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Show October 25, 1963 TIIE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page Four Russian Jewess receives respect Early in the 1880s, a Russian Jewess by the name of Ann Marks, came to Eureka and really stirred things up. By hook or crook, she managed to get many parcels of land and woe to the person who trespassed on her premises. A classic example of the ladys prowess was when John Cronin, a neighbor, decided to build a fence to separate his land from hers as fast as he would dig one of the holes, she would fill them up. Finally she jumped into one of the holes and dared him to cover her up, which he calmly proceeded to do. She was half covered up before she stopped calling him names in several languages. They finally took it to court and when the Judge ruled against her, she let forth with her idea of his brand of justice. It was said she could t, and any man, and anyone getting in her way, would get a fair sample of both. When she died, she left a fortune valued in the neighborhood of $70,000.00 and the town breathed a sigh of relief at her passing. out-shou- out-cu- ss Local company mark, thus exceeding the best feet, beginning at the 115.5-fosimilar record work for previous by 117.5 feet, which was made Crown the at Lts., Mines, oy Johanesburg, South Africa, during in 81 days was hung up as 310 feet when of 1919, sinking July a mark for the Walter Fitch Co., or anybody else, to shoot at. The men responsible for this outstanding record are as follows: front row, left to right, A. J. Foley, George Close, Art Brown, E. II. Osborne, It. D. Runnels, 51. D. Richmond, W. Okeson, A. B. Wells, B. Broadbent, A. Richmond, J. D. Matheson, 51. Anderson, William Erickson and Henry Johnson, shift foreman. Second row, left to right (second shift) 51artin Neil son, A. It. Nelson, Charlie Van Wagoner, T. Laris, Win. Hoskins, 51. Jones, George Atcheson, Mark Borick, Ben Benson, J. S. Savage, Tom Householder, It. T. Davis, Dick Cronin, truck driver; J. A. Johnson, Aleck 5Iattson, John Osborn, shift foreman, and H. W. Jarvis, shaft foreman. Third row, left to right, (third shift) E. W. Carter, J. L. 51iller, I. C. Carman, head timberman; It. C. Farrell, shift foreman; Paul Kish, Lee Hayward, W. II. Currie, E. F. Lambson, D. C. Chandler, J. L. Peterson and It. E. Ferguson (Tug). more than 80 contracts with such firms as Kennecott Corp., are: president, Harold Spencer; vice presidents, James A new worlds record for rapid mine shaft sinking was established at the Water Lily Shaft of the Chief Consolidated Mining Co., in the Tintic District on August 15, 1921. This new record was made by the Walter Fitch, Jr., Company, shaft and tunnel contractors, under the superintendency and foremanship of J. D. Matheson and II. W. Jarvis. From the 15th day of July to the 15th day of August 81 days this vertical shaft was sunk and timbered for 427.5 ot takes jobs near and far The Centenial Development Company, mining contractors and engineers. Is definitely an asset to Tintic, in the way of employment and in the thousands of dollars paid in taxes to Juab County. The company was incorporated in 1947. Their headquarters are in Eureka, and they have numerous contacts in the western states, and also in Tintic District. While much of the contract work takes the men away from home, the majority of the families remain in the District. While the majority of the work is done in the Western States, they have had a big contract as far away as Cuba. The company has completed Anaconda Home-stak- e Company, Mining Company, Kaiser Steele Corporation, Cyprus Mines, Consolidated Copper Corp., Columbia-Genev- a Steel, LDS Church, Chief Consolidated Mining Co., and many gan, Utah; Sanpete Tunnel for Sanpete Water Users Association, Fairview, Utah; Dry Fork Shaft for Kennecott Copper Corp., Bingham, Utah. The officers of the company Quigley and Tim Watt; secre- tary and treasurer, Robert Watt; and assistant secretary and treasurer, Frank McCabe. A tactful way to accept an insult is to ignore it. If you cant ignore it, top it. If you cant top it, laugh it off. If you can't laugh it off, its probably deserved." Fred W. Grown others. Present operations are : Storage Vaults for LDS Church in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City; Bur-gi- n Production Shaft for Kennecott Copper Corporation in Tintic; Rio Vivi Tunnel, American Metals, Puerto Rico; Shaft for Anaconda Company, Butte, Mont.; Porcupine Dam Grouting, Utah Water and Power Board, Lo Nev-erswe- DIAMOND BITS CORE BARRELS REAMING SHELLS CASING SHOES CASING BITS at ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS! Utah Mining Industry now celebrating its I MINI 18 63 T CONGRATULATIONS REAMERS from " Less cost per foot" (Clhiidf (Cimsialiidlaifredl DIAMOND PRODUCTS 1937 SO. 2nd WEST - P.O. BOX 387 SERVICE FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH WORLD-WID- E MINING COMPANY SALES OFFICES AND MANUFACTURING PLANTS Eureka, Utah |