuna effective at the varloaa TMa morning T-- ad f busl-an- d financial man of Provo and the manager of various Knight enterprises, was In Untie early la the week, coming here with his mine manager, HughTrenholm, and spending some time In an Inspection of the Iron Blossom, Dragon, Colorado Cons, had other mines. Mr. Knight is exceptionally pleased with the manner In which the Iron Blossom property Is responding to the development work performed to a great extent by lessees but under the supervision of the mine officials. Earnings of the Iron Blossom have been most satisfactory for more than a year. In fact they have exceeded to soma extent the regular dividend!, and there are reasons to believe .that the shareholders will continue to take down profits for u long time to come. At the present time there are more than sixty lessees at work In tne Iron Blossom, most of them on fairly good faces of ore, and almost all of the ore la of very good grade. As an example of what the company's liberal policy with the lessees has brought about attention might be called to the 400 level, of the No. 1 workings, where at this time there are six working faces of ore from which leasees are shipping with regularity. A year ago this particular part of the property was practically abandoned, or at any rata It was on account of bad ground and consequently ' no revenue was coming from it. The main working shaft at the has been Dragon Cons, property quite thoroughly repaired during the past month or two. While It was not entirely retimbered a large amount of retimbering has been performed between the 175 and COO levels. Today the shaft Is In excellent shape. nt w, ; ' - - f - - J0, - Big Electric Hoist Rural Mini Carriers Assigned To Feed Starving Birds .WE To Open Letter To Enreb Business live community in the state business men are trying to encourage enterprises which mean larger pay rolls; they ere offering special inducements to factories and working together lb an effort to at- tract capital. Instead of worrying because business .to poor they go out and try to moke It better for everyone who has money Invested In the city. Thats .not only civic pride bnt It to n sensible thing to dq. Its the modern system of doing buslnei ' The old system of "every man for himself? and the devil take the hindmost has gone Into the discard In most places that have progressed far enough to get out of the village class. In villages business men are competitors and quite often enemies in cities they are business associates and almost always friends, all working together toward a common end. In the eastern end of thA Tintic District there to a wonderfully .rich mine a business enterprise that has already added millions .to the wealth of our state, without taking anything away from anyone. Its s creator of new wealth and almost any set of business men, In almost any city of the country, would be mighty pleased to be able to attract uch an enterprtoe because It has ou Its pay roll several hundred men, resulting In the distribution each month of 945,000 to 950,000 In wages. There are cities no larger than Eureka where It would be to raise 9100,000 or more as an advertising fund if It was reasonably sure that through that advertising if It wonld be certain to attract some concern, some factory, or some business enterprtoe that wonld distribute us much money each month as to being paid to employees of the Tintic Standard mine.' Yet business men of Eureka sit quietly while all of the business of that Immense mining property slips sway from them being diverted, elsewhere because there to six miles of snow. Ice and '' poe-ulb- le . - mud between Eureka and this mine making the road Impassable during u good part of the year. A big slice 'of this business ought to be coming to Eureka; u lot of the best paid employees of the Tintic Standard mine ought to be living In Eureka where they could have city pleasures and advantages and where their children could have the best to educational opportunities, In fact there to no real reason why Dividend should be any farther from Eureka than. to Mammoth or Silver City. Mammoth and Silver City are Just shout ten minutes from Eureka over s fine highway Just n pleasant ride after working hours while u round trip between Eureka and Dividend over the circuitous route need at the present time to s forty mile fight through mud, such u trip us the pioneers had to make when they were biasing the first trull into Utah. Perhaps Eureka business men are satisfied with the business they are doing and have not missed the Tin-ti- e Standard customers who formerly ly traded with them, or the men who lived here and worked at ohter East Tlntle properties and later found this Impossible and took up their residence elsewhere. If they are satisfied what we have to say In this article will be as seed thrown Into the rocks or on barren ground but on the other hand If they want to make Eureka the metropolis of tbs wonderfully rich mining district that has grown np around it, If they fed that It should be poaalble for residents of East Tintic to keep In flrendly touch with people of Eureka, then the proper thing to do to to get together and formulate a plan that will result In a trull, between the two p This to an age of automobile travel railroads are almost unnecessary Insomuch as abort hauls are concerned and over a good highway stretching from Eureka Into East Tlntle many thousands of dollars would roll annually, gravitating In the natural fashion to the most Important