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Show Volume XX EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920. Soft Hew Mayberry Will Assist In North Btondord Operations Centennial Enreks Will Gat Scale Of Royalties Certain P. Mayberry, for many with the Utah, Nevada and Mexican properties of the United States Mining company, and who recently retired from the superintendency of the Centennial Eureka mine at this place, is now acting In an advisory capacity with the North Standard company of Fast TIntle. This information was given out a day or two ago by Manager John Manson, who considers hlmsdf fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Mayberry. It Is understood that Mr. Maxberry will make frequent trips tq-tproperty and. will give the eojrfpany the benefit of hie extensive mining experience. He kept ljr'tOMh with the property durlngfue residence In Eureka and apprars to have a lot of faith in the pUtoome of the development work which Is being carried on there. At the present time the North Standard people are driving a drift for tho purpose of ratting ground directly beneath a very promising of iron. The drift ought to reach Its objective within the next month. In the event nothing of value is developed on this level, which Is the 600, the North Standard company's main shaft will be deepened. i Aa announced tat theee'eolumna Mk ago tha management of the Iroa King haa do to oink anothar shift is tho of tho company! la There aro perhaps mine manager of Mining company, was tn Eureka on Tueoday and Wednesday for the purpose of conferring with Bupt. John Enlund regarding the development of the Centennial Eureka mine. As already announced the officers of this company are preparing to open the upper workings of the Centennial Eureka to leasees, the leasing system to bo Inaugurated about January 16th. It ia their' plan to permit leasing on all the levels down to the 700 and It will no doubt be Af interest to local ne ut per-ha- Iron Blossom their ground. The Iron King's big compressor plant will famish air for the hoist and drills at the new abaft and Jut a aoon aa poeslble the air line will be laid. Already the work of grading out for the new ahaft has started. Present plans rail for sinking to a depth of 1900 feet. Rost Tintlc Coalition Company Elects Officers At the annual stockholders meeting of the East TIntle Coalition Mining company, held in Provo last Saturday, the following officers were elected: H. C. Hicks, president; H. O, Blumenthal, vie president; August Bestlemeyer, secretary and treasurer; N. C. Hicks and John Bestlemeyer, directors, The changes In the officers were: H. C. Hicks succeeded D. K. Bdebe as president, and N. C, Hicks was added to the directorate. It was decided by the directors to continue development work. They have Just Installed new electric equipment and are running two shifts. Tha company Annie adjoining the Big HUt property on the west. They araraow down 00 feet with their nejf- - shaft and are continuing to 'sin ' Shipping Iron Ore Within the next few days two heading! on 2200 level will be turned over to Walter Fitch, Jr., contractor. Mine has soother contract with the U. 8. smelter, calling for . - -- promts-groun- At noon last Monday the old city offlcen, after closing up aU unfinished business, turned the affairs of Eureka City over to their successors in office. The new officers were elected last November on a Citizen's Party ticket and they take up their duties under the most auspicious circumstances and with the support and endorsement of most of the people of Eureka who are confident that during the next two years the city will be given a clean, business-likadministration. Attending the change frdkasthe old to the new administration Mutes'was no speech making. The retiring mayor and conn oilmen dosed i their business and at the stroke of twelve vacated their seats In favor of the new officials, all of whom had filed their bonds and were ready for e er v-- 4. Lehi-Tlnt- ic . During the week the 1600 drift from the Yankee Cons, company's new shaft cdt into a very promising bunch of quarty, which shows smaU values in silver and gold. The showing is perhaps an. goodie" anything that the compray-fia- s had alnce sinking thejselrshaft and in the opinion ot Bupt Wilmbp Carter that section of the mine ought to be very thoroughly prospected. Te drift is now cutting across the quartz but in the near future other drifts may be sent out along the break; It was only a short time ago that the Yankee people resumed deep development work. All of the ore which the mine has shipped was taken from the upper