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Show August The Eureka (Utah) Reporter Page Two Floyd. rock excited the curiosity of his neighbors and led to the discovery THE EUREKA REPORTER of the Sunbeam mine on December 13, I860. and the organization of Tinlic Mining District on the the PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT EUREKA, UTAH same date, His neighbors made up a party Printed by of five to drive to Tintic. Camp was nmde near the Tanner cattle ART CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY ranch. A heavy wind and snow storm Si'Ki.NfjviLi.K, Utah raged in the hills that night. Next matter February 10, 1948, at the day when the blizzard was over"Entered ae aecond-clas- a two of the men mounted the horraped. poet office at Eureka, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879." Colonel Conover and a large ses and started out to prospect, d number of his men pursued Tintic Failure to discover mineral Subscription In Advance, Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10c his braves all day on Frbru- - couraged them and they decided ary 28. 1858, and at night fall to go home. That night they IIakkison Conovkh Editor and Manager passed the edge of a canyon and camped at Ruby Hollow, for the night on the edge The next morning milder weather ramped & Ukllk Mas. Coffey Reporter of Tintic Valley. While men had brought back their courage and not explored this valley before and another search was determined NATION! AOVIIMlNO KniUNTATIVf it was then named 'Tintic Valley", upon. William Harris and Joseph On the second day, they eame so Hyde started out on horse back, close to the Indians In the lower Presently they saw a rock from NATIONAL EDITORIAI end of Tintic valley that the In- - which the snow had been blown, dians fled and left the cattle be- a fragment broken from the top lN. A. S.i hind. The snow was very deep and-- revealed mineral. Forthwith they JnrL'uariaia-iithe weather extremely cold, andBtaked out a claim, and. as the SKATTLB OUCAOO n(W rot the party frequently found cattle bright sunlight was glistening on SAN ManOSCO standing in the snow frozen stiff. the hills the claim was named rns Late in the day of March 1, 1856, "The Sunbeam." the men found themselves on the This Incident occured December edge of the desert where they 13 ig6B The men who comprised e head of the stolen y,e party and whose names appear .should be admitted as a state, with saw seventy-fivor without slavery, as the constion the location notice were S. B. tution adopted at thu time of adMoore, William Harris. Joseph mission prescribed. trusty guide named Peanitch. who;Hyde g. T Worsley. and E. M. Sevier Beck. The names of two friends The Republican party (and less informed them that the Folks, Reckon we all should bo violently j the Democratic River was only six miles south, who were not In the party, Moroni party thankful to have .. in their national platforms and in so the march to the river was Bllllngsly and L. T. Whitnel, were taken up and camp for the night added to the notice. had men like It Congress attacked and opposed was Col. Conover and made on the river. The next Mormon institution of polya mining district The same the his brave men at head of horses were was organizedday morning was named in honor thirty and Statchixid, therefore, gamy. to century back, not granted until January 4, 1896. found, but no Indians. The party of Chief Tintic. S. B. Moore was discover a place Above record from Encyclojicdia moved up the river northeasterly elected recorder of the new minlike Tintlc valley and came out at Nephl with the ing district. The prospectors reBrilannica. and a town like stock. Note: turned to their homos to spend Eureka In which This is the first record of white the holidays. Escalante The and They told their friends Dominguez to live and celemen in Tintic valley. and by the first of the year severparty sent an exploration party brate such days Before Alines the al parties of prospectors reached from their camp site, at what is as Silver Jubilee, During the decade between 1860 the district. Before the end of now Payson, to find a pass Satand Friday and 1870, before the wealth of the through the East Tintic Moun- Tintic hills was known, Tintic January, 1870, a number of claims urday, Aug. 11, were located. Among the earliest runno but witer tains, finding and 12. Sam Tolbert from these mountains, valley was famed as a grazing spot properties discovered were several west ning Sam Prospector for catUe and sheep, as the flats which became substantial producabandoned this route. P. O. Box 99 were covered with a luxurious ers; namely the Black Dragon, TINTIC Eureka, Utah of tall blue grass. It was Mammoth, Carina and Eureka Hill. In the early fifties James Dunn, growth Cathcr up the letters of the past, a number of years later that the Development work was soon gather up the traditions, gather then a Captain of Militia, and In sage brush crowded it out. Moistup the pamphlets, gather up the later years a resident of Mam- ure was more abundant and flow- started on the Sunbeam and other records that are so essential for moth, came to Tintic Valey from propertiea By the spring of 1807 ing springs were to be found in ore was being produced and men