The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25
TINTIC'S RICH MINES.
Eureka, Silver City and Nam
moth All Going Ahead.
Many New Prospects Opened, and the Old
Mines Producing Heavier than Ever
Before-A Great Failure.
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HE Tintic country never held out
such inducements for capital as i,
q does at the present time. The last
"a year has marked many changes in
our fair territory, but in no city or town are
they more marked than in the camps that 90 to
make up what is known as Tintic Mining Dis.
| trlct. OF these, of course Eureka stands first
and foremost, 1t was there that mineral was
first found in the district, and there are located
most of the principal mines and the chief bust
ness houses of the district which have in
creased very rapidly of late Owing to a COM
bination Of circumstances beyond the control
of Tintic and her citizens, the district has not
progressed quite as fast as others
in the territory. Expensive litigation in
past years has done much to
thwart the enterprise of her citizens
and those interested in her welfare The lack
OF direct railway communication until about a
year ago also had most unwnolesome effect:
/ the absence Of a newspaper. whereby the re
sources and attractions of Eureka could De ad-
vertised TO the world, was another disadvan-
tage. Litigation has however, ceased to a
great extent ii not almost entirely, railroad
I facilities have b3en provided ana Eureka has n
paper devoted to iec interests and welfare. Be
fore this issue Of THE CHRISTMAS HERALD is in
the hands of our rea jerS, Eureka and Tfntic
generally will have another railway-the Rio
Grande Western, which branches off at
Springville and runs via Goshen and
Homansville TO Mammoth Hollow. entering
Eureka from the east, while the Union Pacific
comes in from the west Both roads mass
close to all the big mines in the district. The
residents Of Tintic have an idea that the advent
of the Flo Grande Western means a big boom
for the camp. and 1t is but fair to suppose their
judgment is correct. If Eureka could prosper
as she did under the disadvantage of being STU
ated four miles away from one railway. GER
tainly she should come boldly TO the front when
two roads are competing for the traffic she has
to offer. Indeed 1t may truthfully be said that
the district is already feeling the inspiritnp eff
fects of the coming in of the Little Cant and
it is certain that Tintic will make a greater
advance during the next twelve months, than it
has in the past two years. Besides a number
of private residences-for the most part of
course, cottages-the principal public buildings
that have been erected in the past year are the
Latter-day Saints church, rather pretentious
court house, an Odd Fellows hall and a very
handsome public schoolhouse. The camp is
now abundanty supplied with good pure water.
which comes from springs located near Romans
vile, three miles distant, and also from a small
the camp, called Coal canon. Until a short
time ago, the latter was the sole sourse of
supply for the camp. The enterprising Bullion
Beck and Centennial Eureka people saw that
the camp could not be expected to
prosper without an adequate supply of
pure water, and looking to that end
they purchased the springs above mentioned
and put in the necessary plant and pipes TO con-
vey it to Eureka. 1t is pumped 400 feet to the
top of the divide, where couple of 5000 gallon
tanks receive it; from the ridge to the town
there is fall of 225 feet, and this gives a force
sufficient to more than cover any building vet
erected or which is liable to be built for some
time to come.
The school facilities are all that could reason
ably be expected-the public school and
Catholic seminary both being well patronized
AS to the future of Tintic from mining noint
of view, let Hon. Hank Smith, an old Com
stocker and now mine superintendent of the
Bullion Beck, speak: There never was
a mining camp on the Pacific coast >,
he says, that had more promis,nor
outlook than has Tintic to-day. Three wears
ago expressed the opinion, and have never
had any reason to recall my words but I have
seen my prophecy, or what you will, fulfilled
from day to day. New discoveries and rich
strikes in the old properties are so common as
to almost cease TO excite comment Gradually
Eureka is becoming more widely and favorably |