Samuel H. McIntyre

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As important as the everyday wage worker was to the history of mining in Utah, it was several men with experience, vision and charisma who made the mining industry in Utah so successful. These men developed the networks of mining engineers and financiers to develop the undeveloped or partially developed mining claims to become giant organizations that made money for their shareholders, and in many cases, kept the mines as a decent place to work.

McIntyre Brothers, Samuel and William

The McIntyre Brothers developed the Mammoth mine near Eureka, Utah. They purchased the mine in 1873 from the mine's original discoverers. The last reported shipment from the Mammoth mine was in May 1958 when the mine shipped 120 tons. The last reference to the Mammoth Mining company in newspapers was in October 1986. The McIntyre heirs retained the rights to the Mammoth property until it was sold to the Centurion Mines Corporation in 1993, having previously leased access to the Mammoth dumps to Centurion in 1985.

(Read more about the Mammoth mine)

(Read more about the McIntyre Brothers early years as stock raisers; A Brief History of the McIntyre Ranch)

The following about Samuel McIntyre comes from "Pioneers and Prominent Men," published in 1913.

McIntyre, Samuel (son of William McIntyre and Margret Anglin of Texas). Born Dec. 16, 1844, in Texas. Came to Utah 1853, Captain Daily company.

Married Mary Alexander July 4. 1872, St. Louis, Mo. (daughter of Robert Alexander and Mary Melvin of St. Louis, who came to Utah 1872). Their children: Samuel G.; Frank; Lapnre, m. Stella Switz; Stella, m. Capt. R. H. Allen; Earl; Roy. Family home. Salt Lake City.

Stockraiser. With brother William he is owner of the Horn Silver mine.

The following about William McIntyre comes from "Pioneers and Prominent Men," published in 1913.

McIntyre, William Howell (son of William McIntyre and Margret Anglin of Grimes county, near Anderson City, Texas). Born March 19, 1843, in Grimes Co., Texas. Came to Utah 1853 with his mother.

Married Phoebe Ogden Chase July 10, 1878, Salt Lake City (daughter of George O. Chase and Emily Marinda Hyde). Their children: June M. b. June 23, 1881, m. Frederick Carl Pern; Elizabeth G. b. Dec. 28. 1883. m. Arthur G. Hertzler; William Howell b. Jan. 2, 1887; Robert Bradford b. March 2, 1891; Margaret Anglin b. Aug. 11, 1894; Marion b. Nov. 19, 1898.

Director Z. C. M. I. and Deseret National bank. Owner and builder of the McIntyre building; owner McIntyre ranch of sixty-four thousand acres, Alberta, Canada. Engaged in cattle business. Freighter between Blackfoot, Idaho, and California: furnished the U. S. government, at Ft. Douglas, Utah, with supplies. Went to Texas 1869, returning to South Tintic, Utah, the next year with 1,000 cattle. In 1872 brought 2,000 cattle to Utah from Fort Hayes, Kan., and has followed the cattle and land business ever since. In 1875 he and his brother Samuel bought an interest in the Mammoth mine, Tintic, Utah, and gained control of the mine 1879, owning it until 1901. This mine produced about two million dollars.

June 20, 1899
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Mammoth Mining company, the company was reorganized resulting in William McIntyre selling his large block of shares in the company to by his brother Samuel McIntyre, and with William being replaced as president by his brother Samuel. David Evans was not re-elected to the board. (Deseret News, June 21, 1899, "yesterday")

Samuel H. McIntyre (1845-1930)

Samuel Houston McIntyre, Sr. (1845–1930) was a prominent pioneer, mining financier, and stockman whose career spanned Texas, Utah, and Nevada.

December 20, 1884
Samuel McIntyre, a resident of Tintic, is shown as being one of the organizers of the Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' Association, when the group met on December 20, 1884 in the office of William Jennings, outgoing Mayor of Salt Lake City. Jennings was also a former Territorial representative, and founding board of the ZCMI cooperative. In addition to Jennings and Samuel McIntyre, the organizers included William McIntyre; F. H. Myers; Joel Grover, of Nephi; P. T. Farnsworth, of Beaver; John Hague, of Nephi; George Whittemore and J. M. Whittemore, of Nephi; E. B. Leavitt, and J. B. Langford, of Idaho; and T. J. Schofield, of Juab. (Salt Lake Herald, December 21, 1884)

