Tintic, Eagle & Blue Bell Mine
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Overview
(The focus of this page is the surface workings of the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, as visible in photographs, as well as a general description of the mine, with minimal coverage of the geology and financial returns. Also to establish a timeline using sources not previously readily available.)
USGS Professional Paper 107, Tintic Mining District, published in 1919, page 207-208
The property of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Co. is about half a mile southeast of the town of Eureka, in Eagle Canyon. The collar of the present working shaft has an altitude of 6,818 feet, or about 400 feet above the town. At the time of the earlier report (1897) this mine was developed only to a depth of 400 feet. During the last few years it has been opened to a depth of 2,019 feet (ground-water level), and it is now a large producer of heavy galena ore. The principal developments consist of an old tunnel opening the southern part of the property; of No. 2 shaft, which is 1,000 feet south of the tunnel portal and 1,043 feet deep, with levels 100 feet apart; and of the present No. 1 working shaft, which is close to the tunnel portal and has workings extending mainly eastward on . the 700, 1,000, 1,200, 1,350, 1,550, 1,700, and 1,876 foot levels. The total openings amount to many thousand feet. The 1,350-foot level of the mine connects with the 1,000-foot level of the Chief Consolidated property.
The production from 1897 to 1916, inclusive, was 220,343 tons of ore, yielding 35,385 ounces of gold, 3,217,676 ounces of silver, 1,413,102 pounds of copper, 33,796,415 pounds of lead, and 22,856 pounds of zinc. In earlier years the ores taken out were siliceous and lean in lead; of late large bodies of galena ore have been found in the lower levels. There is very little copper, the principal value of the ore being in lead and silver.
From "Utah, The Land of Blossoming Valleys" published in 1922, pages 208-210.
An equally interesting and romantic story is told of the Eagle and Blue Bell mine, which already showed the need for competent and experienced management in mining as in everything else.
This mine was located and sold to Cincinnati people for $60,000, half cash, balance in six months. A manager was sent out from Cincinnati and, although the shaft was only thirty feet down he decided a mill should be built at once, for the reduction of the ore. This done he discovered that he had "bit off more than he could chew." His mine did not produce enough ore to keep the mill going. While there was a little ore at the bottom of the shaft it was soon exhausted, and the eastern manager soon grew tired, sold the mill, abandoned the mine and returned to his home feeling that he had been swindled. In reality he had been misled only by his own ignorant over-confidence.
As the mine was not yet patented, and the eastern purchasers failed to keep up the necessary assessment work, in due time their claim lapsed, and others relocated it, several times over. The last relocators were John McChrystal and Owen Donahue, under the name it now bears. The tunnel was run about 1,200 feet into the hill, but nothing found. This so discouraged Donahue that he sold out to McChrystal for a "mere song," congratulating himself upon getting even that much out of the affair.
McChrystal now went to the old shaft and sank it deeper, thus uncovering some rich ore. He now pushed the tunnel further into the hill until it was under the shaft, and here he found larger and richer bodies than those of the shaft itself. He worked the mine profitably until the big slump in silver came, in 1893, and then closed the mine down, remarking: "I'm not going to sacrifice my ore at these prices. I can afford to wait until prices come back to normal." He died, however, before that time came.
After some years of rest and then of desultory working the mine was sold to a Boston, Mass., company. They took out a large quantity of ore, then borrowed money to the tune of $300,000, searching for more. The bankers who had loaned the money refused to make further advances, and a new company assumed the obligations and took possession. The new superintendent seemed to be wasting a vast amount of the money of the new owners, for he followed a thin iron-stained seam for over 800 feet until paying ore was struck. Then it was found in immense quantities. The old debt was paid off, as well as the new one, and a new electric hoist, one of the best in the district, erected, and over $700,000 has been paid in dividends. The company has a good surplus in the treasury, and enough ore in sight to keep up the work of extraction for years.