the fulness of our history, for Provo by way of Ruby Hollow. Homans vilie canyon, the site of surely our people have no reason He was accompanied by Thomas J. Eureka, and at numerous spots in began to flock to the new El Dorado. The railroad had not to be ashamed but every reason Patten. They were in search of Diamond and in Tintic valley. With been built to this section, so yet to be proud of their glorious tra- horses that had been stolen by the the of the the vegeyears, passing ore was hauled by horses or ox Chief Tlntic's band. The two men tation ditions. flowhas and the changed, teams along the west side of Utah Governor John Lee of Maryland went as far as the west side of er have lake to the shipping point. Some 1894. the valley where the McIntyre beengardens and grass plots and brush replaced by sage was hauled to Corinne, north of ranch was later located, but did tumble weeds. This has change not find the Indians nor the hor- been ITTAIf Great Salt Lake, and shipped over escaused by Existing documents seem to in- ses. of sheep the Southern Pacific railroad to When the early freight line was pecially since large bands Nevada and California; dicate that Francisco Vesques de other entered the have valley. were made to the smelCoronado, the Spanish explorer, established from Balt Lake City to shipments The first man to take advantage ter at Pueblo, Colorado, and some sent out an expedition of twelve Pioche, Nevada, through the Canmen under Captain Garcia Lopez yon where Eureka was later built. of this meadow was John Boone, of the ore was sent to Swansea, de Cardenas in 1540, which suc- Chief Tintic made a camp on the who, like the immortal Daniel, thir- Wales, for treatment ceeded in reaching the Colorado slope of the mountain at the head sted for adventure on the edge of river at a point now within the of the gulch near the location of the frontier. Boone took possession state of Utah. the Blue Rock Mine (Centennial of a spot a few miles from where All Tintic But more extended exploration Eureka.) It was the custom of Diamond was later built, where a was conducted by two Franciscan this band of Indiana to swoop down spring, known as Boone Spring, Big friars, Francisco Antanasio Dom- on the unsuspecting freighters and bubbled forth. He cut timbers from sand the scattered mountain forest Esrob Valez and them. de Silvestre inguez built a log cabin. Gathering a (Continued from Page One) calante. who on the 29th of July, Tintic on the War Path 1776, left Santa Fe with seven Chief Tintic and his brother band of horses, he took them to the tic high school grounds Mineral display and registraothers to discover a direct route to Chief Battest. each had a band of new ranch. This region, being an Monterey on the coast of Alta warriors, who had established attractive spot, was the haunt of tion of visitors at Alemorlal bldg. Rodeo Eureka ball park FriThis party came in themselves in Tintic and Cedar the remnants of Tlntic's band. California. The Indiana resented the en- day at 8 p.m. Tintic high school sight of Utah lake on the 23rd of Valley, the latter camp being August . ('See note below) about a mile southwest of South croachment of the white man, and band will perform at Rodeo Almost half a century later, in Fort, later known as Camp Floyd. gradually Boones horses began grounds Dance In T. H. S. gymnasium the winter of 1824-2James Brid-ge- In 1855 these Indians started on to disappear. One day he was a trapper, discovered the the war path again, stealing cattle notified by his good neighobrs to at 10 pjn. Great Salt Lake while seeking the In Utah and Cedar valleys. move. Several warnings were given, New plane carries a detachable source of the Bear river. Many The conflict started when an but he refused to pay any attentrappers followed his lead, notably ox was stolen by Tintic from a tion to them. Finally, a band of cargo "hold". William H. Ashley, In 1825. herd of cattle on the west side of Indians swooped down on his ranch In 1843 General John C. Fremont Utah lake north of Pelican Point. and began showering arrows at with Kit Carson and three others This herd was in charge of Abra- the ranch and Boone was killed. explored the Great Salt Lake in ham Hunsaker of Goshen. MurderAmong others who followed to a rubber boat ous attacks were being made on the newly discovered pasture were With Brigham Young and his the settlers, and Federal Judge Shad Lunt of Nephl, who herded little band of Mormon followers Drummond, then holding court in a band of sheep in the hills in the who entered the Great Salt Lake Provo. Issued a warrant for the early sixties; Allen Tanner of Pay-soValley July 24. 1847, begins the arrest of Chief Tintic, his brother and later by the McIntyre story of settlement and civiliza- Battest. and others. Deputy U. S. brothers, recently arrived from tion. The treaty of Guadalupe, Marshall Thomas 8. Johnson came Texas. In Homansville Mat GardFeb. 2, 1848, ceded to the United to Provo and was given the war- ner had a band of sheep and some States the vast western territory rant to serve. A posse of men un- others brought in their herds. The which included Utah. der Sheriff Wall of Irovo left residents of Payson. who had and Early in 1849 the Mormon com- Palmyra on February 22. 