point. Victoria and Eagle Operations Profitable nf pro-Durl- . u ttl are going to pave Main street this year it U none to soon to get things started; Nephi people are busy. wo VJ ffi X through their city limits. Eureka has a tentative promise of money to be need on a similar Improvement but for some reason the whole matter to yet la an embryo stage. Its high time for definite action. Representatives of onr city government and commercial dub should get In touch with the county board and arrange for the transfer to the city of whatever sum Juab county will allow for this piece of road building. There has been an understanding us to that amount but the whole proposition must be brought to a working head In the shortest possible time if the paving to to be laid during the coming spring and summer. Contractors state that there to always spirited bidding on the first contracts to be awarded each summer. Later when some of the big contractors have picked otf shout as much work us they can do during tha period of favorable weather they are "off tha market In the matter of new Jobs, hence the competition t to not quite so keen. Our piece of work should be awarded while all of these contractors are scrimmaging around for business. It Is s question of tha early bird getting the best of the deal, and by all menus Eureka should be the early bird because we must make our money go far as possible. Juab county ehould Immediately plare the road money that to s rail-ab- le for the Tintic end of the county at the dlspoeul of Eureka City and when this to done the contracts for the paving should be swarded with as little delay as possible. If Eureka Is to do anything In the paving line during the coming summer now to the time to start the ball rolling. u Mr. and Mrs. Fitch Will Make European Journey Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fitch, Sr., of Eureka left early In the week for Balt Lake and after the former closes up u number of business matters in this state and In the east they will journey to England for an extended - visit, also touring various countries In Continental Europe. Many Eureka friends wish them bon voyage, s most enjoyable sojourn with relatives and old time Every Day It Looks friends and a safe and pleasant reBetter at The Apex" turn to the district which has profited so much through Mr. Fitchs minThere to' nothing particularly new ing operations. out at the Apex Standard bnt never-thelea- s o there hu been a gradnal ImEdward Duggan Given provement during the put few which time raising Place On School Board weeks,bundaring under way from the 900 hu level, and local shareholders are The members of the board of edu- pretty well keyed up In anticipation cation for the Tintic Bchool District of s substantial change for the betheld a meeting on Wednesday even- ter when the raise, which to now cuting at which time P. J. Fennell pre- ting higher beds than thou prossented hla resignation, owing to the pected below, gets Into s lime formafact that ha recently moved from tion. The raiu to being driven on Precinct No. 2 to his present home an incline and while one hundred in the 2rd Precinct. Mr. Fennell feet of work has already been dona was present at the meeting and It It carried the raise but 79 to 75 was at his suggestion that Edward feethuabove the 900 level. A small Duggan was named to fill the va- amount of additional work, however, cancy on the board. Mr. Duggan, to all that should be required to take who to a brother-in-la- w of Mr. Fen- It Into the new formation although nell, will qualify at once. there to nothing definite abont this, according to Snpt. Lewis Merriman. ounces of gold, SOOr 1,152.407 At tha point where raising wu 490.89 ounces of silver and 8,878,-58- 8 started some ore appeared la the pounds of lead extracted from a shale and quartslte formation and total of 24,745.08 dry tons. work this ore has been persistent program hu been of raising continued, some nice plecu Satisfactory made in exploration of the Dalton of ore being taken out from time to and Lark mines, statu the report. time, several of them being placed on Total production of the company for exhibition In Eureka. Mr. Merriman to also driving the the year, a decrease of 9,457.74 wet tons campared with 1921, wu north drift and expects soon to reach 21,484.19 wet tons or 20,811 dry the contact between the lime and tons, from which wu extracted 928 qwrtslte. ounces of gold, 99,889 ounces of silEverything considered the Apex ver, 969,562 pounds of lead and Standard looks good; It ought to he the nut real mine for the But Tln240,580 pounds of copper. tle section. Balance sheet of the company O' of December 91, 1922, to as follows Additional mining nows, ora ShipAssets Real estate and mines, 81,212,-402.2- 7; ments and stock salu on page 6. construction and equipment, 846.252.48. leu Mining stocks, 8994,612.05; return of upitsl"' dividends, u u u Shes Best. Paid Postmistress Bingham Mlnu company stock (purchase of 64,959 shares,) 8722,-004.6prepaid Insurance and other expensu, 8461.80; suppllu at mines, 97,895.87; accounts receivable (subsidiary comp an lu.) 824,768.98; accounts receivable (miscellaneous,) (sub88,116.16; notu receivable 9156,120.80; sidiary companies,) cuh and receivables, 972,761.40; total 82,065,824.71. 0; I Liabilities Capital stock (150,00 shares,) 81,500,000.00; accounts payable (Including federal taxes.) 815,228.17; reserve for depredation, 197,114.20; to reserve for depletion earned sur-plu8728,100.80; 82,965,124.71. 