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Show BEAD BY y A REVIEW OTTHE EVERYONE TINTIO MINES IN TINTIO. j EUREKA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919. Volume Big Dividend Declared Train Reinstated Leasing Of Centennial May Help Neighboring Property Would Know the Facts By Tintic Standard Co. On Tintic Branch Although the board of directors of the Tlntle Standard Mining company at their meeting on December th posted the regular dividend of All restriction! regarding raiL 12 8 cento a share, which will be paid on December 24th to stockholders way service, have been re of record on December 22nd, the settlement matter of the payment of extra . moved following " Christmas dividend waajSuced In of the coal strike. the hands of Presidents. J. Rad-da- ta and willbe baser on the shipthe pressHt month. Juat Tin tie people are rejoicing became ments for extra thla Amend will be will railroad reetrlctlom hare been re- what moved permitting the operation of not be known ufluNabout December at whlCMlme He. Raddata will the passenger train on the Rio 20th, ttwfheck been upbat haa Qrande Ry. The train came out from have time two-thiof the Balt Lake laat evening and hereafter shipped dyflng will make lta regular tripe. If there month. Various estimates have! been givwae ever any doubt In our mlnde reen aa to what the extra dividend will ser-vlc-e of thle train garding the value be and Mr. Raddata declared that DIs-trlto the campe of the Tlntle would not know until December that doubt haa been removed. he With but one mall a day and limited 20th. From those who are In a position to know the company la opportunltlea of getting In and out able to do It lawhat estimated that the of Untie, onr aeetlon of the atate dividend may be anywhere between aeemed, during the ahort time that extra, with a possithe railroad reatrletlona were effec- 10 and 12thecents latter figure being the tive, to have been puahed back into bility of right one. a 'forgotten age. Dividends already paid during the Now that the trouble la all over It la probably Juat aa well to forget the! present year amount toIn 9181,976, dividends the total to date blunder that waa made In euttlng off while thla train. That ft waa a blunder of j la 9682,460. the wont klndeveryone admlta and It appean that the reiponalblllty Preparing To Lease All reata with some dumber of the big Upper Levels Of Mine family of offlclala who are holding down Joba in Connection with government control of rallroada. Superintendent John Enlund states If the change had resulted In the that while the ground has not yet one of even of coal pound aavlng for that Tlntle people might have aubmltted been surveyed and mapped will soon be purpose, arrangements raileven but the uncomplainingly completed for the leasing of all of road nun themaelvea admitted that the upper workings of the CentenIn the restricted schedule reaulted nial mine. The company a heavier conaumptlon of fuel than will Eureka continue operations below the the one which It replaced. 700 level but above that point lessees will have a chance to see What has been left In the old stopes. North Tintic Co. Will Be Mr. Enlund says that quite a num, Reorganised In Near Future ber of Tintic miners have made application for blocks of ground but he has been forced to all of them As already atated in these columns off until such time as put the property Is plans are under way for the reor- thrown open for examination by ganisation of the Greeley Mining those who are anxious to commence company of North Tintic and as soon work. as the deal is completed, which will The Centennial Eureka company, doubtless bs within a few weeks, the having smelter connections which be will the of ground development permitted the shipment of low grade undertaken. VThe claims of the Gree- ore, mined Its ore deposits pretty Lehl-Tlntof are north the ley company thoroughly but It Is thought that the understood and It IrweqeraUy lessees will still be able to open new that tha surface phowing Is equal to deposits by following stringers of Disanything In the Jfqyth Tlntle ore and leads In the upper workings trict . of the mine. It was from the upper While those who areyworklng to workings that the Centennial Eurefinance the' company have not au- ka people secured much of their thorised anything for publication It richest ore and any new discoveries Is quite likely that work will be In that part of the property ought to started early In the new year, or as be Important ones. soon as a gasoline engine can be Installed and other equipment, needed In sinking, secured. This temporary Exemption Blanks Should equipment will be replaced with Be Filed By Claim Owners more modern machinery during the coming spring, by which time a powAccording to information being er line can no doubt be extended to published In mining papers It Is the ground. Those who are bringing about the quite- Important that claim owners reorganisation of the company will make out the onexemption blanks record before the make a trip over the ground soon at and place them which time a site for the new shaft end of the