The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-17
THE NEW MINING LAW.
Tintic District Will Fight the "Hay-
seedv Legislation.

The Herald is informed that the
mine owners of Tintic district are very
much opposed to the recent law passed
by the legislature requiring the trans
! fer of the district records to the county
I seat. and that they will fight the meas
IRE to the bitter end. In fact, 1t is
stated that a fund is being raised for
! the purpose of conteSting the mater
in the courts, and that the case VIII
4 be carried to the highest court in the
| land if the local tribunals decide
against them.
The law is termed "hayseed'' legisla-
ton by the residents of the different
mining camps, and it is liable TO cause
considerable trouble and annoyance,
and if il is found that the law Will
stand the test it is more than likely
that it viii result in the removal or
several county seats throughout the
state from their present locations to
the different mining camps, as in the
leading districts the miners hold the
balance of power when it comes TO the
counting Of votes.
Recorder c. H. Blanchard of Tintic
has been notified not TO give up MS
records. and it is stated that the resi-
dents of the district mean business and
that they have no intention of letting
the records of the district go TO Nephi.
From d gentleman who is just in
from Tintic it is learned that the out
look for the camp is brighter than 1t
has ever been before and that this will
be an active year throughout the dis
trict.
At present a large amount of work is
in progress and the indications are
that several new producers Will be
added to the shipping list within the
next few months.
At the Opex, near Mammoth, a sta
ton has been cut at the 400-foot sta
tion and the indications are very ia
vcrable. 1t is likely that the shaft Will
be sunk to the 500 before drifts are run.
The Homestake, near Silver City, will
steam up with its new hoist today, and
it is believed that the work that will
follow will disclose larger ore bodies
and that this property will soon enter
the ranks as a regular shipper.
At the Grand Central, in the Nam
moth country, a shipment of high
grade ore is being loaded, and it is said
that this property can now be regard
ed as one of the great mines of the
district. Ever since the strike OF a
large body of rich gold ore in the
Grand Central development work has
been pushed with very fiattering re-
suits, and interested parties are con-
graduating themselves over the out
look for the future.
Pat Condor has begun work in the
development of the North Swansea,
which is an extension of the old Swan
sea mine, and there is every reason to
believe that this will open ut into an
other dividend payer, as it is the opin- I
ion of mining men that this group COW
ers the extension of the Swansea and
South Swansea ledge.
At the Rabbit Foot work is being (
pushed in the development Of the prop !
a nd nd iT,di ions
count for anything it will not be long /
before this ground becomes responsive +
and rewards its owners with something !
good in the way of rich bodies of ship /
ping mineral.
At Eureka the outlook is also en-
The recent strike in the
Centennial-Eureka on the 800 is caus-
ing no end of favorable comment in
the camp, and Eureka people are now
prepared to hear almost anything re-
garding this magnificent producer and
dividend payer.
The keystone is also reported to be
in a most promising condition with
splendid bodies of high grade ore in
sight in the mine; while in the Bullion
Beck to the north from the 900 there
is a magnificent showing of mineral
The recent strike in the Humbug in
the lower tunnel is also causing a re-
newal of confidence in the camp.
The impression is gaining more and
more in Eureka that several bonanza
will yet be found on the
north side of Eureka gulch and the
workings in the keystone and the Bull
ion-Beck are bearing out this theory.
md especially as the Bullion-Beck
workings from the 900 are now on the
north side of the canyon, which goes
o prove that the ore is there, but at a
considerable depth