2,) a, to Operating statements tor the year I u follows: Gross Income, ex8825,090.21; net urnlngs penses, 9507,907.08; mine and revenues, 8857,121.81; development and prospecting, net operating gain, 8175,-711.2Profit and loss account: Total credits, 8177.407.18; 6 069.95 wu Charged off to construction and equipment depreciation sad mine depletion, luring a balance to urned earplu of 859,150.25. This Item with earned sorplu balance of December 51, 1921. 9578,491.75 the urned snrptas balance of December ' SI. 1929. to n total of 8929,111.991 181,-41.5- 4; 9. i Dl MRS.' ELISABETH shown hen, hu P appointed Thirtpa, IK Oidy . five been X . 4 iy uu ; 1A ' Pnviig Project What about the paving proposition for the Tlntle District? Nephi business men recently met with the members of the board of county commissioners and received a definite promise of money needed to pave su eighteen foot strip tematic and thorough manner the Chief people are laying a track up the mountain side which baa a grade of about 45 degrees, and over this track they will lower the machinery with the aid of a donkey engine. 985,-000,0- 00 j' If Practically all of the big hoisting engines In Tintic are new electrically driven, the Dragon being one of the last to change. Another steam plant that will soon go Into the discard la the big engine at the Gemini mine at Eureka, which la now a part of the Chief Cons, holdings. Some time ago the Chief Cons, people purchased the large Nord-ber- g holat, which waa Installed at the No. 1 shaft of the Iron Blossom daring the palmy days of that wonderfully rich mine. This hoist has not been need by the Iron Blossom company for tome years, owing to the fact that they are bringing their ore out through the tnnnel some distance below and landing It directly on the can of the Eureka Hill Ry. Co. Because of this fact the hoist was sold to the Chief Cons, company and It la understood that It will be Installed at tha Gemini mine In Eureka. It to without a doubt one of the finest pieces of machinery ever shipped Into the Tintic District as good as new and being good for almost any depth. At this time the Chief company has a dosen or more men engaged in dismantling tha hoisting plant and making preparations for its removal to the Gemini. Even when dismantled some of the larger pieces will weigh as much as four or five tone and It will be quite a task to get the machinery off the mountain aide. In their usual sys- Men. . On omical operations. An Advance of 2 cents an ounce In silver has featured one of the strongest markets In several months, says the Financial Review.' China, India and London have been active . buyers. The largest ' demand Is from China, apparently reflecting the and the much smaller stocks-therInevitable reaccumulatlou following the termination of the Chinese New Tear.Tvwnmd for both silver and gold continues In India at a surprisingly high level. Since the first of the year India has secured about gold and about 7,600,000 ounces In silver at London. In this country gold exports to India are In excess of 97,500,000 and silver of about. 99,000,000 ounees. These are exceptional movements for the first two months of any yearly perio L Earnings of the Bingham Minas Eagle A Blue Bdl, and American Silver stocks at Shanghai are company. Increased 975,271.67 dur-i- .8 tar, all fu Tintic, and the Dalton comabout 960,000,000, Mexican, 1922, according to the fourteen- and Lark group and the Yoaemlte pared with about 947,000,033 In th Annual report of the organisation mines In the Bingham District, agto stockholders. The total net gain gregated 1402 carloads, or 71,289 January. and Income for the year was 922lr dry tons, which brought net smelter 508.92. Dividends received from the returns of 8010,241.10.. Tlntio People Pay The Victoria mine with smelter Eagle A Blue Bell Mining company. one of the Tintic subsidiaries of the' returns of 8409,042.05 was, from Big Sam In Taxes corporation, amounted to 862,101.75. the point of earnings, the most the year the company so- - dnctlve of the companys properties. ' No other city In the state of the qulred stock of the American Star Eagle A Bine Bell returns amounted gise paid Uncle Sam as large a Mining company ns follows: As divi- to 8210,860.91 and Dalton and Lara, sum in lncome taxea as Eureka, In dend from Eagle A Bine Bell Mining 8107,202.20. . Victoria ore carried daring the fact It 1s doubtful If tha record will company, 178,402 shares, and purbe equalled by any other city of like chased 12,817 shares, a total of year an average of 80 cents la gold, For 801,220 or 55.4 per cent of the out- 20.06 ounces to silver and 11.2 per population In the United Staten. 15th several days previous to the standing stock. The American Star cent lead. Athoagh content of toad was s veritable flood of blanks property to In the Tlntle District ad- wu slightly less becaueof decreas' there postoffice joining the Chief Consolidated mine ed freight rates and treatment through the local called im"gwhile for and to being operated through the charges, and Increased price for of them .'and many ' the amounts being eaten up Eagle A Bine Bell. no gray metal, retarna averaged 94.00 with exemptions, hundreds found it a good grade of ore has s ton more than In 1021. . Recent Recently the toward necessary to contribute opened In the mine, and while developments in the south and of of Unde Sams been ; enhancto rather early yet to make any the property are reported running expensesSome it exceptionally government favor- ing the value of that