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Show Vfi A fanner resident m apof Untie a preciate copy of The Beporter why not send the paper regularly to some dose friend. 8dTheBeport-- v 'to friends in other parts of the o o nntr y give them n ehiuit to lean more about the Untie District. Volume XX1I1. EU&EKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, James W. Wade Will Electric Hoist For - Old steam plant will soon go into the discard: switch will take plaeewithin the next week dr two. Since .the Gemini property passed Into the hands of the - Chief Con aolldated company, several months ago, many changes have been made both on the surface and under ground. The last. part of the Geminis old frame shaft house Is now disappearing, changing the appearance of the sldehlll and removing one of the camps oldest land- V marks. ' The steam hoisting plant, which has been In operation at the Gemini mine, will soon be dismantled and the old compressors were shipped out of. the district this week. The three large boilers, each having SCO horsepower capacity, and being In exceptionally fine condition notwithstanding the fact that . they have been in use for a long time, will soon be removed. A market can no doubt be found for them with some commercial enterprise that Is using . steam for power. A modern electric hoist, which is now being Installed, will take the place of the .Geminis steam plant. This electrical equipment was purchased by the Chief Cons, company from the Iron Blossom. The hoist la of modern design, one of the finest pieces of machinery that has ever been shipped Into the Tlntlc District, and It la good for almost any depth. It did not see much service at the Iron Blossom, having been out of commission for several years owing to the slowing up of mining ktpera-tlon- s in that end of the property and . the fact that ore and waste are at present being taken out through a tunnel Instead of being hoisted to the collar of the No. 1 shaft. The switch from steam to electricity at the Gemini will most likely take place within the next week nr ten days. For some time the Geminis supply of compressed air has been drawn from the Chiefs main compressor plant, the Gemini compressors being Idle. A six inch air line now connects 'the Chief and Gemini workings underground and It is. understood that a smaller underground line will be, laid from the Gemini workings through the BuUion Beck and Into the Eureka Hill, which Is now a part of the Chief Cons, company big mining enterprise. I - . - o Mine Timbers Decay; ' V ,v Bailway Track Settles Whon the Rio .Grande By. company built a detour around the Eureka Hill mine dump, at a point near the Eureka depot, they must have placed their rails over an old mine shaft, an opening that many years ago had been timbered over and then covered with waste from the nearby dump. This week about fprty feet of the track settled and traffic between Eureka and the other 'camps of the district was blocked for a few hours. At first It waa reported that workings of the Eureka Hill mine, located quite near the surface, had caved but later examination convinced tnd railroad men that the trouble was not of a serious nature. A few carloads of gravel, secured from the Gemini mine damp, Were used In which Is fixing up the ..road-be-d once more In perfectly safe condi- tion.. New Tennis Courts To . Atfriifgff Mining1 Men Gemini Mine Shaft 'v; - Program for the second annual Utah Metal Mining Institute, to be held in Balt Lake today and Saturday was announced recently by A. G. Mackenzie, secretary of the organisation Sesskms will be held in the Chamber of Commerce. The Aral session, which opened at It a. m. today, will be devoted to an election of a presiding chairman and. other . details of organisation. Discussions scheduled are as follows: The Silver King Coalition Mill" by Professor Robert 8. Lewis of the University of Utah department of mining and metallurgy; The Tlntlc Standard Mill," by James W. Wade; "The Use of the Microscope as an Aid In Ore Dressing, R. E. Head. A Joint paper on the Leaching Procesa In Practice ai the Ohio Copper Mine' will be presented by Thomas Varley and George L. Old-rigM . D. Paine will talk on Mine Ventilation, and S. P. Holt 81ndglng.r Several other subjects of genoral Interest to mine operators will be discussed Informally. Many of the papers will be Illustrated by stere- opflcon views, i slides for which are being made. This evening a dinner dance will be given at 6ne of Balt Lakes hotels. The program for this affair will be music and dancing. J. William Knight Is Visitor At Tintic Hines J. William Knight was In the district during the