1856, formed what was known as the munity was organized as the state in pursuit of the Indians. Early in "Co-oherd and sent them up to of Deseret with Brigham Young the morning of the 23rd they dis- the Tanner ranch during the wincomcovered the trail of the Indians ter, there being as Governor. Deseret then of good Another posse under Marshall grazing and ample plenty prised not only the present state snow for water. of Utah, but all of Arizona and Johnson and Colonel Peter W. Con- Ten or twelve herders spent the Nevada, together with parts of over of the Militia left Provo and winter there to look after the catNew Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming went to Lehi. where they ramped tle. Among these early men was and California. Application was for the night. Colonel Conover then George S. Rust, who brought the made to Congress to admit It as went to Salt Lake City to consult first information of the minerala state or Territory, and on the Governor Young. ization of the hills to the Utah to went Cedar TerriTile then 9th of September 1850, the posse valley settlements. tory of Utah then comprising the Valley where it was divided into In pioneers days there was present state and portions of Ne- two parts, one under Marshall vada, Colorado and Wyoming, was Johnson going to the north settle- great scarcity of lead, required for established under an Act of Con- ment and ten men under Deputy bullets to be used In the muzzlegress, which provided that it George Parrish going to the South loading rifles. In the '60s, when Shadraek Lunt of Nephl was herdesKBceaMstr- - ing sheep in the Tintic hills, he found shining boulders on top of the ground where in future years Silver City was biult. That property was later known as the Silver rark. Samples were taken to Nephl and a wagon was brought over the trackless waste to the top of the ridge and loaded with the metal. A blacksmith shop had been started at Nephl by John CHIEF BRAND Adams, who had recently arrived from England, and the load wan HIGH CALCIUM LIME taken to his shop to be moulded into bullets. The metal was placed In the forge and melted, but the blacksmith had much difficulty In making the bullets, owing to the We Specialize in High Calcium Chemical hardness of the metal. Subsequently it was learned that the boulders were silver. Hydrate for Mills and Smelters at the : j ' I dls-an- ; i . aaehtis.m AScfiT0h -, ; i Shore Thing over-grazin- g, Prepares For 5, Celebration r, n; p fwenty years Ago la Untie .. . South Fort that the Indians were ramped about a mile away. A par- ty was sent to arrest tin1 Indians, but when they were located they resisted ami Chief Holiest was killed, also one squaw and three or four other Indians were killed, George Carson of the Posse was killed. Word was sent to Marshall Johnson at the north settlement and he came with his men. but during the night the Indians es- The men liner Met Neil Dable. who was a former riimmissiuner of Utah County was in Eureka making plans for a mining display to be placed in a cabinet on the main floor of the Utah State Capitol building. In order to make the mineral display complete Mr. Dable hoped to be able to get some large samples of iron, manganese as well as the on's showing other minerals such as gold, silver, copper and lead. Oscar E. Larsen, aged 21 years and one of the prominent young men of Eureka was instantly killed when he fell from a 200 ft. raise in the Grand Central mine at Mamoth. Mr. I Arsen in company with Clifford Firth, went into the mine with the regular shift for the purpose of inspecting various sections of the property with a view to taking a lease. They defended to the 1800 ft level and then followed a drift some distance from the shaft into the older section of the mine. They climbed down the ladders, but discovered they extended only a short distance. From the end of the ladder they could see a ledge and Larsen was quite anxious to get down to make an examination of the formation, someone previously told him there was a fine showing of ore there. This ledge was about 15 affair in every way. Ninety-seve- n Mothers and daughters attended from Eureka and Silver City, which had become a part of the ward. The party was planned and carried out by different groups of girls. The gleaner girls planned the program. the Junior girls the games and the Bee Hive girls the luncheon. The program which was first in order was composed of the following numbers. Song, Auld Lang Syne by all; Prayer, by Frank Bacon; address of welcome, Afro. D. E. Ostler; solo, Mrs. Harold Brohm; reading, Afro. Lulu Berryman; violin solo, Afro. Alax Hannifin; musical reading, Miss Ber-nicc-e Cook; vocal duet, Mrs. Jerry Bassett and Mrs. Harold Brohm. Following the program games were enjoyed and luncheon was served. Albert Johnson, president of the local lodge of Eagles and Joseph May, left for San Francisco to attend the Eagles National The Mines 8 In the early fall of 1869, George Rust, a cowboy herding cattle in the Tintic hills, not lent a bright rock that had been broken off by his horse's hoofs. He picked up 8 CARD OF THANKS FERTILIZERS O PLASTERING CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING 60S Dooly Building CO. Salt Lake City Plant: Saddle, Utah J To our many