Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-03
JESSE KNIGHTS
TINTIG SHELTER
GoldfieId Papers Call On Nevada
Mining Men to Emulate Ex-
ample Of Provo Man.
"eARCIA" OF AGE. SAYS ONE
Utahn Complimcntcd for Nlclhod APP
piled TO Obtain Relief from
"Smcltcr Trust"

The energy being put forth by Jesse
Knight in the Ttnttc distrlc; TO furnish
smelling facilities independent Of the
smeltor trust is a subject for much fav-
orable comment from newspapers pub
lshed outside this state. The people VI
the big Nevada camps have heard what
the Wizard Of Tinuc' is doing and
some Of the papers over there are
urging mine owners to emulate his eX-
ample. What Knight is doing mere.
they say, can be done in Nevada. Hero
is what one OF them, the Goldheld RE
view, says Of the undertaking OF tho
man from Provo:
Mining men in Utah are Watching
With a great deal of interest thu finish
ing touches which are at this time be-
ing put on the Knight smelter In the
Tintic district which iF expected to be
ready for business with its lead FUR
naces May J.
while the operators Of that state
were crying out against the crueltes
OF the shelter trust, knight who
dozen years ago know nothing of min
ing went TO work To build his own
shelter for the treatment OF his own
ores. choosing a site near the mines.
lie also built q railroad 10 connect his
various properties with the smcltcr,
line which the Rio Grandc and oregon
short Line had been promising to build
for IS years, At the hehcst of his
nelghhurs he has added two copper fur
naccs 10 the equipment and when COM
pieted the plant Win have a capacity
nf 900 tons daily. l will be a boon
60 Tlntc, one OF the oldest and richest
districts in Utah. which for 80 years
has paid heavy tribute to the smcters,
aud IN object lesson 10 men of many
times tho wealth OF Jesse Knight
knight is one OF the 'Garcias OF
the ago--he Is q man who does things
rather than dreams OF them. AS one
of the handcart brigade of the early
Mormons he walked the greater part
of the way from ST. Joe. Mo, to salt
Lake City. pushing cart, and ever
since has been pushing cart" of some
kind. He entered the mining field III
1896 and made his first strike in the
Humbug mine in 1intic district, d
strike OF silVer-lcad ore OF such rich
ness and magnitude that In SIX week
after the ore shoot was tapped he had
Sl5O,000 to his credit In the bank.
Uncle Jesse knight, as he is called
by everybody In Utah, is a straight
forward. kindly man OF quiet demnnnor
who promises to be the Moses OF the
small operator chatting under the feudal
system iuau2urated by The smcltei
trust. aided and abctted by the rail-
roads When he buys mine he de-
Nelops il without delay. When IL
reaches a stage Of development which
justihes Il lac builds a mill. az he has
done IN Seven Troughs; or smelter
rs he has done In Tintlc
What Jesse knight has done In
Utah others can do in Nevada. Tho
differing cries of opposition, which are
the inspiration OF the smeltrr trust,
are but bogies-myths which disappear
when the rising sun of a determined
purpose turns ON its rays. II the rail-
roads discriminate, through fear Of the
Guggenhcims and the Standard OIL ron-
her barnns, lot us fight them. One man,
Augustus Hein2e. poor mining en-
giaeer. whipped the whole Standard
OH crowd in Montana. Are the men
uf Nevada such pulling Infants that
they are content To remain slaves? Did
over they get of natures treasures
without q struggle? Are the giants who
discovered mines aud builded cities ON
the desert to turn to pigmies at sight
of Calling combination OF mere dol
lars?'