past week, accompanying Hngh Trenholm, general manager, on his visits to the various mines which are owned and controlled by the Knight Investment Co. Mr. Knight expressed himself as thoroughly pleased with the system adopted by the mint officials in settlement for silver purchased under the Pittman act and Is confident that this plan will mean a continuation of the dollar silver price until late In the present summer. By that time there. Is a likelihood of an advance In the foreign price for the white metal, Mr. Knight being of the opinion that this district will not suffer greatly when the time comes to accept the foreign price. Operations are moving along In the usual satisfactory fashion at the Iron Blossom, Dragon and Colorado, says Mr. Knight. These mines are all making money although the earnings of the Dragon and Colorado are by no means heavy. The Colorado shipped quite a tonnage of ore last year, .the total receipts from that source being In excess of f according to a report which waa but recently sent out. The Knight people are now busy carrying through to patent practically all of the claims embraced within the large Tlntlc Drain Tunnel tract. No work is being performed In the drain tunnel and the future of the project is more or less problematical but before the year is over the company will have proper government title to the hundred or more claims which are in the group. 100,-00- 0, - Bingham Mine Strike Proves One-Da- y .. Affair On May 1st about 160 miners employed at Blngbam mines went out on a strike but all of the men were back at work a day later, the strike having developed Into Just a single These men were working holiday. at the Highland Boy, Utah Apex and United States properties and it Is said that they quit work as a protest because they are not paid for the time apent In going Into and coming from the mines and time spent for lunch... Number 26 MAY 4, 1923. Outlook Satisfactory For Silver Operators No Pittman act silver has been or will be allotted for subaldlary coinage, according to a message from Senator Reed Smoot. This wire was sent to Salt Lake mining men last Saturday and was a most Important piece of news for all of the sections of the state. This means that the Pittman act will have six weeks or two months longer life than It would have had If the mint officials - had clipped; 10.000.- 000 or more ounces off the 208.000.- 000 ounces. Senator. Smoots message also outlined the governments plan which Insures full payment. Instead of provisional settlement, for all silver ore placed on the market. An outline of this plan was given In the last issue of this paper. It meana that the ameltera will be forced to settle in full for silver shipments until such time ha the fnll amount required Teleshall have been purchased. graphic communication will keep the mint officials informed as to the amount of silver which Is being delivered at the various smelters. Senator Smoots work In behalf of the mining men of the state has brought out much favorable comment. One well known operator says: More efficient cooperation for the wolfare of Utah and western silver producers than has been forthcom silver-produci- Michael Hanley Died Sunday At Salt Lain Michael Hanley, aged 68 years, died last Sunday at the home of hla sister, Mrs. James P. Murphy at Mill Creek, near Balt Lake City. Mr. Hanley, who was an old time resident of the Tlntlc District, went to Salt Lake a little more than a year ago, ' following the death of his mother and remained with his sister. The news of his death came as a surprise to his many Eureka friends who did not know that his physical condition was serious. Mr.- - Hanley was born In Michigan but the greater part of his life was spent in the mining camps of the west, most of It In Eureka. He la survived by two sisters and a brother: Mrs. D. C. Harrington of Eureka, Mrs. James P. Murphy of Mill Creek and John Harrington of Michigan. On hla arrival In Utah the brother made arrangements for the shipment of the remains to Eureka, where funeral services were Held at the Catholic Church on Thursday morning. The body was laid away in the Eureka cemetery by the side of the remains of the aged mother. ' Eureka Auto Owner Is Accused Of Speeding In Jndge Dunns court at Mammoth this afternoon the case against A. A. Hatfield, charged with speeding, will be heard. The complaint against Mr. Hatfield was filed by City Marshal Nisonger of Mammoth and the defendant entered a plea of not guilty, employing Claude F. Baker to handle his .case In the Mammoth city court. Mr. Hatfield declares that he did not. violate the speed laws of Mammoth and if the case la decided against