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Show lUaw Governor-'Sco- tt M. evlufed November 10. Matheson "The success of the new DUI law is percent very encouraging. A public information de.cr.elsf ...J numbeAr of alcohol- to since August 1, 1983 help prevent alcohol andcampaign abuse when new legislation aimed at was also unveiled this drug week. The removing drinking drivers from the theme, "Its in Your Hands," will be state s roads and highways became employed in radio and television effective. public service announcements. In the time period from August 1 to The first phase of the Oct. 1982, 31 alcohol-relate- d will be geared towar fatalities occurred compared to 20 driving for the holidays, utilizing the fatalities m that same three month theme, in Your "Holiday today announced a 35 Safety: Its Hands." The pendulum of public sen- The governor also announced the bment is swinging from sympathy receipt of a $380,000 grant from the for the occasional DUI driver who National Highway Administration OT in reducing the families'iniuredbyTDUI drivers number of drinking drivers by the said Governor Matheson. new law and acts, education programs, .. A. A., Local bowlers place in city tournament A.A. and Bowling Association Tournament held all last week at Dukes Lanes in A trophy plus a cash prize will be Spanish Fork. Her winning series awarded to Grace Conder and cash score was 628. prizes will be given to the other two bowlers at an Awards Banquet to be held at the Ideal Cafe in Spanish 9th B. Division in Taking place the Event was Fawn Fife with a Fork at 6 p.m. on Nov. 30. sioretf 616 sole of our foot. Beaumont and Fletcher Mysterious disappearance of Uteh mine owner cond in a series of "TALES FROM TINTIC, stories from Eurekas past. A FRONT page ad in the July 2, issue of the Territorial Enter- No prise proclaimed, & Sullivan Dunstan still change the business as the old stand 186 and at heretofore, operating South C. St." It went on to tout the proprietors wares which included mining supplies and liquor. "The finest brands of wines and liquors are bottled expressly for fami- ly and medicinal purposes," the ad 188 said. There had been a devastating fire in the booming silver town of Virginia City, Nevada, and its hardy citizens were declaring their First come, first served. Beaumont and Fletcher daughters who were her nieces. She also was mother of his only son and had her own son to raise. In trying to sort through the various legal documents and court papers it is difficult to find out what really happened. It is known that in August of 1899, the leader reportedly remarked, funeral with all his family and many Josie gave 500 shares of Valley & looking at the broken bottles. He business acquaintances in atten-187served around whatever whiskey re-- dance. Then he would be buried in Ridge stock to a creditor for an outstanding debt of $243.35. In 1900, mained and christened the spot the towns cemetery. d Dennis Sullivan granted Josie Damfino. Later, one of the many A search of Sullivans death and of his interest in the Damfino. Irish Sullivans doing an assessment burial records at Eureka proved When Dennis died in 1906, he left the of the site asked what the name was. futile. There are records for dozens of his interest in the Dambalance "Damfino was the reply and thus of other relatives, including his fino plus other mining shares to the name was recorded. brother, Dennis, who dies some Sullivans son. It is known that Sullivan, his years later. For whatever reasons, family brother Dennis and another Sullivan Another curious note was that on or reasons too embar- became owners of the Damfino on January 10, 1895, one day prior to pride, shame, to discuss, Josie never rassing Oct. 4, 1889. Sullivan also held in- her story UP to her death in terests in the Perm mining claim, document was exMuted6 oy one onjy mention of her the Mormon Chief, which was part of James P. Driscoll regarding his 1935 sons father was he had the Hefner Lode, and the Mary in one of their joint youngest in silver mining and involved been Ellen. On May 22, 1891 he recorded claims. The time for conducting this saloon." interest in the Butterfly Lode in business is peculiar to say the least. owned amoved to Josie. Washington state Silver City, Utah and filed legal ac- - Particularly if one of the parties is where she married for a third time, tion in a dispute over the Black War- - presumably on his deathbed, Her husband, a gentleman in the rior Claim. The answer lies somewhere in a On November 8, 1892, the citizens copy of a petition for Lettering of 8, one-thir- half-intere- st readiness to do business as usual. This was the heyday of the Comstock Lode. Virginia City and Gold Hill were a mile apart. There were 20,000 in Virginia City and 10,000 in Gold their many problems. Eureka, like March 10, 1902, some seven years most western camps, had sprung up later. It was filed by Jennie Sullivan Hill. with no thought of city design, each on the estate of Michael C. Sullivan Ju4 and in notices the Legal July man building his house wherever it who died, "on or about January 11, of issues Territorial the ly 6, 1879, suited him. Pigs roamed the muddy 1895. Since few persons die on or M.C Enterprise recorded that Sullivan was a share holder in the streets at will and saloons far out- - about a given date, one is led to believe that seven years had to Savage Placer Mining Co. located in numbered all other businesses. In the first His California. election, Hugo Sierra