Eagle Mine (1883)
1883
"The Eagle and Blue Bell lodes were located in 1883 by John McChrystal and Owen Donahue. These claims, with seven others, form the Eagle group, for which $500,000 was refused about five years ago. They have a record of a production of over $40,000 in gold ore and are regarded as being the best speculative property in Tintic district." (Salt Lake Tribune, September 6, 1897)
May 10, 1891
"The Eagle. -- It has leaked out that Prof. Keyes, the eminent geologist, who visited the camp last week, ostensibly for his own pleasure, was in reality here to examine the Eagle mine for California capitalists, who desire to purchase. The Eagle is owned by Captain John and John H. McChrystal, and is held at $300,000 - a very conservative figure. If the company are satisfied with the professor's report he will return and make a more exhaustive examination, and the deal - if it is a go - will be closed in about two weeks." (Salt Lake Herald, May 10, 1891)
June 9, 1893
"Rumors are afloat that work will shortly be commenced on the Eagle, at Tintic. This property has produced much high grade ore in the past, and John McChrystal, the owner, predicts that it will turn out the best paying property in the camp." (Salt Lake Herald, June 9, 1893)
October 19, 1894
"N. W. McChrystal, Mrs. John McChrystal and Gus Tetro have taken a lease on the Eagle mine. They report finding some ore on the start which is liable to run into larger quantities. This is a property from which some of the richest ore ever found in the District has been taken." (Tintic Miner, October 19, 1894)
December 1, 1894
"The leasers of the Eagle have three men on and are taking out a little ore, more than day's pay. They have about four tons of high grade ore ready for shipment." (Salt Lake Herald, December 1, 1894)
August 1, 1895
Owen Donahue filed suit against John McChrystal in First District Court in Provo. Donahue claimed that he and McChrystal were co-owners of the Eagle mine, and the Blue Bell mine, and that on June 21, 1890, McChrystal received patents on both properties from the U. S. Land Office, without naming Donahue as holding half-interest, and refusing to deed to Donahue his half-interest. (Provo Evening Dispatch, August 1, 1895)
(In late June 1896, the court found in favor of McChrystal, giving him full ownership of the Eagle and Blue Bell mines. -- Salt Lake Herald, June 27, 1896)
July 14, 1896
John McChrystal died suddenly of heart failure on June 14, 1896 while standing on the dump of the Eureka Hill mine, directing work being done on account of a sudden cloudburst. He fell to the ground and was taken immediately to a nearby cottage. He died within three minutes. He was 64 years old. The Gemini, Eureka Hill and Godiva mines were closed until July 20th, the Monday following his funeral on July 16th. (Salt Lake Tribune, July 15, 1896; Salt Lake Herald, July 16, 1896; Salt Lake Tribune, July 18, 1896)
(Read more about John McChrystal and his mines)
April 3, 1897
"Work on the Eagle mine will be commenced this morning under the direction of N. W. McChrystal. The Eagle is one of Tintic's famous properties; has produced considerable high grade ore and at one time an offer of $250,000 was refused for it. The Eagle belongs to the John McChrystal estate, and will, we believe, soon take rank among our big producers." (Salt Lake Herald, April 3, 1897)
Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Co. (1898)
September 29, 1898
The Eagle and Blue Bell Mining company filed its articles of incorporation. Officers were; Mrs. S. A. McChrystal, president; John H. McChrystal, vice president; with A. H. McChrystal and J. C. McChrystal as two of the directors. The company property embraces a group of claims and two mill sites. (Salt Lake Herald, September 30, 1898, "yesterday")
November 11, 1899
A triple-compartment shaft was being put down at the Eagle and Blue Bell mine. (Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 1899)
January 25, 1900
Although the Eagle and Blue Bell had shipped another car of gold bearing ore, the assay tests would likely prove to be lower than the 6 ounces per ton expected. The shaft was down to 200 feet, but the late John McChrystal had been of the opinion that high-value ore would be found at 600 feet. The mine was currently making a good margin above expenses, but going to a greater depth was seen as a necessary move. (Deseret News, January 25, 1900)
October 7, 1900