January 9, 1895
Samuel McIntyre, owner of the Mammoth mine, purchased a one-third interest in the Ajax mine "last night," for a reported $475,000. In return, he was elected as a director and vice president of the Ajax company and general manager. Henry Shields sold his holdings entirely to McIntyre, and resigned as a director and as vice president. (Salt Lake Herald, January 10, 1895)

McIntyre also became general manager, at which time he shut down all shipments while his crews sank a new shaft that would allow access to both the Copperopolis and Champlain properties. Shipments were to resume shortly. The new shaft was to be sunk to 500 feet, at which time a hoist would be added and drifts begun to get the ore. (Salt Lake Herald, January 24, 1895)

January 31, 1895
Samuel McIntyre was shown as president of the Salt Lake Union Stock Yards company. (Salt Lake Tribune, January 31, 1895)

February 4, 1896
Samuel McIntyre resigned his position as a member of the board of directors and as general manager of the Ajax Mining Company. The action was the result of a disagreement with other board members over the need for an additional assessment against the stockholders, with McIntyre being in favor of the assessment. (Deseret News, February 4, 1896)

August 1, 1898
"Elko Argonaut: Samuel McIntyre, a wealthy Salt Lake man, is spending a few days in Elko. He has just purchased the ranch owned by Archy Dorsey. Mr. McIntyre now owns a large tract of land extending from Halleck Station to Fort Halleck, a distance of 12 miles." (Salt Lake Herald, August 1, 1898)

October 20, 1914
The Samuel McIntyre Investment company field its articles of incorporation. Samuel McIntyre Sr. was president and treasurer, and Samuel McIntyre, Jr. was vice president and secretary. (Salt Lake Herald, October 20, 1914)

February 23, 1923
"At a recent meeting of the directors of the Samuel McIntyre Investment Co., held at Salt Lake, Samuel McIntyre, Jr., was named as superintendent of the Mammoth mine and he will also act as manager for the Mammoth Supply Co. store. For some years these positions have been held by Earl McIntyre, who now intends to devote his attention to his private interests, including his leasing operations in the Grand Central and Mammoth mines. Samuel McIntyre, Jr., for several years performed the same work which he has again taken up." (Eureka Reporter, February 23, 1923)

January 23, 1930
Samuel McIntyre died on Thursday, January 23, 1930, at the age of 84.

Early Life and Migration (1845–1860s).

Business Foundations and Personal Tragedy (1870s).

Expansion and Industrial Leadership (1880s–1910s).

Later Years and Legacy (1920–1930).

Samuel McIntyre's Ranching And Real Estate Holdings.

Samuel McIntyre's ranching and real estate holdings were extensive, spanning three states and totaling over 20,000 acres at the time of his death. After Samuel's death, various family members assumed responsibility for the ranches and mining interests until January 1998, when the Utah ranch was sold and the Samuel McIntyre Investment Company was dissolved.

Nevada Properties.

Utah Properties.

Historical Texas Holdings.

Samuel McIntyre's Estate And Business Interests.

Inheritance and Estate Status.

Mining Man's Rites Set For Sunday (Salt Lake Tribune)

Salt Lake Tribune, January 25, 1930.

Tentative Arrangements for McIntyre Funeral; Was Pioneer Stockman.

Mammoth District Developed Under Direction of Well Known Financier.

Another of the old guard, a hardy pioneer, who with his aggressiveness, his courage, his honesty and his judgment has made the intermountain country a land of wealth and prosperity, has passed on.

Samuel Houston McIntyre, Sr., whose name is synonymous with the Mammoth mine and its success, died Thursday evening at a local hospital after 84 years of life filled with the adventure and the making of the western empire. Death was due to general debility.

Private funeral services for the distinguished mining operator probably will be held from the family residence Sunday. Only members of the family will attend the interment in the city cemetery. The omission of floral offerings is requested.
Samuel McIntyre and his brother, William Howell McIntyre, gave head of cattle for the Tintic district property, which has poured forth between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 in dividends since 1872. And the mine is still producing its lead, silver, zinc and copper.

20,000-Acre Ranch Monument to Brothers.

Today, over 20,000 acres, there roam 5000 head of purebred cattle, another monument to the McIntyre brothers, who trailed stock across the wild, savage lands that separated the great spaces of the Lone Star state and the territory of the Mormon pioneers.

The old-timers knew Samuel McIntyre as a “typical westerner.” His courage was never questioned. And descendants of pioneer families still remember the punitive expedition he organized to run down the redskin slayers of his brother, Robert, in Arizona.

