The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

Eighteen hundred and ninety-eight
was a prosperous year for Tintic, one
of the bright and particular stars in
Utah's constellation of splendid min
ing camps, and the outlook for the
coming season is most alluring.
Tintic. according TO history, is a New
Year camp, as It was discovered during
the last days of the year, and opera
tions in the development of its first
producers were begun on Jan. OF the
new year. 1t was in December, 1863,
that the initial discovery was made IN
Tintic district, the unrivaled mineral
resources of Eureka gulch being I'M
known and not even dreamed of at
that time On the LIST day of January,
in the year 1870, work was begun in
the operation of what was then called
and what is still known as the Sun
beam mine, which developed into pro-
life producer of the precious metals,
and which today, after a lapse of so
many years, is still on the list as d
shipper With the Sunbeam as a nu-
Cleus the mining camp of Iintic began
to grow and spread out. Other dis
coVeries were made, and other produc-
ers were gradually added to the stead
ily-grCwiug list of paying mines, and
in due time Silver City and Diamond
We're ranked as growing and thrifty
mining camps, the demand for home
reduction for the product of the mines
resulting ii the establishment of
smelters and mills at various places in
the camp.
The hardy prospectOr and the deter
mined miner. in their search for wealth
producers, pushed their way over into
Mammoth hollow and UP into Eureka
gulch, and III both localities discovered
properties which have since been IA
nous the world over as producers of
mineral wealth galore, as well as heavy
dividend-payers.
Within the prescribed scope of a
short newspaper article it would be an
impossibility to describe in minute de-
tail the different mines and prospects
OF the great district Of Tintic, nor of
the four thriving and prosperous towns
within It's boundary lines. brief men
ton being in favor with busy readers
and business men, with but little spare
time at their disposal.
EARLY BACKSET
With the discovery that the ore
bodies Of Eureka gulch existed in
massive deposits and went to the deep,
q partial blight fell upon that portion
of the district made famous as the pio-
neer portion of the camp, and for many
years IsuI6kd vas ll4E Only pace VI lIti-
portance in the district, Mammoth be-
ing but a small hamlet, Silver City
being almost abandoned, while Dia-
mond was practically deserted With
the building of the railroad into Eu-
Teka and the appearance of a second
line a short time after, the camp was
fairly launched upon its successful
career, and it has since made such
rapid strides to the front that it may
well be looked upon at the present time
as being one of the most prosperous
and metropolitan mining towns to be
found in this western country, as it
boasts of its schools, its churches, its
electric light plant and water system,
as wei as communication by
wire with the outside world and the
residents of the city Cfor Eureka has
been incorporated Tor d number of
years. point with pride TO the big
Wealth-producers which gave birth to
the town, and which gives the life
blood to keep il at the head of the pro-
cc7sion as one Of the most progressive
n--aing camps in this intermountain
region.
The principal mines of Eureka are
the Eureka Hill. the Bullion-Beck, the
Observation-Disclosures and the Gemini-
keystone all OF which have made mag
ni6cent records in the past as heavy
producers and dividend-payeTs; and
willie Nilt pGlDuL VI THESE liil4GS iAco
been extensive in the past, they are
still valuable propositions. with a long
lease on productive existence in the
future
NEW MINES ADDED.
For a number of years the properties
mentioned were the only producers OF
note in that end of the district. More
recently, however. Others have been
added to the list, and today the Hum
bug, the Uncle Sam and the Godiva
are helping TO maintain Tintic'S past
record as a prolific producer. In addi-
ton, work is progressing in the GeVel-
opment of many promising prospects
and prospective mines on the Eureka
side Of the mountain, which forms al
most a barrier between Silver City and
Eureka, the boom which has struck the
district with such force during the
past eighteen months resulting in the
Incorporation Of companies for the OPP
Grafton and development of such prom
ising properties as the Eagle & Blue
Bell, between the Centennial Eureka
and Godiya mines; the La RENE. be-
tween the Humbug and Utah mines;
the Crown Point, the Colorado and the
Success, in the same neighborhood:
while on the north side of the gulch
work is progressing finely in the ex-
ploFation of the Raymond property
adjoining the Gemini-KeyStone and
Bullion-B Beck on the north. while at
the Sacramento Consolidated, 10 the
west Of The Bullion Beck, and the
Brooklyn Eureka, believed 20 be on an
extension Of The great Eureka ore zone
time and labor is being expended in
extensive and systematic development.
Eureka is in the lime belt. which adj
mits Of mammoth mineral deposits
and 1t is for this reason that the mines
of the camp have made such enviable
records IS bonanza propositions. and
which insure prosperity for the camp
for many years To come. Mammoth is
also lin the lime, and its mineraliza-
ton goes to the deep, the ore bodies
OF the camp being confined to no mar
row walls; and therein consists the
greatness of Tintic.
LATE BIG PRODUCERS.
The Mammoth mine, one of the most
noted mines of Utah. or in the west, for
that matter. has produced its millions,
and has paid its millions in dividends.
The workings of this bonanza have
reached q depth of l,S0e feet. and there
seems to be no end to the great mass
OF ore which has been uncovered in