At the Eagle and Blue Bell, the drift at the 300-level was still in progress. With $27,670 in expenses and only $7,961 derived from the sale of ore, and to avoid an assessment against stock shares, the board of directors decided that the company would prioritize the extraction of ore, over development work. During the year of 1900, the mine had shipped 500 tons of first-class ore, and had 3,000 tons of second-class ore on hand on the dumps. (Salt Lake Herald, October 7, 1900; Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 1900)
June 29, 1902
The incline shaft in the Eagle & Blue Bell has been pushed down 600 feet on the foot-wall of the vein, and at that point stoping and drifting is being done on a body of ore containing copper, gold and silver of an excellent shipping grade, measuring fifteen feet between walls. (Salt Lake Herald, June 29, 1902)
July 1902
During July, "Mr. McChrystal will devote his entire time to the Eagle & Blue Bell, and promises a new record for that old Tintic favorite, whose low-grade ores are now to marketed under favorable terms with the Bingham Consolidated Copper & Gold Mining company, which has found in the siliceous ores of that property a splendid flux for the sulphide ores." (Salt Lake Herald, June 29, 1902)
July 9, 1902
"On the strength of rumors that a deal is pending for the passing of control of the Eagle & Blue Bell to officials of the Bingham Consolidated company, 1,200 shares in this Tintic property found buyers at from 90 to 94 cents, the latter price being the closing quotation." (Salt Lake Herald, July 9, 1902)
From the Salt Lake Herald, July 13, 1902.
The Bingham Copper and Gold smelter people are again negotiating for the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, which lies on the slope of Eureka peak, between the Grand Central and the Centennial-Eureka mines, and this time it seems that they may be successful. It is understood here that the offer made is satisfactory to several of the big shareholders, but that the consent of some of the heirs of the McChrystal estate, to whom the property belonged before it was incorporated, has not yet been secured.
In the mine are vast bodies of siliceous gold ores of grade approximating $25 a ton, ready for extraction, a most desirable product for the smelters that handle the sulphide ores of Bingham. The main ore channel, which belongs to the system that has made wonderful mine of the Centennial-Eureka, has been followed down about 900 feet from the surface, where the copper values have become a decided factor, the ores ranging around $50 in value, with occasional bunches of gold quartz that show the yellow stuff in its native state.
It is the universal opinion locally, that the Eagle is destined to rival the fame of its bonanza neighbors. It appears that the silica that abounds in the ores of Tintic, and for which producers have been penalized heavily for many years, is yet to become the factor that will bring back some of the old-time prosperity to the district. The Centennial-Eureka was purchased because of it, and other mines for the same reason have been able to secure better treatment charges from the smelters handling the sulphide ores. It is for its siliceous ores that the Eagle & Blue Bell is wanted.
August 18, 1902
"The shareholders of the Eagle & Blue Bell will meet today to ratify the sale of the company's property to Colonel H. G. Heffron, representing, no doubt, the Bingham Consolidated company." (Salt Lake Herald, August 18, 1902)
August 18, 1902
"At the shareholders' meeting of the Eagle & Blue Bell Company Monday [August 18], the action of the directors in selling the property to the Bingham Consolidated for $2.50 a share was ratified; $50,000 of the amount is to be paid inside of thirty days and the balance will be paid in half-year payments of $50,000 each up to the first of January, 1904, when the balance is to be paid; 225,240 shares of stock have been issued by the company and are to be taken up." (Boston Evening Transcript, August 23, 1902)
(The first payment was due on September 7th, but was delayed because Bingham Consolidated's president was at his son's bedside, who was very ill, and the board refused to take any action. - Salt Lake Tribune, September 7, 1902)
Eagle & Blue Bell Sold to Bingham Interests (1903)
1903
"Controlling stock interest was bought in 1903 by the Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. Duncan McVichie, president and general manager. Lands lie between the Centennial-Eureka and Grand Central mines, two of the best properties in the Tintic district. Mine shows large bodies of auriferous copper ores on the 700-foot and 70-foot levels, and is sinking a blind shaft from end of the main tunnel." (The Copper Handbook, Volume IV, 1903, page 358-359)
(Read more about Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company.)
