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Show HOME OF THE WORLDS LARGEST SILVER.LEAD MINES DEVOTED TO THE GREAT TINTIC MINING DISTRICT Volume XMX Kl'KKKA, .UTAH COUNTY, VTA 11, TUI USDAY, KEmUAWY J7. Xumlirr Hi Show a Decrease Legislature ClosesjFlgur" in the Output of Silver Records of Utah Mines for 66 Years !B,n,,ZSrday Walker Mining is 4 4 44 silver output of Willey. Salt l.uke attorney, Special Tax Session The January wax greater than that of she is the gt'iicral mnnuaer of the to Pay a Dividend is Tintic from llerelllber !Ul below that of Janu- Production llcutnnrc t'oiiKiilldiiled Mines t'o,, of $324,750,864 Tooele 4ary of lust year. The eatlinale of spent Sal - j HiIh I Once again ltah people have I count), 44 rea- - i unlay -4- ml lf the Anucoudu officials agree to Sunday In Kurekn during which lime such a move the Walker Mliilug Co., lie transacted business for his eum- - of I'luiuus in which county, t'ul., pUIIV. residents of Tintic are share- lhe Betiuiore people own u group ninny wiiiuiiv . .iiVMHi.d on U,(I.H of forty five claims m what is culled ,!l,l ' Minority directors of the company ;ir,rfc".'' floor put lug the mine on a dividend T"'1 l aiiyou. which nliniit bnsis tin1 iuiviiiciiIii l went y miles to the west of J,.lir lhJJ1( Fureku tears ago the prnperl) produced niotitlis. Such information .,7. '... onsidersble good ore. the x nines be- w VH bv j ug In lead and silver, but rewnlly ',.r alm here has wen no work on the llllll(irlly Hhlirh,lera claims lhe ew company Is now lls Wlllr hiKh.Ht orn.-l.t- l of thu i eady to commence a svsteinat le Wulk.-- r Mining fo. more Slightly campaign of development work in ,h..n Mi per cent of the stock Is held accordance with recommendations ,iy Anaconda interests. K, Mr w''lk',r ""L Mr. ,'vvin..e,K s. ''n work has more than $224.0011 cashcompattv and net will 'n under way as soon an weuth monthly earnings of $.s0,00 To or conditions are favorable u w,0!l a. (,lvlll.tl re. Mr. Willey slates that his romfi75.000 and In ll.e opinion Hhsrcho dors r Mr XVllk,,r (he lWny. pay (.otl,lmliy One of them. among imople. io ,.,.ltl( n imarler and nt the saiun b Ihomaa J. ranks, has for years ,jllw l!(, fur..000 quarterly to th been Interested lit mineral land of treasury after taking cure of the that section. dividend requirements. 44 It lias not been long aim's the company waa $780,000 In debt to the Aniieoiidn Copper Co. and had other oMtgnllotiN. In addition to clearing up debts big sums have been spent fur development work and In completing l lie const ruction of a new mill. Walker promlnen to heroine one of the blggeNt copper III nil address betnre the S. L. mines of California. t'liauibcr of Commerce, delivered a few days ago, V. Mont Ferry, one of the Park t'liy opornlnrH, gave some Jack Aho, of Eureka, Given Important fuels and figures regardContract by Idaho Company ing the mining Industry of this atate which Inset year produced $96,500,-00- 0 Jack Abo, former Tintic miner worth of silver, copper, lead, mine contractor, has been He predicted that and gold and xlnc. a contruet for the driving I'lulia future In mining Is destined awarded raise by the Hunker to belittle the present even more of a 1 Ilian the present wonderful record Hill and Sullivan Interests from lint tunrecently completed 5,000-foof the mines dims lhe distant pnst. In nel Creeccnt the Big properly, After stating that there Is u possiCoeiir d'Alene district, bility of tills Herllon gelling a new Creek, Mr. Alio wns In Eureka recently Industry, mlileli will enable tin mines lo confer with J. Fred Johnson, of I lo send into lie world refined metMining comals, thus Improilng the position of the Chief Consolidated the entire Industry and adding to pany, contractor, who ilrovn tiie new The raise will connect the Hie stuies pay rolls uud tuxanle tunnel. upper workings of llie mine with wealth, Mr. Ferry made the mention the new tunnel, which will serve as of the illftleultles under which minadit for the mine. Ita ail operating ing Is now being carried on: "The mining Industry Is working portal la near the Big Creek mill of under quite adverse conditions all the company. During the time that Mr. Johnson over the world, mainly because of the unusually low price of ineluls. was engaged In cunt raet Ing In the Silver Is llie lowest In blHlory and Coeiir d'Alene district Mr, Aho wee there is no Htrong reason to expect one of his foremen. 4 .Inc an Immediate Improvement. D. D. Moffett, Jr., of the Salt markets are also depressed at present and glvo no definite promise of luiko division of the Utah Power A st re n gt lieuliig. Light company, spent a part of the week In Eureka, While here "Iad, however,as Is In asa more and past he visited many of the mines In this situation far price staltstletal position is renrerned, and section, being shown over the disrnpper la enjoying a lad ter price, but trict by John F. Howe, manager of only under heavily curtailed produc- the local Utah Power office. 