The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
ROMANTIC TALES OF TINTIC'S
FAMOUS BONANz1S,

Ore in Tintic was first discovered in
the Sunbeam mine, about mile south
east OF where the busy camp of Silver
City now stands, in the ..porphyry
country From there south four miles
to Diamond, and covering a radius of
several square miles, are more than
1000 shafts and tunnels. each one with
a history of greater or less interest. in
termingled with the past and the pres
en-a
OF the original lOcators of the sun
beam, seven in number, who gave birth
to Tintie district thirty-one years ago,
all but one are dead. The survivor of
the party is passing his declining years
peacefully at Nephi In the decade
that has passed many fortunes have
been taken from the surrounding hills
and yet much wealth remains locked
in the treasure vaults of nature The
old-timers have departed and with
them the Old-time methods. but they
left behind them a romance that hangs
always about the early days CT a new
mining country.
Some Interesting History.
One Of the earliest locations was the
Ola swansea mine, which enjoyed a
more or less prosperous history of ten
years, during which period several leas-
efS MADE handsome stakes from IFS rich
surface deposits. The nearest railway
| point then was more than sixty nj es
distant, necessitating high-grade
product, If the Lesser was to have rslv
velvet Among the men who made
money out of the property during those
palmy days were Captain Lusk. now
/ operating in Idaho, and William Gun
dry, who, after many years in the dig
| gin s, recently removed to Salt Lake
| to take life easy. These were before
/ the days of deep mining in Utah and
| a har 4
| the surface deposits were exhausted.
Two years later, however. it was again
/ located, and eventually passed into the
/ handS-of the present company. From
a few cents a share the stock rose to
several dollars, and dividends have
| rolled forth every month for the past
| four years.
Made a Sculptor of Him.
A contemporary of the Swa Z ca was
! the Golden Bell, which has long been
known as the Moore mine. Besides SEN
/ sat1onal values in gold and silver, this
! property produced conSidera BILE bis
| muth, and the owners realized a dollar
a pound for half a ton of ore shipped
! to Swansea, Wales. But by far its
! greatest distinction lies in the fact that
Cyrus +. Dallin, Utah's famous sculp-
1 tor, made his first rude modeings while
| playing with the clay in this mine,
/ where his father had a lease. His eff
! forts attracted the attention of c. H
/ Blanchard. who was recorder of the
district Mr.. Blanchard secured the
/ young man a place with a. Boston
4 friend, himself an artist in clay, ind
! genius did the rest.
Shoebridge Took Prizes.
| Another illustration of the worked
/ OUT theory occurred in the old Shoe
| bridge mine. in the same neighborhood
| Rich deposits of silver and copper were
! found at the roots of the sagebrush
and some specimens. of pure metallic
/ copper sent to the centennial exposition
/ were awarded prizes in competition
/ with exhibits from all parts of the
/ world. 1t, too, was considered worked
out, and was abandoned by the own
/ ers. 1t was relocated a year later, un-
/ der the name of the Bonanza, and pro-
/ duced a net profit of $1,000 in sinking
/ a 100-foot shaft.
! For long time the old Shoebridge
/ shaft enjoyed the distinction of being
4 the deepest shaft in the district 1t was
I then 800 feet deep, while today there
| are probably more than fifty shafts in
/ the district that have passed the 1000
/ foot mark, and several deeper yet.
Forgot They Owed Tt.
/ The success o. the Burnham heirs of
| Chicago in establishing their interest in
/ the Joe Bowers is yet fresh in the
/ minds of many stockholders, the value
of whose shares were thereby din.in-