April 16, 1903
From the Deseret News, April 16, 1903.
Unless the unexpected happens a control of the Eagle and Blue Bell mine of Tintic will pass into the hands of Capt. Duncan McVichie, for the Bingham Consolidated Mining company within the next few hours. While the agreements had not all been signed up at press time it was stated that a meeting would be held later in the day at which all arrangements would be concluded for the formal transfer.
An option has been in existence for some weeks for a majority of the stock. The basis upon which the deal is being made is at the rate of $2 per share, or $500,000 for the entire property, the capitalization being 250,000 shares. The Eagle and Blue Bell mine is one of the best mines in the Tintic district, and by men who claim to know it thoroughly, is said that the purchasers are getting it at a low figure.
The Bingham Consolidated needs the class of ores produced by the mine to blend with those from its Bingham properties.
Jackson McChrystal and brother have been among the heaviest shareholders in the Tintic property. It is said that the first payment to be made will amount to $10,000 and that the balance are to come soon. Captain McVichie and a crowd of experts recently made a thorough examination of the mine.
April 16, 1903
From the Eureka Reporter, April 17, 1903.
Eagle & Blue Bell Sold. -- One of the Salt Lake dailies of today has the following regarding the sale of the Eagle & Blue Bell property to the Bingham Consolidated company:
At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon the last signature necessary to clinch the deal was attached to the papers that land the control of the Eagle & Blue Bell company in the strong box of the Bingham Consolidated. According to the terms agreed upon, the purchasing company undertakes to purchase 140,000 of the 250,000 shares in the Eagle & Blue Bell company at $2 per share, or $280,000. A cash payment of $40,000 has been made to bind the bargain and the balance of the money is to be forthcoming at stated intervals and the last dollar turned over by the end of the present year.
Under the bond the purchasing company will be allowed to operate the mine and continue its development, paying the vendors a royalty on all ore extracted in doing the work and at the same time continuing in force the most favorable contract, as it relates to treatment charges which the selling company now holds.
J. H. McChrystal came out from Salt Lake today. When seen by a representative of this paper he said that the deal had been completed and that the facts were as given above.
April 22, 1903
"An option on 140,000 shares of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Co of Bingham has been taken by Henry N. Sweet of Boston and associates. To bind the bargain, which calls for the payment of $280,000, $10,000 has been paid. The deal, according to Salt Lake advices, is in the interest of parties identified with the Bingham Consolidated Co. The total capitalization is 250,000 shares." (Boston Globe, April 22, 1903)
December 16, 1903
"A dispatch from Salt Lake City says that the Bingham Consolidated has bought the Eagle and Blue Bell mines at Eureka. The deal was closed Wednesday [December 16]. The stock was taken at $2 per share. The Bingham company has been handling the property for a year under option." (Boston Globe, December 17, 1903)
Bingham Consolidated to Bingham Mines (1908)
(On April 7, 1908, the Bingham Consolidated Mining company was reorganized as the Bingham Mines company.)
(Read more about the Bingham Mines company)
March 22, 1909
From the Deseret News, March 22, 1909.
The Bingham Miners company, which recently took over the property of the Bingham Consolidated company, which was formerly controlled by F. Augustus Heinze, has commenced shipping from its property at Lark. During the visit of President James P. Graves, arrangements were made for the opening of this property at once. Under the direction of Superintendent John Creighton it has been put into shape and the mine is now turning out about 60 tons of ore a day.
