The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

Personals.
1t is to be regretted just at this
time, when winter is setting III in
earnest, that the trouble existing be-
tween the Silver King Mining company
of Park City and the Crescent and
the owners of the McGregor group
should eliminate in a manner that
would throw from 200 to $50 men out
of employment. Such has been the
case, however, and according to ad-'
vices received from Park City yester-
day it is learned that the Silver King
mine has been compelled to close down
on account of the tearing up OF 100 feet
of the pipe line of the company by
persons unknown, but believed to be
one or more of the owners of the Nc
Gregor group of mines, through which
property the Silver King pipe line was
laid from the mine to Shadow lake,
concerning the title to which there
has been considerable litigation during
the past two years, and the matter IS
still in court.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the
management of the Silver King tele-
phoned to the attorneys of the COM
pany in this city that the pipe line
had been torn up the night before,
and that there was only enough water
left in the tank TO run the works ten
minutes more, when the mine would
be shut down; and in accordance with
this statement the force at the mine,
between 200 and $50 men, were given
lay-off for an indefinite period, rs there
is no telling when the broken line can
be repaired, as more litigation may be
er-ailed before the company Will be
able to mend the breach in the line;'
and, at this time of the year, with
the ground frozen and covered with
the beautiful, this will be attended
with considerable difficulty.
The destruction of the line, so The
Herald is informed, occurred on the
McGregor group of claims, and the
work was done at some time between
o'clock Friday night and before day
light on Saturday morning. AS far
as learned 100 feet of the pipe line was
torn up and the trenches refilled with
dirt, and as the water was running
at the time and the weather is very
cold at the Park, the line will be badly
frozen when an attempt is made 10
mend the break.
The readers of The Herfald are ia
miliar with the rivalry that has been
maintained between the Silver King
Mining company and the Crescent
company to obtain possession of the
waters of what is known as Shadow
lake. The Silver King company started
in some time ago TO pipe the water
from the lake to its mine, and it was
then that the Crescent company came
to the front and made an effort to
interfere with the work. After great
deal of hard work an injunction was
obtained restraining the Crescent from
interfering in any way with the laying
or operation of the line.
But the work was not allowed to
proceed very far before another obsta-
Gle was met with, and this was when
an effort was made to cross the Nc
Gregor group of claims with the line.
The law provided for just such a con-
tingency, however, (and, if the writer
remembers Alright, the bill was intro
duced in the territorial legislature by
Captain w. H. Smith, now superin-
tendent of the Centennial-Eureka
mine,) and the Silver King company
was enabled to complete its line; but
were not restrained from interfering
with the pipe, and it is this oversight,
so il is stated, that has led TO the
present unfortunate condition of af
fairs.
1t was not definitely known late yes
terday afternoon what steps the Sill
yer King company would take in the
matter. OF course the line will be re-
paired as speedily as possible, but
there. may be a number of difficulties
to be overcome before this can be ac-
complished.
AS stated in the beginning of this
article it is to be regretted that this
trouble should come upon the Silver
King company at this time of the year,
as the men at the mine, most of whom
have families to support, will now be
obliged to remain idle for an indefinite
period.