11 Amerlrau liureau of Metal Sti Tintic has produced .some of the A most interesting table, hat ina ur the Vlf. 1st ics ahow an output ofYnUOOU do with the inluerul production richest ore ever taken from mines to haa adjourned the apeclal f Januarv alon which cloned on Wednesday of uh. M,k ... ...U ...,l 000 and VoVinno December in thla week after thrity daya work1,., W,M cars The January wan en up in this state, has been an much as fimi.non, but PrTnt n,t'b,d Canadian output of bringing I'tnh the the secretary of taxing by 1.882.000 ouncea, against 1,751.000 pared of the American Mining ever since the cm Her days of the d incep, Mai I y pleasing to the people of ouncea In lmrentber and 1.747.000 Chapter the lower grade ores have Tlntic who cannot help hut realize fo n gross. using data from the I. S. !trlcl A one local operator dominated. course Of Mines. of figures that at hle time mining is aufficlent-- j rh" omput November. for the earlier years of I'tah's mill- aptly put it the lower grade ores BAAV ,Ve d.b.h he last month for which fignrea are ing history are merely estimates and- have paid the operating expenses of wan 21.294.000 ounces, are more than likely less than the ur- the mines while the money from the have bwn (Haarariroua .'Tk :.U,.d available, 23i0SM00 0cto- ounw. tual figures, especially with refer-- richer ore. In almost all instances . tier. IS, 502, 000 ouncea In November, once to jy' Tk coming along with the more f t,h tonnage and dividends. m." 1928. The Mexican output for we have iBkenlnury rock, have in muiiy caws been table this V! vember wan ounces 10.305.000 facts and figurea responsible for the dividends. yeara, or until Jan. 1. 193a, but ounces In Orto- - some interesting 11,934.000 ailll,t The table of figures, to which we Hist rid. Tintic the the end of that time the mines will ber and regarding 8.643,000 ounces In Novemabove made reference, tndi- have sixty-sithe face an in period the year again Pupring uncertainty 1928. ber thelcales that for last year Tintic 1864 to matter of their tax expense and the 1929, inclusive, were 534,000 ouncea of sil- from keted 420.000 tons of ore having credited are district our of taxation problem will once more be verThere on hand In thla country on Feb. of 910.128.311 and come football to be booted around , aKainH( 539.000 ounces produced more thnn 'a gross value on Jan. 1. with having tons of $2,294,859. in dlvidt-ndone ore. of te ? suiting Only "by Un.t nd 595.000 192S T1,1 Feb. wan what might be termed - siovVot moun- where year the postIUngluim, distict, rilveV InYi'imda aWhe wverycheeulbutita1 lean year In Tlntlcs history, local- - a ponea for a period of year the time hU month Wt,ro lf244.000 tains of low grade copper are of la rred- - IToflta were amull und only a few of Tintic. exceed when legialatlve tlnkerera can again ounces, ed. Bingham against 827.000 ounces on take up the laaue. 218,039.651 tons and Park the mines made dividend dlnhursc-Oit- y Jan. 1 and 344,000 ounces on Feb. Ited flth cornea next lo Tintic with 8.- - menta. Tintic Mtandnrd was of amendments the other Among 1. 1929. course an exception to the rule. people of Utah, at the next election record of Thla mines wonderful In November, will have the privilege of voting on a new section covering production and earnings went forward almost uninterruptedly and it the assessment of mines to replace must he credited with the bulk of the one which fixes the assessment the 1929 dividend money. of metalliferous mines at some The metals in the ore which onr multiple or submultiple of the net. mines sent out last year were as folThe multiple of three proceeds. lows: 42,000 ounces gold, 6,130,- has been used, which means that the ' 000 ounces silver, 2.800.U00 pounds mines have been paying on three' the fact that Notwithstanding of copper, 85,600.000 pounds of times their net proceeds. t m,p,bI" httV ,en,'M, ,he! better than The new section, which had the $52,000,000. The Park lend. 750,000 pounds of xlnc. pIr re J By lBt with decidedly less ore, lip to the end of 1929 the mines approval of both houses of the state f,por: district, City wu Id transfer the!Ir J of which Utah, taking all of them together, in after the had matter Tintic eXPl,,,dt,( A, dividends, legislature been discussed Tor days, reads M holdings to another large mining! WUj to j,HVP been expected as much are credited by the U. S. Bureau of lhe follows: wl,PI'r f j of from our mines has Mines with having produced fk,,fe.rn. ?ni have In recent weeks h1 L,Ptheowproduct tons of ore, with a gross "AH metalliferous mines or min-,1- 1 On the other hand grttde. 