The ore being produced at this property runs 2-1/2 percent copper, 23 percent lead and about 12 ounces in silver. The leasers on the property are making even a better showing than this, as they are sorting their ore.
Nothing has been done as yet toward opening up the company's property at Tintic, known as Eagle & Blue Bell. What will be done with the company’s smelter at Bingham Junction is still an unsettled question.
1910
"In 1910, when the Eagle & Blue Bell mine at Eureka, Utah, was in debt and with practically no ore in sight, leasers were encouraged to try their skill and luck. They succeeded immediately, and their success provided funds for the carrying on of certain exploration and development which put the mine in profitable operation that continued uninterrupted over a period of 20 years." (Salt Lake Tribune, January 31, 1943)
(Read more about the leasing system for the Tintic mines)
1915
"Electric horsepower was rapidly coming into use at the mines of the Tintic District. The Eagle & Blue Bell was making elaborate plans to electrify their hoist. A dozen other mines in the district were using electric power at that time." (Eureka Reporter, September 12, 1935, "Twenty Years Ago")
Eagle & Blue Bell Buys Victoria (1915)
July 27, 1915
The Eagle & Blue Mining company purchased the interests and assets of the Victoria Consolidated Mining company. By this time, the Eagle & Blue Bell was under the control of the Bingham Mines company. Full control was obtained by stock exchange, Eagle & Blue Bell stock for Victoria stock , by early November 1915. (Salt Lake Herald, July 27, 1915; August 29, 1915; Salt Lake Tribune, November 7, 1915)
(Read more about the Victoria Consolidated Mining company)
July 30, 1915
"It is stated that a deal has been closed whereby 275,000 shares of the stock of the Victoria Consolidated Mining Company, of Eureka, has been purchased by eastern capitalists who are identified with the Bingham Mines Company, and that this stock will, in all probability, be taken over by the Bingham Company. The Victoria adjoins the holdings of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Bingham Mines Company, and will probably be worked through the workings of the Eagle & Blue Bell company." (Salt Lake Mining Review, July 30, 1915)
(The Victoria Consolidated company had increased its shares to 700,000 in September 1910, of which 200,000 were held back in the company treasury. 275,000 outstanding shares gave the Bingham Mines company control of the Victoria Consolidated company.)
(The newspaper reports referred to the Bingham Mines company as "the Boston people who control the Eagle.")
October 29, 1915
The holders of shares of the Victoria Consolidated Mining company were reminded that the offer of August 14, 1915, to exchange five of their shares for one share of Eagle & Blue Bell stock, would expire on November 5, 1915. After that date, the offer was cancelled. (Eureka Reporter, October 29, 1915)
March 10, 1916
"The entire capital stock of the Victoria Consolidated Mining company was acquired during the year. The property consists of forty-nine acres in the Tintic District, adjoining Eagle & Blue Bell. This mine is opened by a 1200 foot shaft and several tunnels, but it is believed that the ore can be extracted more economically through the Eagle & Blue Bell's workings. The later company has installed a 250 horsepower electrically operated hoist which will permit the extraction of double the present output." (Eureka Reporter, March 10, 1916)
(This deal gave the Bingham Mines company control of the Victoria group, the Eagle & Blue Bell group, and the Snowflake group, all adjoining each other.)
June 9, 1917
The Bingham Mines company owned 89 percent of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining company, all of the stock of the Victoria Consolidated Mining company, the Tugora, the American Star, and "a number of other claims in Tintic." (Deseret News, June 9, 1917)
1918
From the Mines Handbook, Volume 13, 1918, page 1359.
Victoria Consolidated Mining Co. -- Owned by Bingham Mines Co.
Mine at Eureka, Tintic district, Juab County, Utah.
Officers: James P. Graves, president; Harold P. Fabian, vice president; with A. L. Hoppaugh, R. E. Mark and Charles C. Dey, directors. J. R. Brain, secretary; Sydney S. Millett, treasurer; Provo. Imer Pett, general manager; William Owens, superintendent.
