Tintic, Iron Blossom Mine

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Iron Blossom Mine

(The focus of this page is the surface workings of the Iron Blossom 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.)

December 1, 1890
"The Iron Blossom mine, Tintic, has been sold by Peter E. Williams for the sum of $15,000. Mr. J. M. Hamilton of this city went to Provo Saturday and completed the business by securing the deed for the property. The purchasers are H. Hefner of this city and John H. McChrystal of Eureka. This mine has long been known as a good property, and lies between the Governor and Northern Spy. It has pay ore exposed, and will be improved and extensively developed as soon as possible." (Salt Lake Tribune, December 1, 1890)

J. William Knight, in his book "The Jesse Knight Family," published in 1941, tells the following story about the Iron Blossom mine.

After the success of the Humbug, Uncle Sam, Beck Tunnel, and Colorado mines, "Mining properties in that locality became valuable and not easily acquired, and he had considerable difficulty in securing the Iron Blossom property lying adjacent to the Colorado on the south. On this property he sank a shaft, built an ore bin, and again this wizard of the richly laden mountain was vindicated in his impressions of the riches which lay hidden in the earth. His faith grew stronger as time passed on and so he continued his mining ventures."

December 18, 1908
The Knight companies included the following: the Colorado; the Crown Point; the Iron Blossom; the Opex Consolidated mines company; the Black Jack Consolidated; the Beck Tunnel; the East Tintic Consolidated; and the Plutus. (Eureka Reporter, December 18, 1908)

September 8, 1912
It is understood here that the output from the Iron Blossom mine will be immediately reduced, possibly forty per cent, and that the same program will be carried out at some of the other Knight properties. The reduction in the tonnage from the Iron Blossom and other Knight mines will result in the laying off of some men, but Frank Birch, the assistant manager of these mines, states that the extensive campaign of development work which is now being mapped out for these properties will make it possible for the mines to furnish employment for about the usual number. — Eureka Reporter." (Salt Lake Herald, September 8, 1912)

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