1 of (lie Park possibility have been value of $1,706,999,947 and from ing claims, both placer and rock in conj,e"l"8 City properties of $353,601,272 which dividends noted for tlielr high grade lead-sll- Tiace, shall be assessed as the legis-- UI71 0Be of'ycon,ln l our,verores. were paid. ature shall provide; provided, the 1 oimon basis and multiple now used in de- ?"k th nirmRUonal Mining termlnlng the value of metalliferous JT Smelling organization has at var-- 1 mines for taxation purposes and the some of tlmen for "u negotiated additional assessed value of $5 per acre thereof shall not be changed ,h PrPr,F of the C hler. This pa- 44 before January 1, 1935. All other, ?, f0" mines or mining claims and other! P(1 Acconling to Information obtain-- , would like to J1 valuable mineral deposits, including the properties now lands containing coal or hydrocar-- ! belg operated as subsidiaries to the used bona, and all machinery but without taking over! Kncouraging reports continue to heading which should now bn quite mining and all nronertr or surface c,1tef In main he of Chief the holdings or come from the property, near to Its objective. some the appurtenant 1 improvements upon time 1100 wns, there drift ago, to mines or mining claims, and the ap.!ln the North Tintic District where a nice stringer of ore. It was fol.Vhpther or ot complished reinains to lie seen as In- - three important headings are being lowed for about 140 feet. During formed men in mining circles read driven and where some ore is now the greater part of that distance the the statement of Mr. Fitch to mean lielug saved for shipment at later best ore averaged an inch or two In that the Fitch interests are not wil- - date when road renditions will be width at the top of the drift and ling to part with a portion of tlielr better, perhaps six Inches wide at the bot' satis-1 but a consider but the miners were able to save a tom this mm! of at mn.f 'itAwii strike Humors iirh mine, holdings, might vntort ' some of the high grade lead. This 'l.n owr "hlrh prnb"im b"n .'ke lbimr, together with what has Iteen taken remains right where it was previous enl,re understood that the The crosscut on the out on the tunnel level, where mln- to the efforts to give the state a new g another small would like lo acquire the! 1100 level, which Is being driven for! era are On the other hand if tax program now about break is Kureka of sufficient tho bunch of ore, APX Standard, the Ilutus, purpose cutting th amendment carrlea there ran be no chance until after five years have Lily, Eureka Bullion and East Tin-- 1 which on the 950 level contained - for a shipment but the ore will have tie Consolidated properties and has some ore, this week cut some prom- to be hauled to tedar Fort and thin elapsed. been negotiating toward this end. lsing quarts. The last few rounds ' is not an opportune time for such an tion." "It Is further reported that the have been In this material and the undertaking Mr. Ferry Indicated that ln his Father Hurley to Conduct But One Change Made in are It was on the tunnel level that tho opinion, about the only manner In proposed deal. If consummated, men working at the not Ihl-Tlntl- e Mission in This City people, some years ago. which lhe market altuntlon rould be quite confident that they will ore Chief Cons. Directorate would Involve something like took out a shipment of ore. The overcome Is through economy of ophave far to go to get into an 44 44 body, but whether it will be any 1m- - present work there wan taken up eration, and this method is now beWilfred Rev. 0. Hurley, of the All directors of the Chief Con- J. E. OConnor Returns provement over that showing on the where it wan left ott when the de- ing used extensively by the Utah Paullst Fathers will arrive Sunday waa is reached. It seen. sluk to It to be vision level above remains Loral operatorn are solidated Mining company, with one operators. afternoon from Salt lotke City, and committed to the Idea that beginning Sunday evening will conFrom Trip to Moose City is but natural to suppose that with .stated that the men now working on exception, were reelected at the this additional depth there will be! the tunnel level are taking out good wagen are the basis of pros- duct a weeks mission for Cathollra 44 meeting of stockholders held of commercial ore. a enough ore to pay their wages In 8t. Patricks at Tucson, Arizona, It la announced. perity, and would therefore, never and J. E. OConnor, member of the nice showing at this time the crosscut withstanding the fact that the