Incorporated, March 7, 1899, in Utah.
Property: 7 patented claims, 50 acres, includes the Snowflake and Victoria mines at Eureka. Ore is gold-silver-lead with some copper, occurring in chamber deposits in limestone. Pay ore occurs in shoots and streaks of variable size, up to 100 feet in width.
Development: includes 1,200-foot shaft with 2,500 feet of workings. Has compressor, added 1913, 112-horsepower hoist, and uses electric power.
Company has made an agreement with Plutus Mining Co. for running a crosscut from the Victoria 1,200-foot level into its ground. This work will explore Victoria ground for 400 feet or so east of the shaft.
Production: 7,455 tons in 1912; 12,552 tons in 1913; 8,763 tons in 1914; 3,071 tons in 1915; 7,339 tons lead ore in 1916; a total of 66,145 tons.
January 15, 1918
"The Victoria Consolidated Mining Company, which is subsidiary to the Bingham Mines Company and under the general management of Imer Pett, shipped 263 carloads in 1917. The Scranton sent out eighty-nine carloads, mostly from the operations of the Scranton Leasing Company, James W. Wade, superintendent. Thirty-nine were shipped by the Victor Consolidated Mining Company, A. W., McEwan, general manager, and thirty-one by the Yankee Consolidated Mining Company, A. E. Canfield, manager." (Salt Lake Mining Review, January 15, 1918)
1920
From the Mines Handbook, Volume 14, 1920, page 1411.
Victoria Consolidated Mining Co. -- Owned by Bingham Mines Co. Mine at Eureka, Tintic district, Juab county, Utah.
Property: the Snowflake and Victoria mines, 7 patented claims, 49 acres, at Eureka, which contain chamber deposits of silver-lead ore in limestone. The ore shoots and streaks are of variable size, up to 100 feet in width. Copper is found with the galena.
Development: includes 1,200 feet shaft with several thousand feet of workings. Has compressor, 112-horsepower hoist, and uses electric power. Property is operated through No. 1 shaft of the Eagle & Blue Bell. New work in 1918 amounted to 2,313 feet, opened a disappointing tonnage of new ore.
1922
From the Mines Handbook, Volume 15, 1922, page 1491, 1494.
Bingham Mines Co. purchased the entire capital stock of the Victoria Consolidated Mining Co. in 1915 and the property was conveyed to the Bingham Mines Co. in November, 1917. The Victoria property consists of 49 acres mineral land at Eureka, adjoining the Eagle and Blue Bell.
Victoria Consolidated Mining Co. - Owned by Bingham Mines Co. Mine at Eureka, Tintic district, Juab county, Utah.
Property: the Snowflake and Victoria mines, 8 patented claims, 49 acres, at Eureka, which contain chamber deposits of silver-lead ore in limestone. The ore shoots and streaks are of variable size, up to 100 feet in width. Copper is found with the galena.
Development: includes 1,200-foot shaft with several thousand feet of workings. Has compressor. 112-horespower hoist, and uses electric power. Property is operated through No. 1 shaft of the Eagle & Blue Bell. New work in 1918 amounted to 2,313 feet. Opened a disappointing tonnage of new ore.
In 1919, operations were conducted on a smaller scale with extensions of 817 feet only, compared with 3,452 feet in 1920 and 5,910 feet in 1921. In September, 1921 company broke all records by shipping 18 cars, 900 tons of $30 ore in one week.
