Show 1 wl ll 11 h men min MOM ali 10 at a meeting of the tintic gintic mine owners association in salt lake city last friday afternoon a new wage scale for the camp of tintic gintic was ar ranged to go into on the first of the year wednesday last the new scale means a reduction of 20 cents a day all around the reason for this change being the slump in the price of metals which his has greatly cut down the profits of the mine operators finder the new scale the muckers duckers carmer etc will receive 2 50 miners 2 75 machine men and helpers 3 00 tim bermen 3 00 at some of the mines which are located quite a dis tance from town the wages will re main 25 cents per day higher than stated above there is every assurance that the wages will be put back to the old schedule just as soon as conditions improve at a special meeting of the miner miller union held on tuesday night the members decided to submit to this reduction and consequently there will be no trouble between the mine owners and miners the business houses of the camp will undoubtedly help out by reducing prices on merchandise wherever it is possible to do so when everything is taken into consideration tintic gintic is in better condition than any other district in utah and while the general depression will be felt here there will not be the suffering ng and hardship that other camps will there are so many mines prodoc producing ing so many different varieties of ore and even 0 r estt braer t u abit ji rf them can be operated profitably if operations are carried on along economical lines then there are the scores of new properties upon which only development work is being done and this work will continue in most instances the fhe completion of the new smelter will be a great benefit to some of the big producers as they will no longer be at the mercy of the smelter trust and it is the belief of well informed min ng men that it is only a question of time until other smelters will be erected here making tintic gintic not only the groa greatest test mining in the state b it I 1 smelting center as well |