year If It Is their Intention to hold mineral land without the uswlU be selected. ual annual labor of 9100 for each claim. In the Tlntle District most Power Line Completed To of the claim owners have already made out these blanks. This paper East Standard Property believes that where the annual labor has been performed the usual proof During the past week the force of of labor should be put on record linemen employed by the Utah Pow- but In cases where anything less than er company completed the new line the required amount has been done to the property of the East Standard the other style of blank should bo Mining company and the Juice will used. be turned on Just as soon ns the mining companys force completes the Grand Central Company installation f the newrequlpment Declared $12,000 Dividend The East wtandrag company has been properly rtaaEed and it Is unAt their meeting In Provo, on derstood that tmrtreasury now contains ample mOnek for an extensive icne directors of the Mining company decampaign oVeep work. The first Gn dW end of 2 cents a share, the sinking of dared thing In onler will a deep working shaftV The ground or app: :ely 919,000. The money of the Hast Standard lfs to the east will b ientrajt on December 29th of the Independence and about 1 M to shi holders Ot record on Decem-E. Loose controls the miles directly east of the Copper ber 19 th. Leaf. The power line which will Grand Central company which has a serve this new company connects splendid dividend record although It with the line which was recently ex- has not been paying regularly durtended to the Pinion Queen shaft. ing the past few years. vi. rd et I j I le - De-12t- h, C. -- Iron King Company Driving Four Drifts Following the change In the manner of operating the upper levels of the Centennial Eureka mine It may be posaible to arrange for aome kind of working agreement which will permit the more extensive development of the southern end of the old Eureka Hill property. Local miners, who are quite familiar with the ground near the line which divides the two mines, say that there not only ought to be some good ore In that part of the Centennial Eureka but that the showing Is Just aa good on the Eureka Hill side. Quite a lot of leasing has already been carried on In the Euseka Hill territory, some of It near the Standing line, but certain sections. of thewtareka Hill 'have not beepr accessIbleNiwlng to the fact that the company! hoisting plant was dismantled years ago and the shaft Is not In condition for u -- Number 7 No time is being lost in pros- pecting of important tract of mineral ground in the eastern end of district. It should be a matter of satisfaction to the shareholders to learn that the Irong Kings campaign of deep development Is well In hand and being carried along Just as rapidly as possible. Four different headings are being driven, two of these on the 1000 level and two on the lowest level of the new shaft, which has a depth ot about 1586 feet. Local people areSsgpecting Iron King to satlon out on the spring the next-ge"east side where'. number of minor strikes have been inade during the use. mines and where some year It Is barely possible that the Cen- to be developed by bigfollowingought up tennial Eureka people will permit these small bunches of ore the use of their upper workings by Recent developments in the Zuma Eureka Hill leasers and if so there have brought about a revival of InIs no reason why some new ore can- terest in the Iron King the stock in not be extracted from this old time which has always been closely held. bonansa. This company baa such an extensive Borne of the richest ore ever shippiece of mineral ground so desirably ped from the Tintic District was min- located that It would be hard for the ed from the upper levels of the Eu- big ore channels of East Tlntle to reka Hill and It has not been so very miss the property. long since a leaser shipped a single N. W. Roberts, who Is directing carload which brought a check for work at the Iron King, has very little better than $14,000. to say regarding the four drifts ZSfZk'. which are being driven but It Is easy to see that the officers of the comGemini Slowed Up Because JONES. SENATOR WESLEY pany are satisfied with the outlook Of Delay In Getting Coal and confident that the work which This vetersn Republican lawmaker from the stale of Wasningu they are doing will bring their ground Into the productive stage. Is urging an Immediate and thorough Investigation of all phases of tl. The new railroad, now being built Bupt. John H. McChryatal states recent coal strike In order that the government may possess Itseir t that work at the Gemini was slowed to the Iron King, will probably not all possible Information which will assist It In preventing further In up during the week when a be completed for a couple ot months, dustrlal disturbances of this kind. "If the miners were unfair ii supply of coal failed to and it may take almost as long to Or. their demands, we ought to know It definitely , said the 8enator. reach the mine. The underground complete the other wing of the line If It la true that tha