portion of the are the prospects Ander-JSnwh- o predictions, Mr. were sent to of this becoming n valuable estate and Improving the outlook of to in charge of the . Balt able, the company. says the report. property, tor i .Lake Internal revenue office, There wu purchased during the .Development of a hew on body SSiLv1.86 year 10,122 shares of Eagle A Blue in the north end of the Eagle A MffIMMABOARMrWILaON.edu Bell company's stock, reducing the Blue Bell property above the 2000 at lEtaTsyrtem. especially tqrefTVWthoItoto or tamer la outstanding stock to 85,021 shares. level In an area bat little explored to chlefCons. Mining compacts to made The percentage of Eagle A Bine Bell reported to be of greet significance j properties, where no effort successful Mining company stock owned by this to the company. Production of the -- : to limit the earnings of company decreased 1205 wet tons ! pros- company la now 00.0 per cent. Tlntics for accounts miners, The combined output of the com- daring the year. Metal prod action Income tax the for heavy and perity panys properties, the Victoria, the of the Eagle A Blue Bell totaled Girl Editor on Game Trail lane for Action Be Bent To Gemini A switch from steam to electricity, In tbs operation of the holat at the Dragon Consolidated property, waa made last week and according to Flunk Allen; the general superintendent of tha various Knight properties, tha new arrangement la The change working perfectly. should mean more efficient and econ- has wachsd Postmaster Work from rural man camera In regions long covered fay snow that birds are starving in thousands atone their Bo Dr. Work haa provided supplies at grain and instructed, the carriers to feed the Utile songsters. A Washington mall man la shown setting the example In a city park. . propertiu ot Tintic, amounting to a fifty cent ralaa all along tha llnr; Tha aama laenuaa haa been gniied the mlrara of tha Bingham and Park City dlatrlcta, according to Information which haa bean given oat in the daily press. newa waa first mada Tha public in tha Tlntio Dlatrlct on Monday morning, maaaagea from tha Salt Lake offices Indicating that tha opera ton had aU agreed to advance tha pay of employees. Owing to tha fact that moat of tha work In tha Tlntio District la handled either under the leasing system, or by contract, fewer miners are by tha new scale than at Park City and Bingham. Tha largest employers of labor under a straight wage system, in tha Untie District, are tha Eagle 4k Blue Bell, Victoria and Tintic Standard mines. Leasing and contracting la most popular In all of tha properties owned by the Chief ConsodUated company, Including the main mine of this corporation, tha Gemini, Eureka Hill and Grand Central. Tha Knight mines, tha moat Important of which are tha Iron Blossom, Colorado Cons, and Dragon Consolidated, aka operating along tha same Unas as tha. Chief Consolidated properties, which means that there are but few men working for a straight wage. .'Tha new scale of wagea for tha more common clssaea of work In Mining Company Mult Tlntio mlnea will now be as follows: Reduce Waiter Charge men 85.25, muckers 14.75, trammers 94.75, top carmen 95.40, cage rldera 95.95 and engineers The Mammoth Mining company Is 99.95. ordered by the public utilities como mission In an order signed yesterday to publish and put into effect rates Bunk Man Returns for water sold to the Tlntle Bchool exceed 99 After Trip To Coast District which shall not rates to be thousand gallons, the per v effective at once. The school district contended that iMvard Fox, who was called to Los Angeles by tha death of hla It was required to pay an exhorbl-tabortheMn-laArthur Irons, reprice for water furnished by turned home on Saturday and stated the mining company which operates water that tha funeral was conducted on and owns the only available IncludMarch 9th. Mr. Irona was 49 years supply for Mammoth City, of age mid leaves a wife and three ing the public schools; that prior children,' also his mother, Mrs. Isaac to the year 1921 the company chargyear of 960, while Hubbard, and a brother, Thomas ed a flat rate per was rate raised to 90 In 1922 the rest are former whom of all Irons, made 93 dents of Eureka. The children of and the charge was later resultwhich thousand Bledgallons, per Edna Mrs. are: deceased tha for a month of cost In a ed per 95 Irons. Nests Arthur and soe, will which and ' 170 of school pupils to desire Mrs. Irons and children to 9400 amount year. per friends extend their thunks to Tintic The mining company denied the for floraL offerings and for their contentions of the- school and Ausires if os of sympathy and condol- ditor D. O. Rich of the commission ence, especially the members of tha visited Mammoth, checked the figMaecabees, Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, ures submitted by the company. Adand ladles of tha Past Noble Grands ditional testimony was taken at a Club of Eureka. In November, 1922, the first hearing coast Mr. on the his stay on During hearing being held In Eureka InFox mat a number of former Tin tie April 21, 1922. The result of the hi tha now are who living people, and hearing Is told In the nii of sunshine and flowers, and ha vestigation of the commission. order a with i renewed acquaintance boyhood friend whom ha had not gaga lime his departure from their DEMAND FOB SILVER IN ' INDIA CONTINUES STRONG native land In England, many years ig , J. Will Knight, well known Number 19 ifl . i -- V V:-'- 5 . 2 " ' isf" - i , ' i . : r. . . f |