Samuel McIntyre was born in Grimes county, Texas, December 6, 1845. His father was William McIntyre and his mother was Margaret Anglin McIntyre.

The father, a leader among the people in those days, was a natural-born trader. His “swap” of a team of horses for a league of land, 4400 acres, was told and retold by Texans.

Father's Acumen in Barter Inherited by Sons.

His acumen in barter was inherited by the boys, as their Utah success attests.

The father, as a cotton raiser, accumulated considerable land in Texas, before the section had been ceded to the United States. He fought under General Sam Houston in the region of the Alamo, dying shortly after the birth of William in 1848.

Mrs. McIntyre was married to John Moody in 1852, and in the following year the mother, the stepfather and the three boys, Robert, Samuel and William, started the long march westward. The family lived in a house where the Union Pacific station now stands. The boys received their education in the ward schools and later in the high school and college founded by Dr. John R. Park.

After 10 years in Salt Lake, the mother and the boys decided that they should return to Texas to dispose of their lands and come back to Utah and establish their permanent residence.

The lands in Texas were traded for cattle and the mother and boys trailed the stock for eight months, finally reaching St. George, where the family settled for a time.

Engaged in Early Freighting Activities to Coast.

The boys, besides their cattle business, engaged in extensive freighting activities from Utah to California and northward to Montana. A short time later, Robert, while at work in Pipe Springs, Ariz., was murdered in an Indian uprising.

Samuel and William McIntyre moved their cattle to the ranch, eight miles west of Mammoth, shortly afterward. With this property as a nucleus, additional lands have been purchased, until Samuel McIntyre at the time of his death was reputed to own 20,000 acres, of which 17,000 acres are in the vicinity of Halleck, Nev., and the remainder at the McIntyre ranch in Juab county and at Leamington, Sevier county.

The Mammoth mine was acquired in 1874 from the Evans-Crismon interests. The mine, which had been worked for a few years prior to their trade, was producing a high grade gold, but the bulk of the wealth was from the lead, silver, zinc and copper.

Samuel McIntyre retired as general manager of the Mammoth Mining company, some 10 years ago, but remained as president.

He was also at one time director of the old Utah Commercial & Savings bank, and a director of the Intermountain Packing company, as well as maintaining several cattle ranches in Nevada, particularly Elko. He founded the local investment company which bears his name.

Mr. McIntyre was married in 1872 to Mary Alexander, a Salt Lake girl, at St. Louis.

He is survived by five sons, Samuel, Jr., who is recovering at the Holy Cross hospital from illness with pneumonia; Frank, Earl and Perc, all of Mammoth, and Roy A. McIntyre, of Salt Lake; a daughter, Mrs. Stella M. Allen, wife of Major General R. H. Allen, retired, of Washington, D. C., and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary A. Donohue, Long Beach, Calif. Mr. McIntyre's wife died in 1916.

Samuel McIntyre, Tintic Pioneer, Dead (Eureka Reporter)

Eureka Reporter, January 30, 1930.

Samuel McIntyre, Tintic Pioneer, Dead

Traded Steers for First Tintic Claims

Samuel H. McIntyre, Sr., one of the Tintic District's pioneer mine owners, died at Salt Lake on Friday of last week. He was 84 years of age and had been in poor health for several years and in very serious condition for months.

He was born in Grimes county, Texas, December 16, 1845, a son of William and Margaret Anglin McIntyre. He first came to this state when a boy of sixteen years, then shortly afterwards returned to Texas. Later he returned to Utah where, in mining and stock raising, the foundation was laid for a successful business career and a large fortune.

Having grown to early manhood in a locality in which stock raising was the paramount industry it is natural for Mr. McIntyre to have had a liking for ranch life and for a score or more years he devoted most of his time to visiting his Nevada and Utah stock farms. Even in earlier life when his mining interests were taking a lot of his time and contributing most liberal profits Sam McIntyre found his greatest pleasure in the development of ranch properties.

Sam McIntyre was of an adventuresome and courageous type, like scores of others who were ever pushing out into the frontier wilderness; he was reticent to a marked degree and had but few close friends; he was not in the habit of seeking help or advice, even when in trouble having the ability to fight his way through unaided and alone. As an example of this we might relate a dozen or more interesting stories of his more or less single handed fights with cattle rustlers, who were continually taking toll from his Utah and Nevada herds of stock, and who in many instances found that the rugged old Texan was more than a match for them. Without help he ran down and captured a number of desperate characters and then quietly turned them over to the proper authorities for prosecution.