1922
Bingham Mines Co. controls about 97 percent of the outstanding stock of the Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Co. of Eureka, Juab County, Utah. "Eagle & Blue Bell Mining Company to be dissolved in 1922." (The Mines Handbook, Volume XV, 1922, page 1491, 1514)
(Read more about the Bingham Mines Company)
March 9, 1923
Of the total of 1,402 carloads of ore shipped by the mines of the Bingham Mines company during 1922, for a total return of $910,248.16, the Victoria (Tintic) shipped 433 cars; the Eagle & Blue Bell (Tintic) shipped 463 cars; Dalton and Lark and Commercial (Bingham) shipped 474 cars; American Star (Tintic) shipped 20 cars; and the Yosemite (Bingham) shipped 7 cars. (Salt Lake Telegram, March 9, 1923)
During 1922, the Bingham Mines company continued to buy shares of the Eagle & Blue Bell company on the open market, giving it 96.9 percent control of the company. (Salt Lake Tribune, March 9, 1923)
February 13, 1924
"The Bingham Mines company properties at both Bingham and Tintic showed a falling off in output compared with 1923 operation. The decline in production from the Tintic properties is largely accounted for by the ending of the Pittman silver act during the middle of the year, siliceous silver ores being a large part of the output of these Tintic properties." (Deseret News, February 13, 1924)
(Read more about the Pittman Act)
(At this time, the Bingham Mines properties at Tintic included the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, the Victoria mine, and the American Star mine.)
February 13, 1924
The Bingham Mines company reported that the Eagle & Blue Bell mine had shipped 19,492 tons during 1923, compared to 26,261 tons in 1922. The mine produced 1,351 ounces of gold, 330,923 ounces of silver, 3,228,858 pounds of lead, and 48,746 pounds of copper. The Victoria mine shipped 25,152 tons during 1923, compared to 25,836 tons in 1922. The mine produced 1,725 ounces of gold, 909,405 ounces of silver, 5,982,271 pound of lead, and 87,457 pounds of copper. The American Star mine shipped 3,099 tons during 1923, and none during 1922. The mine produced 58,911 ounces of silver with some gold and copper. The Tesora mine was not operated. (Deseret News, February 13, 1924)
April 25, 1925
"The Bingham Mines company is one of the oldest mining organizations in the state. Of the Eagle & Blue Bell it owns 97.12 percent of the company's outstanding stock, and all of the American Star." (Goodwin's Weekly, April 25, 1925)
1927
The Eagle & Blue Bell mine shipped 543 carloads during 1927. The Victoria Consolidated mine shipped 530 carloads in the same period. (Eureka Reporter, March 26, 1948, twenty years ago)
Eagle & Blue Bell (Bingham Mines Co.) Sold to USSR&M (1929)
July 1929
United States Mining (USSR&M) completed its purchase of the Bingham Mines group. (USSR&M Annual Report for the period ending December 31, 1929; Wilson thesis, page 5)
(The Bingham Mines company included the Eagle & Blue Bell mine, the Victoria mine, and the American Star mine.)
(Recall that the Bingham Mines Co. was the reorganized Bingham Consolidated company that had completed the Mascotte tunnel, as well as owning the Dalton & Lark and Yosemite groups of mines in Bingham)
(Read more about the Eagle & Blue Bell mine after 1929, as part of the USSR&M properties in Tintic)
Eagle & Blue Bell (USSR&M) Sold to Chief Consolidated (1954)
December 31, 1954
Chief Consolidated Mining Company acquired control of Eagle and Blue Bell Mining Company and the American Star Mining Company December 31. These properties, comprising some 78 acres of ground, are of interest to Chief principally because the American Star is surrounded by Chief property and the Eagle borders the south end of Chief No. 1 mine. Both of these properties were important producers in previous years, but have been out of production since 1949. At the present time no important work is contemplated in either property, according to Cecil Fitch, Jr., vice president and general manager of the Chief Consolidated Mining Co. He states, however, that some block leasing will be done through Chief No. 1 shaft." (Eureka Reporter, January 14, 1955)
(The Eagle & Blue Bell shaft, because of its extreme depth of 2,016 feet, remained as an important asset of the Chief Consolidated company well into the mid 1990s.)
(Read more about the Eagle & Blue Bell mine after 1954, as part of the Chief Consolidated properties)
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