owpers have sought to keep up prices of coal by work was not entirely suspended, en- to the Tlntle Standard. restricting production. It Is Important that we should know that, too ough coal being available to hoist We shohld not let the recent strike pass Into history without learning the miners, who had a limited Salt Lakers Have Secured from It all the lessons it may teach. amount of air for the operation of Interest In Provo Company their drills from the electrically operated compressor, but no ore was At a directors' meeting of the Capital Coining Into Tintic District. hoisted. In which Provo Mining company, held In ProThe Godlva property, work was but recently resumed, was vo on Tuesday, three of the directors, forced to this week J. A. Barclay, John W. Farrer and One of the mining men who Is and statistics showing what the when the dose down again found It im- George H. Naylor, tendered their remanagement mines have done and the In Interested the eastern and already heavily possible to secure the necessary signations, and James W. Wade, F. northern ends of the district, being great possibilities of the newer sec- of L. Cowan and Arthur H. Williams, !Tth. bSWtheIt fires an officer In several of the newer may all of Balt Lake, were made directors to fill the vacancies. mining companies, returned a short WMsny TtSlnsLSldrsd' of the emmenVorrsrain" For several months negotiations time ago after an eastern business workatthe'cemiai Re the have been pending between a numtrip and states that the splendid re- theG rondentral1 1 ha Colorado' and nd the Ridge ft Valley, which Is ber of the largest stockholders of putation of our mineral section Is other divider! payers are eastern though the Gemini shaft, the company and Balt Lake parties fast spreading throughout financial people; quite a number of people In worked for the purchase of a majority of the circles In the larger cities of the the east and middle west are inter- Mr. McChryatal says that the producrecord for December will ex- stock of the concern by the latter. country and as a natural consequence ested in the Chief Cons, and Tintic tion It Is going to be an easy matter to Standard and the man who Is seek- ceed that for November and not only This week the deal was completed been heavier but and James W. Wade became the raise money there 'for financing al- ing capital in the east is almost sure has the tonnage the profita will be greater as the re-- holder of a majority of the outstanda most any legitimate mining enterv.. of the nuances In the price of ing stock. Tlntle Wnd who prise. Eastern money Is literally be- vorably of realises ,ult Iead and illTer. gone good ore Is Officers and directors of the comminwestern into oil and It is a that In district which ing poured mining from both of these pany are: Joseph 8. Berry, president; eral industries and It la but natural Is carried on In a legitimate mannor now coming Mr. MoChrystal. From James W. Wade, vice president; W. that Tlntle should attract capital. and where there Is no faking and mines, says J. Tregonlng, F. L. Cowan and ArAll that the district needs is greater wlldcatting. After all a good repu- one of the blocks of leased ground min- thur L. Williams,, directors; Don W. rock is sensational rather being statenot exaggerated tation Is worth something even to a publicity; ed but the deposit la not large and Conover, secretary and treasurer. ments, but simply hlstorlal matter mining district. There may not be very permanent. Upon being interviewed Mr. Wade s no question, however, but what it stated that until after the annual It rich as samples show anywhere stockholders meeting, which will be GERMAN COPPER BUYING. Will Award Contract For from 800 to 1700 ounces silver. held the third Saturday In February, no special developments or plans for New Tintic Valley Road A prominent copper man says: The future work would be made. Flow Of Water Increasing The domestic copper situation la consists of three small property closely wrapped up with German InAt the of the county comadjoining the Standard on the In The Homans ville Wells claims dustrial conditions, because the prin- missioners meeting west, being about 1500 feet due west held last Friday, at i, cipal brass and wire works ot Eufrom the Tlntle Standard shaft. It was decided to get out a norope are In Germany. Bupt. Charlie Baker of the Euretice asking for bids for the construcHill company says that the flow Break In The Germans formerly made the tion of the proposed auto road from ka Machinery Stops bulk of the brass articles and the Silver City to the county line near of water In the Homansville wells Mine Work At Lehi-Tintelectrical machinery used in Europe. Lynndyl. This route was recently of his company has increased considWith American dollars at such a pre- surveyed by Engineer Strickland, erably during the past few weeks in lost at A week's mium Europe cannot afford to pay who was assisted In securing the de- and that the danger of a water famTlntle co tuus for copper. Europe must In other sired 'Information by Road Commis- ine, which threatened Eureka some the property sking of