It was his love of adventure that first brought McIntyre into this state. His father, a government surveyor and engineer, had acquired a vast amount of land in Texas and there was plenty of work for the younger members of the family and especially the sons, Sam, Bill and Bob, but when yet in their teens they were pioneering in new fields. Sam's first trip to Utah was with a party of cattle buyers who trailed hundreds and sometimes thousands, of cattle through to this section and to the markets in the middle western states from the Texas plains. When his father died he and the other boys returned home and assisted in disposing of the estate and on his next trip into Utah Sam brought with him several hundred head of cattle, thirteen hundred head of which he traded for his first interest in the Mammoth mine of this district.

This was an ideal section for cattle and consequently young McIntyre, with the help of his brother, William, devoted his attention to both mining and stock raising. Robert McIntyre, the other brother, was killed by Indians at Pipestone Springs, Arizona. He also was interested in cattle raising, the herds of stock being sent from Utah into that section at certain seasons of the year. One of the earliest residents of our own county, a man by the name of Whitmore and the grandfather of "Mont" Whitmore, Nephi banker, was a victim of the same Indian massacre. These men were killed as they were asleep at their camp on the range and their cattle stolen.

Sam McIntyre on learning of the death of his brother went into southern Utah, and at St. George, and other settlements of that locality, assisted in recruiting a punitive expedition which either wiped out the marauding Indians or drove them far to the south and east.

Not only were the Utah stockmen, of the pioneer days, harassed by Indians but they were constantly preyed upon by desperate criminals who made cattle stealing a business. The man whose interests were small and consequently closely supervised suffered little in comparison to larger cattle raisers whose herds were scattered half way over the state and even in other states. Mr. McIntyre was in the latter class because he had, with money from his Tintic mine, purchased one of the largest ranches in Nevada. This is at Halleck and included 17,000 acres on which for nearly two score years have been ranged thousands of head of cattle. The property is still a part of the McIntyre estate. In this part of the state the family has ranch interests almost as extensive and valuable.

During the early days of the Tintic District the owners of the Mammoth mine, Sam McIntyre being the controlling factor in that big enterprise, erected and successfully operated mills and smelters in the Tintic Valley, several miles to the south of Silver City. It was to serve these reduction plants and such mines as the Mammoth that Tintic's first railroad was built. That line was extended into this section from Lehi and the terminus was Ironton, a long forgotten station that was located some distance to the west of what is now Tintic Junction.

Ore from many of Tintic's first mines was hauled to the loading station at Ironton. Later the rails were put down permitting the trains to be brought into such camps as Eureka, Mammoth and Silver City. Still later, some thirty-odd years ago another line was built into Tintic from Springville.

In order to better serve his Mammoth mine and other properties in that part of the district Mr. McIntyre had a hand in the construction of what is known as the "Mammoth High Line," the first narrow gauge road on which cog engines were used, and later changed into a standard gauge line when it was acquired by another railroad.

The Mammoth mine is still controlled by the McIntyre family, with Samuel H. McIntyre, Sr., the acting president up until the time of his death.

Mr. McIntyre's wife died in 1916. Surviving are five sons and one daughter: Samuel H. McIntyre, Jr., Frank, Perc, Earl and Roy, and Mrs. Stella M. Allen. The deceased also had one sister, Mrs. Mary Donahue, now of California but for many years a resident of Mammoth where her husband assisted in the business of the Mammoth Mining company and also operated a large mercantile establishment.

Private funeral services for Samuel H. McIntyre were held at Salt Lake on Sunday with interment in the city cemetery at that place.

After Samuel McIntyre's Death

May 26, 1930
On Monday, May 26, 1930, the Samuel McIntyre Investment Company submitted an application to the Utah State Land Board for a $75,000 mortgage loan. The loan was secured against a 1,600-acre improved farm tract located near Leamington in Millard County. The company intended to use the funds for two primary purposes: 1) $48,500 was designated to pay off existing notes held by the Pacific Coast Joint Stock Land Bank and the Columbia Trust Company; 2) The remaining $26,500 was earmarked for further improvements on the land. Additionally, the company disclosed plans to either rent or sell a portion of the property's water rights to the Central Utah Water Company. State land officers began an investigation into the application before presenting it to the board for a final decision. The governor of Utah at the time, and head of the state land board, was George H. Dern, a person well known within the Utah mining business community. (Deseret News, May 26, 1930; Salt Lake Tribune, May 27, 1930)