him In the lower court he Intends to take an appeal to the district court at Nephl, appeal bonds having already been prepared by hla attorney. Big Events in the Lives of Little Men J Be Built In Eureka Rich Ore Coi2 Fran Victoria Chs A tennis field, with two cement courts, la to be constructed at the High School, according to Ining from Senator Smoot could not Tlntlc have been brought to bear upon the formation given out a abort time Lessees have opened deposit of For several weeks this matter problem. For sixty days Senator ago. and high grade rock in the sooth Smoot has had his hat and coat off haa been under consideration now advanced to the have the plans that the working end of this property; goes strenuously Interests of the silver industry may point where it la safe to. say they be will carried, through successfully. be safeguarded. well in gold end silver. The students Intend to do a lot While In Salt Lake Senator of work the a themselves, Smoot conferred several times with large the Utah silver producers committee amount of cement haa been donated Lessees working in the south end Chief Cons. the and A Blue of the Victoria mine, on the 266 Eagle regarding the best methods of proce- by dure. Since going to Washington lie Bell mining companies and money level, have succeeded in developing has been In touch dally with the com- needed In the purchase of equipment an exceptionally' nice body of ore, mittee, either supplying needed In- will be raised In some manner by the according to Snpt. William Owens. This strike was made some time ago formation or seeking further data as various student organisations. to local conditions. If modern courts are fixed up bnt developments of the past few The committee haa been at ease, many people outside of the school weeks have added greatly to lta Imknowing that more efficient aid membership will no doubt desire to portance and at the present time Mr. could not be had than that affordod use them and it has been suggested Owens la driving a heading for the by the chairman of the senate fi- that those, who care to play th.l same ore 207 feet deeper. The lower nance committee. All we had to do 'game, form an organisation or club, drift should reach its objective withwas to furnish him with facts, know-- 1 paying Into the fund a small tee or in a very short time. The new ore not only runs high ing that he would make the best use dues. Tennis is one of the most of the ammunition provided him. i pleasing of all outdoor games, in gold and silver but it also carries The right of Utah bullion produo- - strenuous enough to give young and dose to five per cent copper. At one Ing mills the Tlntlc Standard and old plenty of healthful exercise, and place the deposit haa been opened the Tlntlc Mill at Silver City to there la no question but what the for about fifty feet and it also hss make dally telegraphic tender of sll-- 1 new courts will be busy spots a width of from two to five feet ver to the United States mint until throughout the summer months. Last months shipments from tbe the expiration of the Pittman act la A Blue Bell, Victoria and Ragle now being sought In behalf of the American Star, all owned and operSince this Two Found Guilty Of committee. producers ated by the same Interests, amountright has been extended to smelters, ed to 20 carloads, this being conLaw Violation Liquor refiners and cyanide plants. It la siderably under the record for the held that the same privilege belongs previous month but no doubt the ore to the Tlntlc plants that produce bulLast Saturday evening the city of- was almost as valuable as every one lion. ficers raided the lower Main street of the local mines Is trying to mine residence of Mrs. Musette Tranter, Its best silver ore while the present finding evidence of the violation of price prevails. Eureka Metallurgical the liquor law and arresting Mrs. Joseph Regan. Separate Process Fully Explained Tranter and charges were filed and conviction Henry M. Adkinson secured In both Instances after the Died At Salt Lake Before the mining committee of defendants had asked for and secured trials. jury the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce The case against Joseph Regan op Saturday last A. H. Hahn gave an Henry M. Adkinson, well knows address in which he explained the was disposed of first on Tuesday among the Tlntlc mining operators development of a process for the morning, the hearing taking place by reason of hla residence here some treatment of oxidised ore, as work- before a Jury In the city Justices years ago during which time he coned out In the plants of the Eureka court and resulting In a verdict of ducted