County, elapse before Sullivans property citys place elected and was could be disposed. of business was Virginia City. Deprezin mayor of One would have assumed his the towns On October 19, 1880, the Sullivan became one widow, Josie, saddled with four newspaper announced that M.C. five councilmen. Tin-tiof owner in small children in 1895, would have in Ireland SULLIVAN, born many Sullivan, age 25, was also the in citizen became an American mines, proprietor automatically been heir to her of of the which husbands many business ventures. Board saloon Trade Storey County, Nevada. From all appearances, M.C. or boasted of having the best imported She was a stepmother to his two Mike Sullivan was a dapper, well-- whiskey. Mike brought in the first educated irishman whose hands faro bank to Utah and other saloons never saw the business end of a pick soon followed. With the establishing or shovel. His handwriting and the of faro, craps, poker tables and wording of his legal transactions roulette, the professional gamblers leave no doubt his youth had not soon swelled the towns population, The January 27, 1893 Tintic Miner been wasted laying railroad trades the birth of a twelve-announced or carrying ore. During the depression years when pound baby boy born to Sullivan who silver overflowed and the average was thirty-eigh- t, Eureka , Utah In July, 1893, the city suffered a miners pay was $2.80 per day, he banked hundreds of dollars. A sam- - disastrous fire which broke out in a pie from one of his many bank ac- saloon on Main Street where the counts reads: April 21, 1891, Board of Trade was located. Before (deposited) $395; April 22, 1891, $500, the fire could be controlled it destroyed twenty buildings and April 30, 1891, $2,834. Mens cuts & styles Little is known of Sullivans ac- caused an estimated $50,000 worth of Ladies cuts & styles tivities from 1880 until March 23, damage. and notices letwrote a he Subsequent legal 1889, when registered Perms ter to his brother Dennis in Mineral records at the county offices inColoring Springs, Arizona. Sullivan was now dicate Sullivan continued his mining a resident of Eureka, Tintic District, transactions. On December 19, 1893, Frosts he purchased an interest in the SetUtah, heart of another silver lode. Manicures He was a widower at 34 with two ting Sun Mine. Other transactions was still he recorded were indicating small daughters. His wife died prior Solar Nails to his establishing his new business adding to his holdings. That is why "k" fWc ,an ",y'n in Utah. On June 21, 1891, he married Appointments his wifes sister,. Johanna (Josie) Shea Lynch, a widow with a young Suggested cs THE FAMILY HAIRLOOMI Patti Robinson, Owner & Stylist son. From August 1889, Sullivans mining transactions became a constant quest for the hidden wealth of Juab County. He acquired the Damfino from four slighUy tipsy men on a hike. The four were on their way to a cabin when the leader, car- rying two bottles, tripped over a He and the bottles rolled down Phone: by his wife, Sullivan had taken ill and after a couple of weeks, cumbed of pneumonia at home at the age of forty. Since it was winter and considering Eurekas high eleva-roction, one would assume the town was suc-moon- on meetings slated From the crown of our head to the Editors Note: Following is the se- Al-An- Page Three meetings are held locally every Thursday evening Grace Bernini 5th place in the at 7 p.m. at the George Gillespie Division B. All Events Scratch with home. Interested persons are invited an overall score of 1392. to attend. saTK -I- 1983' The Eureka Reporter 19X3 433-632- 7 lit k. Wed. -- Sat. The only physical mementos of Mike Sullivan are a brown whiskey jug bearing the Royal Doulton Crown on its base and some aging to many of Tintics richest silver mines including the Damfino. Sullivan's grandson on a research trip to Utah found many of the min- - Al-An- No salt for babies Parents should not add salt to food for infants or feed them food that contains added salt, according to a study of infant nutrition. The research, reported in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, revealed that milk and milk products alone provide enough sodium to meet the recommended level of sodium for infants up to 18 months of age. yellow folder with the following note inside: This file was removed m 1902 re. M.C. Sullivan Will Probate." A further study in the Utah State Archives in Salt Lake City yielded no clue as to Sullivans death or burial. It was as if all traces of the man had been erased. There exist business letters written to Josie until 1927 regarding taxes and sales on the various mining interests left to her and to Sullivans son by Dennis Sullivan. In none' of the correspondence is there any mention of her late husband, All of the mining stock was either traded-los- t or 801(1 in 1900s except for the Damfino. Sullivans son, a father of three and struggling from the Depression of the 1930s never realized a profit from his pro- sperous fathers holdings. In 1944, the last interest in the Damfino was sold to the North Beck Mining Com- for taxes' Today there still is a fortune in silver ore in the Tintic awaiting the day when new methods and a high price for silver will make the moun-deed- s tains come alive again. The Damfino waits, still rich with the precious rock which made its mysterious owner a colorful enigma. PIT STOP DRIVE-I- N open through the winter months as long as we have customers! 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