reduce wagea until It was econom- Catholic Church. During the period Charles T. Fairbalrn of Birming- local Moose Lodge, returned to the best showing at the! posit la small and somewhat bunchy. ically impossible lo operate at the of the mission there wlil be weekham, Alabama, waa elected to suc- Eureka late last week after makng a there having been no! A little later the management may present level. ceed J. H. Rice of Houghton, Michiday masses at 6:30 and 8 oclock In to Mooseheart, the city in centrip recent weeks In the main1 decide to sink and raise on thla ore. in folMr. Ferry talked at some length on the morning and aervlcea In the as were reelected change gan. Others Illinois where the rhildren or tral the silver situation, declaring It to evening at 7:45. Non-Clows: Walter Fitch, president; Cecil holies will departed Moose are reared and edube a very Intricate New Compressor Will Be problem so lie welcomed at all of these times. Fitch, vlca president and general cated. Mr. O'Connor made the trip Short Council Session wrapped up in international reFather Hurley's popularity as a manager; Exllda Fitch. J. Fred for the Installed at Lehi Tintic lations purpose of taking Held on Friday Evening, and finance that no local or Missionary is evidenced by his nuJohnson. B. L. Cripps, Thomas Car- the threeprimary Ivan late of children the 44 44 even national Influence ran have merous requests for return missions. michael and Mr. Fairbalrn. Harper to that Institution, but he Lehi Tintic shareholders are being any bearing on the price. The meeting 44 Ills popularity Is not confined to the also took time fo visit his former of the regular city council waa held on Fri- asked to pay another assessment of lie belle vea, however, that since dloceae of Salt take, but extends all Central Standard Still at home in Chicago and to stop at sevwas a The one which cent share. at week of last levy day evening the peak of gold production throughcities. Work on the 1200 Level eral other eastern time Mayor Church presided and made last week and while the bulk out the world has been readied, tho O'ConMr. Mooseheart Regarding Councllmen Christopherson. Bonner, of the money la needed to rarry on nations in expanding further credit 44 Mjrpr Bnd Tlt answered the work which for some yeara has will be forced to use allver as a most1 Yhe John W. Taylor reports ths usual "J7 d roU LVthis r"DriD 0n,y small amount been In progress there a portion of basis and thun agree on a standard klnT work at the Central Stanard. the sum to be raised la needed for lhat should f .r,.u.tln ku,,n present prices. ing continue! in two places on the have ever l.A the pleasure of visit7r". transacted. bills of the purchase of new equipment. The the payment Including 1200 where for some time thla com- and a verbal or written de- ing, present machinery, It la claimed. Is city. pany has been doing from 150 to rt Mon of u na onIy par!any de. against the Churrh Informed the roun- - not ample for the deep prospecting Emerald Officials Pleased Mayor 200 feet of drifting every thirty ,t and the wonderful way ln oil he had recnnaldered his for- - which the Lehi Ttntlc officials have With Showing on the 600 days. The headings are being lbe children are cared for and merthat to the effect that he in mind. statement BBB west en to the south and to tha educated. II. M. Crocker, the company's would not sign warrants for the pay- thu former drift has the best show- TjJe Eureka Moose Lodge la well e bonds of on ap- - glneer, states that the first of conpremiums la the It following ilonc ing. at this home, the Kalla-tarpprpwnted war- - ery to be Installed will be a new and the that officers and with the quartxtte ilowibacka children. MrDonald rhildren, and thoroughly modern compressor. had now been signed. mineralization. the 600 lovel lias enter rt Uennett children all having preceded ranU at Later It may he necessary to rhange: driven Mrs. Janllress Roberts, Agnes la west drift The crosscutting "tage. The for- VPrjr Harper children, making quite the city hall, petitioned the membera some of the other equipment ome Important fissures. now la ume matlon Tintic colony. quite satlafartory, a ja A very promising condition la re- of the council for an Increase In hwest salary, but her request was turned ported to exist on the 1100 level The most unusual afterdinner conditions in Chicago In rather rrlea quarts. Iron and wh,,h a heading is nearing Ita down for the reason that the I heard was: Ma. you oJc If not with hundreds Innjujon, or bunches of Some small not Jectlve. ' Justify go and sit down. Ill wash the din- - thousands 0f yacant business rooms nancea of the city do h.s riiowe? lomT value. .rearing expenses In any