The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-11
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cember. 1873 Father Seaman went by
stage from Lehi to Camp Floyd where
4 he remained over Sunday holding SER
! vices. From Camp Floyd he staged II
to Diamond. holding services there; also
/ in Silver City and Eureka. In the pap
tismal record are registered hNe pap
tisms at Tintic by Father Seaman
dated December 8, 1878. THESE are Den
mis- Sullivan, Veronica S. NJ. Brown,
Victor. f.. Alphonsus r. and Pearl NJ.
Ether. At this early period but few
members of the Church were in the
district. Silver City, Diamond and Eu-
reka gave ample evidence that pros
pecting was done. for the hills sur
rounding those places were dotted with
holes made by the miners pick.
A LOG CABIN VILLAGE.
In the little village with their high
sounding and suggestive names were
only few log cabins. In one of these
cabins with his blankets on the floor,
Father Seaman rested for three weeks,
returning to Salt Lake on the eve OF
Christmas The growth Of Tlntic from
1873 to 1880 though gradual, was very
slow. hence no priest visited the place
till 1880 At this time Eureka, the
principal place in the district, had de-
welcomed into a fair-siZed mining camp
and arrangements were made for regu-
lar services every three months. In
1854 a number of families had settled
in the town of Eureka. They wanted,
and asked that a resident priest be sent
there.
FATHER KILEY TAKES CHARGE.
In September of the following year
Father Kiley was sent to take charge
of the place. There being no town
site. and all unoccupied land being free
for settlers. he selected the site on
which the present Church and school
are located. The land being subsequent
ly patented by mine-owners was pur-
chased from them, and deeds made out
in regular form to the Ordinary of the
diocese. After locating the Church and
school site a collection for new
Church was taken up. All gave accord
ing to their means, and the work of
erection began in the latter part of No
vember. The Church was completed
on Christmas eve, and the first ser
vices were held on Christmas day. 1885.
In January, 1886, school was opened
in the Church by William j. Began,
who also taught night school, which
was largely patronized by the miners
and other citizens of the place. The
school continued until October of the
same year
VISIT OF THE BISHOP.
In the spring of 1891 Bishop Seaman
made an official visit to Eureka, having
for his object the reopening of the
school. Seeing that the Church could
not accommodate the Catholic children
of the place, he decided on erecting a
new building for school purposes. In
this new project the citizens all glad
ly co-operated. After the encourage
ment received, he commenced in May
the construction of his future school,
which was completed in August of the
same year, and in September 1891, four
Sisters of the Holy Cross commenced
their first school term. Rev. P. Dono-
hoe, rector of the place, was indefat-
igable In his efforts to provide good
school for the children of his congrega-
ton, and has ince 1891 encouraged 1t
in every way possible. Fully realizing
the force of the text ''Nisi Dominus
domum, in vanum labar-
averunt quiaedificant cam he has seen
in the past eight years the fruits of his
Bishops labors and his own co-opera-
ton blessed by God and can with pleas
ure look back on the good results ac-
Father Donohoe holds ser
vices occasionally in Mammoth, which
is connected by railroad with Eureka,
with the big mines, Mammoth may in
the near future have a Church where
regular services could be held.