workings and naturally a great deal of Importance is attached to this new work at a depth of X600 feet Work Started On Pioche Job Of Local Contractor R. D. Gardner, local superintendent of contracts operated by Walter Fitch, Jr., returned early in the week after a trip to Pioche, Nev., where he went to assist In getting work under ay on Mr. Fitch's last big contract which calls for sinking the main shaft of the Prince Qons. mine. He states that sinking operations will be delayed for a few days owing to the fact that it is necessary to make some changes to the machinery. This contract which Mr. Fitch secured only a few weeks ago, calls for several hundred feet of shaft work and os the shaft Is now down to the water levd It will be a rather about sixty tons of fluxing ere per day. New Officers Take Up Eureka Citys Affairs d cutting a to the north of Knight people have conalderab! faith In the outcome of the new work which they are doing not only on the 1100 level but In other parts of the property. The development of the Empire Mines ground and the Sioux is being handl- business. The new mayor, H. H Water Than ed from the Iron Blossom and the Bourne, called the first session of of these two properties the new eoundl to order and proShaft Through Drill Hole prospecting Is being carried on under encourag- ceeded with his The appointments. ing conditions. also named the standing commayor By driving a diamond drill hole mittees of the new dty eoundl. from tho bottom of the new shaft at Lehi-TintiJohn Bunnell la the hold-ove Now Tunnel the Chief Cons, mine It haa been p elble to drain the Shaft of the flow of In Distance Of 600 Feet water which has Interfered to soma Btauff enberg Will Resume extent, with alnklng operations. The Zabrlskie is Work On West Tintic Claims Charles Manager shaft has but a short distance to go rapid probefore reaching the station which highly pleasedis with the Charles Stauffenberg, who Is Inwhich, being made In the haa been cut on the 1000 level and gress terested in mining property of this new at the tunnd proconsequently It was not a very experty. The tunnel Is going forward district, returned tor Eureka late last pensive piece of work to send the at a rate of ton feet per day and Mr. week after spending the greater diamond drill through the forty feet Zabrlskie feels confident in predict- part of a, year at his home in remaining. This drill hole will carry ing a total of over 600 feet of work Chicago. Mr Stauffenberg says that tho water through to the 1000 and for the month of January. The face he will do something with his West nuke It unnecessary to use the sink- of the tunnd Is now in a distance TIntle propmfs during the coming ing pumps. of over 600 feet and during the spring and rammer and that he has It wiU not require many weeks of week the Brat break, an unlmportnat ground in .North Tintic which may work to complete the concrete lined one, was encountered. The first im- receive sates attention. The holdings of Mr. 'Stauffenberg shaft to the 1000 level and aa already portant break will be cut when the stated sinking Is to continue. It is tunnd Is In a distance of 600 feet la West tintlc earns In for some quite probable that better program and this means that a n o t h s r uork early last year but lack of capibe expected after the- shaft month's work ought to put the face tal prevented the carrying out of the the 1000 level, especially in of the tunnd In a very interesting campaign as planned. . Prominent view of the fact that a change in the section of the company's ground, eastern theatrical people are Interested with Mr. Stauffenberg in this formation can be expected a few where values can reasonably be hundred feet below that point. property. and the ing section the shaft, Work on the 1500 level reaches important stage and officers of the company feel con--' fident of ending ore. Dragon Has Started Contract Two Drifts Arrangements have whereby two headings on the SS00 level of the Iron Bloesom mine will be turned over to Walter Fitch, Jr., local contractor. The papers will be signed up at the next monthly meeting of the company and Mr. Fitch has planned tj take np tho work with as little j delay as possible. This is the fecond contract which Mr. Fitch hap had with the Iron Bli which Indicates were that fous operations quite satis! Iron One of jrlfts Is toward tMeast being drivel Id Yankee Property yean connected hwest part mineral tract, miners taJeara that the highest good roaaona royalty whlefctbo mine wiU except tor oinking thia ono la to Is 60 per cent Me. Muir says that of the very vslop royalties' wiU rwKfrom 