department.; have been cut at that depth during, r..My ner dlahus. l?ml A communication was read from recent months. , U o ar to that In quit Mrs. J. E. Sessions, city treasurer,! The main drift Is now In about 6751 lhe from which properties adjoining thanking the council for the kind- -' feet from the shaft and In drifting- so much good ore has been taken, Business Bottom Reached ness and consideration shown her. for that distance Important geologlleal information has been gained. among them the Grand Central and during her recent bereavement. Says Cleveland Banker the Centennial Kureka. The rouncll decided lhat in the 'Some good looking breaks, rontaln- 44 cut been of hare an . ore, start would .near future they stringers , . The bottom of the business 4 Crown Point Development provement program at the cemetery,! and laterJhes will be followed. decline kp pears to have n, Work ha. been temporarily hailed nd I reached , according lo th. o7- 4 Program is Slowed Down the 250 level so that the 1100 e ton of Colonel Leonard P. ZiJnJ, Provlng the place. Lot own-jo- t. - - -'- move lie carried on with could 44 wm 4o B1j,pd velopmenl improve their; of Tire (ri Ayers. president . During the past week one of lhe ground and repair fences, etc., the! greater speed, Cleveland Trust company, ex- - e la work Iwlng shirts at work In the development of work to start Just as soon as thei Development preened lu his monthly review Metals Tintic at the prop- - the Crown Inlnt property, located In (XILOIUDO ASSESSMENT. will weather pressed permit. on business conditions. rpring 44 sewer! Lehi the eastern end of the district, waa the of Tintic, The matter adjoining erty, delinquent Evidences of thla, he points L. II. Stohr, the secretary, has and sidewalk taxes was dlscusjed at where the tunnel has been driven a laid off and the operations slowed e out, are to be found in the Iron shareholders of M,mP length and the council has In-- ; distance of about 280 feet. Tli ob- - down somewhat, according to Me- - along the Pacific Coast. Before bis and steel Industry lu the rap- - 4 notified Colorado one cent a share. Mrurt, of essment city attorney to rolled j Jectlve of tho tunuel lies 400 feel Crae iloundy, who Is In charge of. return to Salt Lake thla spring he idly exnandlnc output of the work at this property. lhBt!frt,wl th w'rUl- However,! gnve a mission al tho Star of the Tbt V automobile Industry, and In the on held the of is director board ths? Is shift the still at due B cltv day of pum work, money driving. Sea Church at San Francisco and arllv4 thejyi,, Increasing strenrth and a drift southwest from the 700 foot! also spoke over K Y A radio during j hoard held last week. markets. tty of the security Al this meeting the counrll voted level, the object of this being to In- - his stay there. Father Hurley hae "M MB?,h S:ih n1 lh,! r brought Qupnt. ,B General business, he finds, la 19th. to sale April publish in this pnper the recent lerrept a cross break which Is now established himself with hla audl-onl- y th day delinquents. sttll subnormal, but conditions 44- of the city books. In Its a short distance ahead. Ac' ence as a speaker who was extreme-cordin- g audit Theodore Mrs. of The appointment do not appear to be getting to Mr. Roundy thla drift laly interesting In his discussions of a Miller, N. Wlllmore and R. L. Con- - present form the audit It quite worse In many lines, or in lm- It haa been turned over in a quarts formation with a show-- ! variety of subjects. but of the members as lengthy of the ruler exalted Elks, public library yers was, lmgrand portant ones, and thev are the auditing committee fur the Ing of Iron and manganeso which! One of Father Hurleys outstand-look- a proving la some which are fun- - o'at Salt Lake City last evening, pay hoard was confirmed by the council,- io of condensing it fur publl made these Church purpose al to appolntthe exceptionally good to officer Ing characteristics la hla ability to visit official lodge Mayor an ing damentally significant. of the company. (Continued on Page I) cation. that of a at luenta j meeting special place. 1 u! 'STJ? pre-!H,lv- mol., "I"" ,r j pro-liurea- fr I d?"" I j 1 i i., ""''I ! ordl-Fro- m mar-min- es i x rU "" : 1 a f,, -- Mining Is Discussed by W. Mont Ferry I 11 wr 249,-157.3- I , - j I 00-lo- .W I ot ot Lehi Tintic Company Saving Some Ore . I Has Good Showing of Quartz on 1100 to., et,r Lehl-TInf- ir w '''I' th' "" lT! Inter-prematur- ! e. n101 single-Jackin- J j Lehi-TInt- ic $6,-000,0- hm-Itlve-ly an-au- al not-Ju- st non-Catholl- cs Lehi-TInti- c. at semi-month- ly - r drlv-whl- c1 en-me- nt marliln-polntlv- ct I I , er cha-spee- ch oli-jf- ut 'n10 lm-ll- KZZ Ttr .irn.lnr J 17 r,l" . jthat ng |