The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-23
Engineer Paul Hilsdale in
Charge Of Important Work
Former Sank Centre Man Recog, re
As One of the Coming Mining
Engineers of West

The following from recent issue
of the Eureka Utah Reporter will be
of interest to the many friends of
Paul Hilsdale, mining engineer, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. p Hlsda'e
of Sank Centre. The Cecil Fitch re
ferred to below is the father iii-lam
of Mr.. Hilsdale.
Announcement has just been
made of the purchase by the Chief
Consolidated Mining Co., of the con-
trolling interest in the Grand Central
Mining Co. The deal was handled
| through Paul Hilsdale who couple
] of months ago secured lease of the
property from Col. c. E. Loose and
along with his lease an option on
more than fifty per cent of the out
standing stock of the Grand Central
It was generally understood that Mr..
Hilsdale was acting in behalf of the
Chief Cons. people but this is the
first authentic information that h:
been published regarding the trans
action.
"Officials of the Chief Consolidated
Thursday stated that the option had
been exercised and that this com
pany's organization, including q
corps of engineers, surveyors and ge-
ologists, are now busy surveying the
various working of the Grand Cen
trail, preparing maps of the mine.
correlating the geology and otherwise
getting the old time bonanz. in shape
for extensive mining operations
/, which undoubtedly mean much fol
the camp of Mammonth, in fact fol
the entire Tintic District.
;, Immediately upon the signing Of
the lease the Grand Central mine wa
opened to leasing, under the directlo1
of Mr.. Hilsdale, and at the presen
time more than hundred men are
at work while the property is ship
ping at the rate of about two car
loads, or 100 tons daily.
Manager Cecil Fitch says the
Chief Consolidated Co. will procee ,
Immediately to work such ore as i.
available in the Grand Central, If
fact considerable tonnage is now
being shipped. Of course much o.
the ore is low grade in character, but
following their usual methods the
Chief people expect to do large
amount of prosecuting and drifting
and they will also devote attention
to much deeper mining operations
following downward, even below the
water level, such leads as can be
found. This may result in the open
ing of valuable ore deposits below tn
permanent water level and if so the
ore can no doubt be mined success
fully as the Chiefs organization has
pretty thoroughly demonstrated its
ability to handle this difficult prob
lem. In the main property OF the
company operations being carried on
with signal success at depth OF
24O feet below the water level.
q "For the time being the Grand
Central mine Will be operated from
it's present base but all office work
will be handled at the main property
of the company on the Eureka side o
the mountain.
Manager Cecil Fitch says that the
system of leasing that has beer
working out so satisfactorily in the
moin property of his company will
be adopted, without the slightes
change, in the Grand Central work
ings. This means a most liberal ar
ra9ge~ >ent whereby leases are given
the advantages of an organization
that it has taken the Chief people
many years to perfect; and it alsr
means thatNthe earnings of the men
operating these leases are not Limit
ed, and further, through the system
of paying footage, the burden OF
prospecting new ground is carried BY
the mining company. In no other
mine in the western country have tn
leases been give such splendid treat
;nent.
"Paul Hilsdale, a mining engineer
of considerable prominence in this
\ state, will have direct charge of the
Grand Central affairs and the Chief
Consolidated company is particularly
fortunate in having an engineer Sc
well qualified for the work at hand
Mr.. Hilsdale holds the same ad-
vanced ideas as the Chief Cons. Of
4 ficiaIs, regarding modern nine op-
Grafton.
| "The claims which are embraced
in the Grand Central company were
located in the early sos but the first
real development campaign did not
start until July 18th, 1895. when
Col. Loose, who had acquitted the
ground by purchase associated with
him Patrick j. Donnelly of Eureka
and started the work of sinking the
main shaft. Previous to that time
the only work had been in the fail