the words buy where exchange Is most sioner McMurphy of Eureka, and It time ago, Is now passed. The min- pany through the ressor. The favorable. The only large manufac- Is understood that If the road is built ing company supplies Eureka City water Jacket on thj s serious down is turing nation In regard to which Eu- In accordance with the specifications with water and at Isthe present time break using approxi- but it takes (Mie to get new parts rope's exchange la almost universal- of the engineer It will be one of the the citys system and Manager Charles Zabriskle does ly advantageous to buying is Ger- best pieces of highway In the whole mately 60,000 gallons dally. There Is usually a smaller flow of not expect to get things moving again many. That Is why Germany even state, being almost entirely without Officers ot the today is the key to the copper situa- curves, of uniform grade and through water In the wells during the early before Sunday. regret the delay because tion so far as It concerns Europe. a most 'desirable section as far as part of the winter than during any company other part of the year, the increase such excellent time was being made The reason why Europe Is buy- road building is concerned. being quite noticeable during Febru- with the new piece of tunnel work of ing so little copper, Is mainly shortroad will The completion this recently started. age of coal to operate factories. give residents of Millard county and ary of each year. Mines are working long hours. other counties In that part of the however, to produce the coal which state another and much better route East Tintic Coalition tv NEXT WEEK'S REFORTER will permit full time operation of fee- - .through to Balt Lake. The counties tv tories. to the north and south of Juab have Main With Shaft Busy The next issue of the Report- tv adopted extensive road building camer will be sent out on Wednes- tv paigns and It Is now up to our section Bupt.- Olson states that fairly good day afternoon, two days earlier tv of the state to complete the link in progress Is being made In the shaft it .than usual. As Christmas comes tv what ought to become one of the Im- of the East Tlntle Coalition company dr on Thursday such a change In tv portant highways of Utah. notwithstanding the fact that the 6 the time for publication Is ne- tv compressor has not yet been deliv- - tt cessary if the members of the tv PlmOn Queen Shaft Near ered at the mine. This means that Reporter force are to be given tv hand drills must be In sinking. fr their usual holiday vacation. tv The Three-rilt- y Level The company recentlyused secured a 6 Advertisers should remember tv a power connection and is now using tt this change and send their copy tt !ne contractor, the new hoist. The shaft has a Jack.'Aho, or two earlier and tv in a depth success with the of about 85 feet and following the tV Items day Is having for publication should V tv out at the and Installation of the sinking opera' so be mailed or phoned to us tv perty of Mining pressor the shareholders of the tv as early as possible In order to tv the shaft pany can no doubt expect much more tv Insure publication. company anT he tv tv nearing the 250 level.- While the rapid progress. shaft iB.dllll In the porphyry formation lt'Is thought to be nearing the contact as iron and manganese are n I . long-promis- ed Eastern - b; i Ne-ph- ic - j al-t- pro-.recei- pt com-inQue- ra com-epor- ts ; Zuma Developments of Week Qmte Favorable appearing. Freezing Of Air Line of the past week In drift. Nothing has yet been done Makes Trouble For Mines theDevelopments Zuma property have been ex-- toward sinking on the ore and this i d rMnlt The cold weather of the past week!pt,0!ly f,Torable atock has shown considerable caused the temporary suspension ofj some of the mining operations at the' strength on the exchange, selling up Knight properties when the big air j almost to Its high point of some line, which connects the compressor weeks ago when the ore was first plcnt with various properties of the encountered at a depth of 800 feet, company, was fro ben up. It Is some- - According to Manager P. J. Fennell thing unusual for such a line to the work of the week has consisted freeze but occasionally frost gathers In extending the drift a short d Ison the Inside of the pipe, then thaws tance and In starting the raise near end the water settles and freezes in the face. The first round or two of holes opened a nice showing of ore parts of the line that are lowest. As quickly as possible the line was in the raise and there has also been Ian improvement In the face of the thawed out and work resumed. : . work may be deferred If the showing continues to Improve in the main drift and above It. Local people feel confident that the Zuma Is fast approaching the productive stage although as all mining men know the work of opening an ore body is somewhat slow, but In this mine It onght to be a simple case of following the ore which has already been found. A second shift Is needed to speed up the Zuma work but before a night shift can be put on a ventilating fan would have to be Installed. |