friends, neighbors and relatives who assisted In any way at the time of the death and funeral of our beloved wife and mother, we are Indeed grateful. For the floral offerings, words of consolation, music, cars and any other act of klndeness rendered In our behalf, we wish to express our sincere thanks. Signed Edward Fox and family Con- vention. The manager and employees of the local Mt. States Telephone Co. were guests of foreman Robert McIntosh of the west Untie camp, which at that time was located at the Alclntyre dry farm ranch. The party journeyed to that place where they enjoyed chicken supper. In the party were: Air. and de-ce- nd Larsen had Just reached the ledge and was preparing to make a landing on it when the rope commenced slipping through his hands and he vanished into the darkness of the hole. Firth ran for help and the rescue party was able to recover Larsen's body from the bottom of the winze, reaching that part from the 2000 ft. level. Examination showed that death was instantaneous. Heart attack was fatal to Henry Spriggs. Death came suddenly to n this and beloved mining camp character, whose home for many years had been in Park City, but who had a host of friends in Eureka where part of his life had been spent. He passed away at the age of 72 years. A very serious auto accident, resulted in the death of Carlos Roberts. aged 31 and a serious Injury to William Jones, age 36, both of Eureka took pace at Boulder Summit. The men were in a ford truck and were returning to Eureka from the Summit. They were hunting rabbits. When a few miles to the north of Tintic Junction their car left the road and rolled down the embankment. Roberts died instantly from internal injuries. He left a wife and three children, Jean 5. Shirley 3 and Glen 6 months. Jones' most serious injury was compound fracture of the left leg. Judge Thomas H. Burton of Nephl passed away at a Salt Lake hospital after an illness of several weeks duration. His passing robbed the mines of a staunch booster. Judge Burton was a member of the House of Representatives from Juab Co. and former Judge of the Fifth Judicial District Court. The annual AIothers and daughters day program of the Eureka AI. I. A. was conducted in the ward chapel and was a successful that speared well-know- Nellie Rowe, Miss Ruth Murphy and Miss Margaret Laird. Mr. and Afro. Frank Birch announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Pearl Dahle Birch to Clarence C. Loose of Provo. Alins Frances Huish who had been spending several weeks with Alias Dorothy Thompson of Los Angeles, returned to her home in Ohlsen, Mrs. Mrs. C. E. Rife and daughters, Alenc, Alildred and Jayce spent a week at Am. Fork, visiting with Mrs. Hannah Rhodes. The Ladies Aid Society of the AI. E. Church enjoyed an outing at Glen Garry resort in Utah Co. About twenty-seve- n people attended and the program included swimming and a picnic lunch. The outing was under the direction of Rev. William Frary and Airs. McClure. John Nilson. John Hannifin, John H. Donnelly, T. L. Sullivan and J. D. Man son were representatives to the Utah-Jua- b Firemens convention held at Springville. The Junior Girls of the Eureka Ward AI. I. A. were delightfully entertained by Miss Cecil Wilson at her home. Games and dainty luncheon were features. Those present were: Miss Alartha Wierman, Aliss Lola Livingston, Aliss Mar- jorie Bennett, Alias Tola Newman, Afro. Verda Brohm, Aliss Anna Porter, Aliss Georgia Griggs, Alias Dorothy Vcrtiel, Aliss Verla Aliss Kate Bauer. Alias Sand-stro- Alene Rife, Alias Geneva Wilson, Airs. Julia Sandstrom and Mrs. D. E. Ostler. Centralized Purchasing in has paid off to the tune of over a million dollars in 1949. The savings averaged about 15 on 56,514,000 purchases. Every taxing unit in Utah should buy an open competitive bids with pooled orders savings 53,000.000. Reporter wishes to add its compliments to the Silver Jubilee Committee and is happy to assist in any way to make Vr For the second straight year, Ford has received the Gold Medal award as "Fashion Car of the Yets." And its good looks are matched, as owners will tell you, by its fine-cquality. Take a "Test Drive" in this 50 Ford and youll find it has the "eel" of Americas finest cars, too. We call it "big-ca- r roadability" youll call it the smoothest, quietest ride on wheels. Youll agree Fords this ar one Eureka Alil-wauk- ee U m The Eureka. mg ou m nr tow-m- z year's rm celebration the best Chief Brand Lime s e or twenty feet from the place Mrs. C. E. Ward. J. T. Sullivan, Alias Mae Sullivan, Miss Freda where the boys were able to by the use of ladders. They procured a rope and after fastening it securely Larsen went down the rope. According to Firth, it 11, 1950 ever Compare the 50 Ford, feature for feature, with cars costing hundreds morel Only e Ford, in the field, offers engine choice of cither the 100 h.p. V-- 8 Best low-pric- or its companion-in-qualitthe 9S h.p. Sis' Oily Ford offers a "Lifeguard" Body Only Ford offers 35 resirr art Brakes I And no car offers ing King-Sisa bigger combination of savings saw fogs in original cost, savings in running costs and the long run savings that result from Ford's high resale value. nsr (tin it at row row GsBneffii GOSHEN, UTAH ouiui Wishes roMit The Eureka (g( |
