The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14
FOR THE WEEK.
TINTIC TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Wonderful Advances Made by This
District During This Period.

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Wonderful Advances Made by Thi:
District During This Period.
1t is often interesting to look back
ward for a period of 20 years and tc
note the advancement that any locality
has made during this period. This is
especially the case when the growth
and development of mining district
is involved, and there are numerous in
stances in the state of Utah where the
growth of mining camps have been al
most marvellous.
To L. Z. Ritter, who, for many years,
has been identified with the history
/ of the Tintic district, The Herald is
under obligations for the loan of a
copy of the Salt Lake Real Estate and
Mining Gazette, which was published
in the year 1875.
In the paper referred to there is an
! interesting article relative to the min
eral deposits of Tintic district, and
after reading the same and then max
/ ing a comparison with the past and the
present, the reader cannot but be i'm
pressed with the advancement that
the district has made within the past
few years.
The writer. in his description of the
]
ment that it is located about 70 miles
south by a few degrees west Of Salt
Lake City, and approached therefrom
by the
SOUTHERN UTAH RAILROAD
within 20 miles, thence by stage or
other conveyance"
According to the Gazette. Santaquin
was then the nearest railroad point TO
the district. which. at that time, had
already made a name and fame as a
rich producer of the precious metals.
But now. % years later, the leading
camps of the district are connected
with the outside world with two lines
of railroads. and, as for the district
itself, the world at large is just be-
ginning to realize the fact that it is
one of the marvels of the age in its
great mineral wealth.
In the paper referred to, Diamond
was especially mentioned as being the
leading camp of the district: in fact
this now almost deserted place was
designated as Diamond City, which
then boosted of furnaces in which the
ores of the Shower group of mines were
treated. This property was then being
extensively worked, and was owned
by the Tintic Silver Mining & Smelling
company. At the time of the publica-
ton of the article in the Gazette, the
shelters had closed down, but the
writer states that
IAN ABUNDANCE OF ORE
could be obtained to supply the fur
naces steadily" and mo better bust
ness could be found in Utah than their
successful operation" Among the
leading mines at Diamond at that
time were the Shower, the Silver Spar,
Jefferson, Rising Sun, Florence, Con-
stitution. Susan and others, and there
is no doubt but that these old mines
could be resurrected with but little
work and once again find a place on
the list as productive and paying
mines.
The Sunbeam mine, between Dia- /
mond and Silver City. was then yield /
ing its hundreds of thousands in the /
precious metals. and the article also
refers to the Morning Glory. the JUL +
ian Lane, the Martha Washington. the /
Undine, the Hidden Treasure, Boston
and the Swansea, and also to the Mary .
Bell and the Shoebridge, all of which /
were paying properties.
Mention is also made of the Eureka
Hill, (which forms the northern bound
airy of the district" the property of the
Eureka Hill Silver Mining company.
During the winter" says the writer
1t was worked by a number of min
srs who
RECEIVED PAY FOR WORK
n a percentage of ore mined. BY this
plan from SO to SO per capita per day
vas realized. This is perhaps the best
property in Utah. At present it is IN
Ter control of Wells, Fargo & Co. T.
smith, agent. a controlling interest
: held by the estate of Captain E. b
Ward. The business manager is ]. a.
Packard
Judging from this the Eureka Hill
must have been the only producer in
he Eureka portion of the district at
hat time, as no reference was made
n the write-uD of the camp to the
Sullion-Beck or the other heavy pro-
ucing mines of that locality
At that time the Mammoth was
neWn as the Mammoth -CODperopolis.
nd the Wyoming Silver Mining com
any was operating ten-stamp mill
nth Stedfeldt furnaces attached. at
iomansViile; While southwesterly from |
diamond and Silver the Miller Mining !
nd Shoebridge companies
WERE OPERATING MILLS t
their own The Germania shelter /
as also located in this locality. At !
his time the ShoebTidge mill was one 1
the largest plants in the district, and
ad capacity of treating 20 or 80 .
0ns of crude ore daily I
Diamond City at this time had about | |
70 inhabitants. and was the headquar-
ers for the southern portion of the :.
istrict, while the recorders office was I
'cated at Silver City. three miles dis
mt, as was also the telegraph Office
nd Wells-Fargo's express. Romans
lie was credited by the author of the ;
rticie referred to with having a
POPULATION OF 200 SOULS. v
nd mention is made Of Charlie Lam a
ersdorf as being the proprietor of q
he principal store in the camp. Charlie Y
as public-spirited then as now. and Z
as identified with a number of en- 9
rOrises calculated to promote the n
'owth of the district, and J. w .
'heeler ran stage line from the u
lmps OF the district to the railroad !.
alton ~ Santaquin. !,
Mr.. Ritter has number of ANTIGUA >
rs in his well-filled cabinet, none of
hich are more valuable than the CODY =,
the Gazette containing the descrip- -
)n of Tintic district, from which we -.
I'VE quoted as above. -
Stock Broker.