experimental work along the Metallurgical company, an enter- guilty. W. H. Bacon, the acting city line of milling, died on Tuesday prise which was launched In this justice, sentenced Regan to pay a night at his home at Salt Lake. Decity some years ago by R. V. Smith fine of 8100 or serve a like number ceased was a mine operator, mining of days In the city Jail. and associates. engineer, rare metal expert and la Although up to a comparatively The evidence was conclusive recent years has been prominently recent date the problem of treating and the jurors were quite convinced that Identified with civic and educational profitably oxidised ores has been Regan bad been assisting Mrs. Tran- affairs at Salt Lake. A number of unsolv-able regarded as one of almost ter In the systematic sale of liquor. mining articles written by Mr. have appeared In the dally complications, through the InMarshal Minor Peterson and Ofgenuity of two Utah men Relnhold ficers W. L. Anderson and James presa and In mining publications. V. Smith and C. M. Nokes and the Bennett Mr. Adkinson was born September told the story of the raid, financial backing of John Hays Ham- which Indicates 1, 1874, at Chicago 111., his father that armed they mond, a method of handling a large themselves with i search warrant being a Chicago attorney. He attgroup of refractory minerals has and visited the place at about 7 ended the public schools of his been- - solved. o'clock evening. Mrs. native city and was graduated from I would like to be able to an- Tranter last Saturday the door a few the University of Chicago la 1226, nounce, said Mr. Hahn In begin- inches andopened postgraduseeing who were trying then taking a three-yening his discussion, that we have a to gain admission shouted: The Of- ate course In mining engineering. all for panacea metallurgical Ills; ficers! Officers! Regan who He came to Utah In 1801 as general that we could treat any grade of was In The the adjoining room, along manager of the New England Gold oxidised ores. But I cannot. How- with three or four others, made an and Copper Mining company. ever, as the result of a series of 1200 effort to empty the liquor from a twoDeceased Is survived by a wife aad tests of over 60 different kinds of children, also by his parents. fruit jar, the officers alleging oxidised ores,' I can say that we have large In their that and they way pushed oxiprocess which will treat any found Regan on hla knees over a dised ore wherein the mineral con- hole which cut In tbe floor Wages Of City Officers tents are not mechanically combined for that had boen Marshal purpose. very To Be Considered Tonight with the gangne. Peterson with the n Our first work was done with forced himgrappled from the away opening lead eorbonates. Since that time we In the floor and picked up the Jar beThere will be a regular meeting have treated oxidised minerals from fore all of its contents were lost, of the city eonncll this evening aad all parts of the west, from Mexico about a pint of liquor remaining it Is understood that action will bo and Alaska with gratifying success. which was on exhibition In court. taken on the request for a raise la The scope of our work has been Both Regan and Mrs. Tranter, ac- wages from various city employees. broad. It has ranged from treatto the evidence of allhree Some time ago employees of the ment of highly sllldons refractory cording ef- water, street and of made the frantic policemen, police departments silver ores with high lead values to forts to break the bottle and thus submitted for raises la ores with high silver values and low the evidence against them. wages, the requests amount of the increase lead values. Our treatment of destroy went even Woman so The as to far desired being 60 cents a day, but no oxidised copper ores has been suc- race Officer Anderson Main cessful. No special equipment la street but she was unable upto over- action waa taken for the reason that needed. At onr Murray plant we take him. The race was an Interest- the membera of the city council conld not agree. It Is rather doabtr are using standard machinery.. affair, however, and furnished fnt if an agreement can be reached Considerable Impetus to the suo-o- f ing amusement hundreds of people at the meeting to bet held this eventhe Eureka Metallurgical as there waafor the usual Saturday ing as two and perhaps three of the company has been given by Mr. crowd on the street conncllmen appear to be against the Nokes discovery of a special reagent While on stand on Tuesday Increase. On the other hand several useful In handling certain types of Mr. Peterson the stated that the officers of the citys employees have