April 7, 1946
"Samuel G. McIntyre, Jr., 69, prominently associated with the mining industry in Utah, Idaho and Nevada for the past 40 years, died in a Salt Lake hospital Saturday at 10:55 a. m. of cirrhosis of the liver. During the past 15 years, Mr. McIntyre served as president of Mammoth Mining Co., Mammoth, Utah. For 25 years prior to 1930 he served as vice president and general manager of the Mammoth Co. He was president of the Samuel McIntyre Investment Co., Salt Lake City. He was born Dec. 6, 1876, son of Samuel McIntyre and Mary Alexander McIntyre. Mr. McIntyre is survived by two brothers, Earl McIntyre, Mammoth, and Roy A. McIntyre, Salt Lake City, and one sister, Mrs. R. H. Allen, San Marino, Cal. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at 574 E. 1st South. Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Moulton will officiate. Interment will be in the Salt Lake City cemetery. The family requests no flowers." (Salt Lake Tribune, April 7, 1946)

October 4, 1947
Roy A. McIntyre became a full-time employee of the Samuel McIntyre Investment company in 1938. He had previously been a coach in the athletics program at West High School in Salt Lake City. In the years 1912-1916 he had attended the University of Utah, and in 1915 he was captain of the football team. he joined the Army in 1917 and served over seas until 1919, after which he became coach at West High. Roy McIntyre became president and general manager of the Samuel McIntyre Investment company in 1946 upon the death of his brother Samuel, Jr. (Deseret News, October 4, 1947)

December 25, 1952
"Mammoth. -- Earl McIntyre, 64, president of the Mammoth Mining Company, died Thursday morning at his home here following a year-long illness. A well-known figure in mining circles, Mr. McIntyre held executive positions in several subsidiaries of the Mammoth Mining Company and in the parent company, the Samuel McIntyre Investment Company. Born March 28, 1888, in Salt Lake City, he was a son of Samuel Houston McIntyre, who pioneered Utah's copper, lead, silver, zinc and gold mining and Mary Alexander McIntyre. In October, 1918, he married Maude Boone. Mr. McIntyre was a graduate of the old Salt Lake High School. He came to Tintic in 1910 and had held several positions for the company, among them store manager, superintendent of mines from 1915-23 and general manager from 1930 until his death. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons and daughters, Earl Steele McIntyre, Pioche, Nev.; Samuel Howard McIntyre, Montpelier, Ida., and Mrs. Mary M. Olsen, Mammoth; five grandchildren and a sister and brother, Mrs. R. H. Allen, San Marino, Cal., and Roy A. McIntyre, Salt Lake City." (Deseret News, December 26, 1952)

September 29, 2006
"E. Steele McIntyre, 87, of Eureka, Utah, passed away in his home peacefully of natural causes on Friday, September 29, 2006. He was born January 28, 1919 in Mammoth, Utah to Earl and Maude McIntyre. He married Laura Swensen on April 27, 1943 in Reno, Nevada. Steele grew up in Mammoth and attended school in Mammoth and Eureka. He graduated from Tintic High School in 1937. He enrolled in the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro, New Mexico the same year and graduated in 1941 with a degree in Mining Engineering. He served as an officer in the US Navy during WWII and served with the Pacific fleet participating in the battles in the Aleutian and the Solomon Islands. After the war he moved with his wife and two-year old son, Earl, to Pioche, Nevada where he worked for Combined Metals until 1953 when he and his family moved back to Mammoth. Three more children were born while in Pioche, Samuel and Suzanne (twins) and Pamela. He was the Chief Engineer for Centennial Development in Eureka until 1967, when he changed jobs to take over the management of the Samuel McIntyre Investment Company, which included mining and ranching properties in the Tintic area. He served as the Juab County Commissioner and was later appointed by Governor Matheson and reappointed by Governor Bangerter to serve on the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining where he served for 15 years. He is survived by his son Earl (Caren), Wichita, Kansas, son Samuel (Peggy), Heber, daughter Pamela (Doug) Latimer, Wellsville; 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; sister Mary Olsen, Frostburg, Maryland. He was preceded in death by his wife Laura and daughter Suzanne. Funeral Services will be held Saturday October 7th at 11:00 a.m. at the BPOE Elks Lodge, 1000 South University Ave, Provo, Utah where friends may call one hour prior to services. Graveside services with military rites will be at the Eureka City Cemetery at 3:00 p.m." (Provo Daily Herald, October 4, 2006)

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