16 to 60 two or throa ground whin cent gnd that under such aa per work-othousand foot preoont there Is a 'chance for arrangement tho break a lessee logo tad tho othor "clean up a ''piece of which haa boon jo tho carry change if he is fortunate In openoro in tbo Zama, lolnfhg. Tho Iron ing aybunch of "high grade." Most King could rat .thia drifting of the other. TIntle mines which perfrom tha present shaft but who take up to 76 per cent on mit pacing aro familiar with mining Iona ore. tho grade high In Knot Tin tic reatlae that gaa 'and The reduction In royalties ought boat aro a serious; handicap to the1 to attract some good miners to tha driving of long drlfto and that it !a! Centennial Eureka and while the no oaay Job to ventilate underground property has been pretty thoroughly worklnga with tho uao of powerful! and carefully mined It is quits fana By alnklng a oooond ahaft the' certain that some new ore will be Iron King will aolvo tbo aerioua prodeveloped under the leasing system. blem of ventilating the mine and they will bo able to make much greater headway with the deWill velopment of Quartz Deposit Cut Andrew D. Muir, lrH For Iron King Co. theD. United States Grading for thia shaft has alp ready started; will sink to a depth of 1000 foot in southwest part of property. Number 10 - Untangling Unde' Sams Fuel Problem After being without an Iron ore contract for some time arrangements have been made whereby the councilman and Mrs. J. D. Stack, Dragon Cons, company can ship who has for some time been tha act- about sixty tons of iron per day, this ing dty recorder, was elected to that product going to the plant of the position. There has been no change United States Mining company where In the dty treasurer's office, Mrs. it is used for Quxlng purposes. At various times In, Its .history the DraViertel having been gon has been a heavy shipper of iron ora but during JKe .latter part of last THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. Before going Into session the new ' ear there appeared to be no regular mayor, Mr. Bourne, and tho mem- market for Jnm and the shipment of bers of the new dty eoundl agreed this dassU ore was discontinued. regarding all of the appointments The Dragon has many thousands snd consequently an that remained of ton of this ore blocked out and to be done was to go through the while the present shipments are formality of naming the men for the mall when compared with what the various positions. Mayor Bournes mine has produced In the past, and appointments, all of which received what It Is still able to produce, the unanimous endorsement of the dty contract wiU add something to the earnings of the property. eoundl, were as follows: difficult piece of sinking. Power Line Will Be Built ' To Independence Property . During tho last week the officers of the Independence M'ning company completed arrangements for the construction of a power l'ne to their property. The line will be built at onco by the Utah Power company, at a cost of approximately $1000, the distance being about 1700 feet The property of tha Independence company is to the east of tho Copper Lest and some time sgo the work of Inking a main working shaft was taken np. New machinery is being Installed snd it is understood that money is now available for an extensive campaign of development. The contract entered into with tbs power company calls for tbo eom- line by the 1st of Feb Potion V. B. Cronin, marshal. William Boyer, night policeman. Jvely Battle Raging For Charles Kryger, dty Justice. Co. Control Of Lehi-Tint- ic Claude Baker, attorney. Dr. L. B. Laker, phyddan. Peter Borup, watermaater. Loral shareholders aro somewhat Carl Fields, asst road supervisor. concerned over tho outcome of the A. N. Wallace, sexton. battle which is raging for tho con- The Justice, physician, water--( trol of the Lehi-Tlnt- ic Mining com- - rury Continued on Page I) ponys property of North TIntle. On on side is George Nichols, the presi- Diaznond Queen Shaft WiU dent and former manager of the proBe Sunk In Near Future Iron Blossom Accident perty, and on the other side are New machinery is being taken ont Claused Death Of Cage Rider three of the directors who a short time ago secured control of the stock to the property of the Diamond new manager, Charles Qneen Mining company, in the eouth One of the most serious accidents end. elected a Zabrlskie. The munitions of war, np end of the Tintlc District, and prethat has taken place In the TIntle to this have consisted princi- parations are being made for the time, beIn some weeks district mining of circular letten but at the sinking