threatrefractory ores. Emphasis was given of Eureka City had made three ened quit unless they get the 60 to the fact by Mr. Hahn that the Eu- other attempts to get evidence that cents to a day Increase In wages. reka Metallurgical companys process Mrs. Tranter had been engaged in is applicable on a commercial scale the sale of liquor but In each of the since the cost of treatment Is well other Instances the woman, or some- Boss Morgan Of Eureka within the value derived from mill- one assisting her, had been able to ores. Died At Salt Lake (Sty ing ordinary grade Into the opening in dump the Complete success attended the the floor. liquor coma to step from a laboratory When he took the stand In his own Ross Morgan, who for the mercial scale of operation, said Mr. defense Regan denied all knowledge sixteen years concenbeen a resident of Hahn. Both the grade of of the and said that he was Eureka, died has on April 26th at the trates and the percentage of re- simply aliquor resiat visitor Tranter the covery, as compared with laboratory dence, which is located on Main Holy Cross Hospital at Salt Lake tests, showed Improvement when street. He had considerable money City. His death no doubt resulted operations at the Murray mill were on his person when arrested and from lung trouble, brought on by years of work underground. begun. claimed that he brought this money many Mr. Morgan's last employment was The disappointments which a com- to Eureka Las from Nevada, Vegas, pany pioneering In metallurgy must where he had been employed the at the Eagle A Blue Bell mine, alhe had worked at various survive were humorously exemplified greater part of the winter. During though other properties during his residence by Mr. Hahn. 8ome. time ago teats his six weeks residence here he said were made of a low grade uranium this camp. he had worked but six days. In Deceased was bora la Fort Csi ore found In southeastern Utah. that men of were In Some who the the 62 years ago and hla odly bon. Miraculous success attended the exPa., at of the time the raid testified An ore carrying but place relatives, as far as known, are periments. behalf of Regan but their stories near a and slater living la Penbrother of one per cent of In failed to ring true. Mrs. Tranter nsylvania. Angus McDonnell, who nranlum was raised to a concentrate also took the stand In his behalf and Colorado averaging 12 per cent uranium. Ap- told of being ronghly treated by the first met Morgan in years parently a glowing future was open- officers whom she accused of sub- thing like thirty-tw-o wired these relatives and acting ed for the new process In the treatwater which for stituting liquor Instructions from them arranged ment of low grade uranium ores. found In the fruit Jar. for the shipment of the body to the But when a trial shipment was they ease was The of the prosecution sent to a Denver refinery It was handled family home In Pennsylvania. F. Claude by City Attorney o found that the product could not be Baker and C. N. repreLeatherbury treated; for, at the same time the sented Regan. The were: On Celebration Jurors Big uranium content of the material had Manson, J. D. Sheffield, A. been Increased, the gelatinous sili- Andrew Today At Fillmore cate had been decreased to such an D. Wilson and Frank L Rnsaell. Mrs. Tranter Fond Guilty. extent that the desired minerals eoald not be extracted. Governor Mabey aad quite a as The Jurors before whom the cave against Mrs. Tranter was tried ber of other prominent Utah " brought In a verdict of guilty but including state officials aad NEW MAN ARRIVES FOR leniency.. The evi- men of the capital, are at Filin WORK IN PENNEY STORE recommended dence was practically the same today for the Golden Spike Celebration which marks the compleChamber Glffen, of Guthrie, Okie-- throughout ,and. the same . testimony tion of the Fillmore branch of the home, arrived In Eureka early In the ! tnn9d Union Pacific system. The program fn the T1 week and has taken a position at the H will also be witnessed by a party of . E W Rdn,ond J. C. Penney Co. store. Mr. Glffen and A. D. Beaton. California business mea who are la-was accompanied to Eureka by his Dahl, Al Tackett was ordered to pay vestlgatlng Utahs resources. Mrs. Tranter wife and two children. The Fillmore rood was completed . a fine of 200 or serve six months in Jail. Through her attorney she has last fall but the formal sslebratioa -Additional mining news, ore ship- given notice of an appeal. Regans of the event was postponed until ments aad stock sales on page S. weather conditions were favorable. fine has been paid. . . - Ad-klns- on ar three-quarte- rs . i ,r .. ... 4 |