Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21
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~ the camp. The suit now pending pe'
tween the Grand Central and the Nam.
moth companies has had the erect Oh
reducing the ore shipments from po'h
these mines. but despite this each mas
made a very creditable record Tor 'ne
year shipments from the Bullion
neck Eureka Ilill aud also the Centen'
Mai Eureka have not been as large as
FOR the previous year ana mus lne yut
mt for 1901 has been reduced lnaletlo,-
M II must not be imagined that llgse
conditions have been brought about ~
,he lack OF ore In the mines Of IlntlV
for this Is not the case, The uls',iV'
never looked more promising upon tle
cve of now year and the coming year.
lg02, vim be one Of progress ana pros
peity, 49,, t,,tt, dur.
ms the year Just past the Tesoia anu
Nav Day. Many new strikes nave Ue.,
made I'm the older mines ana many
nfonernes have been changed from I'M
eerioin prospects 10 shipping mines III
tbe sonfh ,nd OF the district work mas
noon resumed on d great many prollis'
,ng prouerties which were Temporarily
,Ioacd nnd IN the extreme north part OF
III district. known as North Tlntlc'
,,cat doal OF development has Deeh
dono No part Of the district perhaps
has made as rapid strides forward ~
qodiya Mountain section. II would De
lnpoasiblc 10 pige q complete resume
NJ Inc years work IN Tintic on thls
yacS nnd consequently the winter mas
not ATTEMPTED to 80 much into detall
IN recovering the work at the larger
nineg. but has tried so FAR as posSiole
10 touch briefly upon them all
Tho Tinuc district IS one Of the Oldest
mining sections In the state OF Utah, ore
having first been discovered by u party
nf nrospootofs returning from the west
ON mart Of the state. This was IN ZEE
remier. thilty-two years ago Ins dls-
,ict was organized the following spring
ma the SUNBEAM claim, (Which n on,
az the claims embraced In the unllen
Sunbeam Mining company was the llrst
IN bo recorded. This claim was located
December 18Th. 1869, and Is In tle souIll-
orn. ar Silver city, end Of The district
mo second location was the Black
Dragon located in the early pall OF
January, 1910, the third location was
made In February Of the same year ana
ooVered The ground now owned by the
Mammoth Mining company. a few days
nfter thls around was staked ont the
present Eureka Hi lodges were located
For I number Of years mining "a lnc
Tlntic district was carried on ID u dcs-
ultory manner owing 70 the poor IA
ciities for transporting the pfcdVct 10
the smelters There vas no raliroAu
south OF Salt Lake and for Ions Tine
the ore had 20 be hauled Dy team "
that place at cost OF 80 per ton'
There was however considerable ore
near the surface rich enough 70 ne
mined IN the face of almost any olil-
Guilty These rich ores were shipped 70
San Francisco. Reno, Ney, Baltimore
MARYLAND, and even TO Swansea Wales
The average ore found In those early
DAYS was not rich enough 10 pay SUCH
heavy transportation charges ana con
sequently the efforts at development OF
the district were turned 10 the orecht y
of mills and smelters In the vicinity o.
the mines. The first mill built was at
Homansville IN 1871, another Tlart was
also put w in the same locality In the
following year. The Wyoming mill was
constructed in 1879, the miller shoe-
bridge and C0pper0pols mills, In the
same year, the Mammoth mill In 1919,
the Rosevile mill southeast Of Sam-
moth, In 1872; and more recently the
present Mammoth mill at Robinson IN
December. 1893. the Eureka Hill Va 1907
STAMP planO and the Bullion -Beck
mills at Eureka in 1894, and the Farrell
Sioux mill at Robinson H. 1895. The
first mills were crude and di1 not ham
die the ores very satisfactorily. HOW
ever, the concentrating plants y, up IN
recent years proved successful the
Eureka Hill mill being one Of ne ldrB-
est combination plants In existence
This plant has been closed the greater
nart of 1901, owing to The scarcity OF
low grade ores In the Eureka Hin mine.
Ii cost the Eureka Hill Mining eunpany
a vast amount Of money but hos more
than paid for itself II Is hardly rcssl-
HE that the valuable machinery ~ the
mill will be allowed to lay die during
the coming year as there ere a numher
of properties I'M the vicinity with
enough low grade ore In sight TO Keep
the stamps continually dropping Tor
some time to come Should one Of these
companies decide to purchase The plant
lts era Of usefulness would BE- greatly
heightened,
one OF the reasons why the mills
built In this district in early lays We're
not successful was the scarcity of
water. This want was partially over
come by the sinking OF wells IN the
Homansvilie canyon and the piping Of
water from North Tintlc and Cherry
Creek Springs, the largest supply OF
water coming from the latter PLACE
The lack OF water IN Tintic has brought
about the erection Of the
MAY DAY MILL
which Is the FIRST dry concentrates
plant TO be erected In the district and
the first Of It's kind ever built, Work NO.
this plant has been going on fer "a great
many months past and the mill las not
yet reached perfection, although In.
ventor Wood expects 20 have every'huf
I'm apple pie order In less than a week
The machinery Is run by electricity
from the Telluride Power company.
line and in Instances where this kind OF
motive power IL sccurable no water /,
necessary In the operation OF the min
Two large dynamos OF $50 horse power
are uttO, lNe punt hNlHH 80 az ldNh "A
that II Is only necessary to operate ,
portion Of the machinery at tIma fl
oil dry process concentratns anu
which have heretofore been butt, thl
dust from the ore has made work yctl
hazardous. but in the May Day nil
everything Is housed IN In such
manner that what dust Is generated il
the plant Is carried Of by means O
large pipes. As this dust contains val
ues rs great as the concentrates, an 1p
paratus has been placed IN use whereof
the dust can be saved and put in q con
dltion for shipping. The mill has bCe
running at intervals during the pas
two months and has proven success
in every way. Inventor Wood above
the writer the privilege Of wltncssla
the plant In operation, and very kind
explained the many new features ahuu
the machinery That gentleman ha
spent about seven years in pertecJn
the machinery used In this plant an
In his work is backed by the crew
Mining and Milling Co. OF san Fran
cisco. During that time he has spent
great deal Of money and as this plar
Is the first to be put up, great deal {
interest Is naturally ccntar3d In Il
trial. There Is enough low grade ore /
the May Day mine to keep this cuncer
trating plant In operation for an indei
mite period. number Of mills sinils