of the main working shaft fell Thomas R. Hick on,, cage rider pally finish fight, which will be staged The equipment will Include an enat the No. 1 workings of the Iron late this month, stock certificates gine, two boilers and a five drill Blossom mine, on Monday. Hlcken will decide the Issue. compressor. The shaft has a depth and proxies gave the engineer a signal to hoist Ensh side claims to have control of of 12S feet and It Is the Intention of the rage but when It did not start the leaned stock. the officers to resume linking end promptly he decided to remove an es- prospect their ground at greater no This to hue desire paper empty car and had Just stepped on pouse tho cause of either faction and depth. the cage when It started upward. He we The control of the Diamond Qneen are interested only to the extent held to the bar but his legs did not of eealng, what has all tho le In the hands of Tintic people. The dear the timbers of the ahaft and of a valuable piece of property, pro- gronnd is In what le known ns tho the man was terribly Injured, his "Diamond end" of the district n developed. left leg being crushed near the knee perly section which has produced considerThe leaned circular letters this while his right fdot was also broken. week by directors Trask, Barclay able ore hut which has never rehis Injuries the and Notwithstanding Doyle cells attention to the loose ceived any deep development work. man kept his hold on tho bar and it In which the affairs of the iner ' was four hundred feet above that were handled nnder Mr. Considerable New Work Is he was taken from the cage by company Nichols management and places parIn Progress At May Day another employee. ticular stress upon tho campaign of Drs. Laker and Howell,' who were development work which has been Since taking np work through the called from Eureka, gave tho injur- started since changes were made In shaft of the Yankee the May Day ed man every possible attention and the official household of the com- people have driven their 1800 drift later had him removed to tho Provo pany. a distance of 460 feet end win soon General Hospital, where It was found Associated with Mr. Nichols in be ratting some of the Important necessary to amputate the left log Ms fight for the control of the pro- breaks which traverse that section some distance above the knee. It Is perty Is one of the directors, Mr. 7f their ground. Some changes have thought that It will be poeslble to Anson, and according to the former taken place on this level during the save the 'right foot although It Is they have n sufficient amount of past few weeke bnt the more dequite badly mangled. stock to. bring, about the removal sirable gronnd Is yet to be opened. 8upL Carter says that be Is doing Later Since the above Item was from office of tha three other seme prospecting on the two tunnel written Hlcken died and the remains levels of the May Day snd that enwere shipped to Heber City for couraging conditions 'exist In both burial. Central Standard Company places. Work has been temporarily Hlcken was 64 years of age and Levies One Cent Assessment topped on the 800 level, when a had been with the mining company email hunch of ore was found n few was months. few a He married but one At a and before moving his family to Silmeeting of tbe directors held months ego, and from which , ver City made his home at Heber, List week at Provo another assess- shipment was made. Mrs. Hlckin Is a daughter of Dan ment was levied on the stock of the LICENSE PLATES READT. Harris, old time resident of Tintic. Central Standard Mining company. The amount le one cent per share Secretary of State Bennlon has anand the levy becomes delinquent on nounced the arrival of the new FLUTES ASSESSMENT. the 0th day of Feb. with the sale license plates fra use during I960 day eet for the SStb day of Feb. by anto ownen and be asks that apAssessment No. 16 of one cent per Tbe companys property la being be sent In at once. Ownen share on Plntns stock beeomra de- developed, the work of sinking a plications of ears are not supposed to operate linquent on January 66th. Sale day ahaft having boon wider way fra them until the new plates art several February 19th. . , ear-mar- ' Gsr, 5' . W. J Who arc thrashing out sad adjusting the fuel eitsatioa. They are the three an-i Wilaos and representing the coal operators, miners and the public. Secretary of npraoratc the government This picture wee taken as the party was leaving right). Secretary Wilson, John White, former Mine Worker' president? representing the pubUs. end Bemhnnt Pesie at Pennsylvania, rapreaenMagUs ff Robinson. a |