Tintic, Mountain View Mining Co. (1924)

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This page was last updated on March 1, 2026.

(The focus of this page is the surface workings of the mines of the Mountain View Mining company of 1924, as visible in photographs, as well as a general description of the mines, with minimal coverage of the geology and financial returns. Also to establish a timeline using sources not previously readily available.)

Mountain View Mining Company (1924)

(The Mountain View story continues with the Yankee Consolidated Mining company)

(A second Mountain View Mining company was organized by the Dern interests in July 1924 by the consolidation of their Uncle Sam and May Day mines.)

(John Dern passed away on January 3, 1922, at age 71)

(Read more about the Mountain View Mining company of 1924)

(This Mountain View Mining company was the second company by that name, and was the result of the consolidation by the Dern interests of their Uncle Sam and May Day companies. This second Mountain View company came into existance on July 18, 1924.)

(The original Mountain View Mining and Milling company, as part of the Yankee Consolidated Mining company, was controlled by the International Smelting company after 1925, but due to large numbers of outstanding minority shares, company stock continued to be listed on the Salt Lake Stock Exchange.)

(Although controlled by Anaconda's International Smelting company, as late as 1927 the Mountain View continued to be operated as a separate company, with assessments and delinquency notices for stockholders. Such assessments and delinquency notices were the method used to reduce the number of minority stockholders.)

February 5, 1926
"The Mountain View Milling company, operating the May Day and Uncle Sam mines, reported it had produced 1506 tons, yielding 126 ounces gold, 12,809 ounces silver, 473,881 pounds of lead, 2030 pounds copper and 132,447 pounds zinc. The cash return was $22,941.39, but expenditures for the year totaled $37,196.93. It is explained that the company is prospecting at depth." (Salt Lake Tribune, February 5, 1926)

Mountain View Controlled by International Smelting (1927)

"In 1927, International purchased control of the Mountain View Mining Co. in the main Tintic district, which was an earlier consolidation of the May Day and Uncle Sam properties." (USGS PP 1024, page 155)

January 28, 1927
From the Deseret News, January 28, 1927.

The International Smelting company, a subsidiary of the Anaconda Copper company, Friday [January 28] bought control of the Yankee Consolidated Mining company from the Mountain View Mining company, it was learned. The deal was completed at a meeting of directors and stockholders of the Yankee and Mountain View mining companies this morning.

At the same time the International acquired all treasury stock of the Mountain View Mining company at 20 cents per share.

The action today completes a deal which was started a little more than a year ago, when the Yankee and old Uncle Sam properties were consolidated into the Mountain View. At that time the International acquired a lease and option on the properties and inaugurated an extensive development campaign which they have continued up to the present time.

Recent reports from Eureka state that important showings which should have considerable bearing on the future development have been opened up in the Yankee.

At conclusion of today's deal, J. O. Elton, manager of the International Smelting company, was elected president of the Yankee and J. C. Dick, vice president. A. E. Hunter, was elected secretary, A. B. Hartwick, secretary and B. H. Howell, director.

(The former May Day and Uncle Sam mines, under the name of the Mountain View company, continued in limited production, being operated by leasers who paid a royalty to International Smelting for the ore they extracted and shipped to a smelter. There were regular reports of ore being shipped in 1940 and 1941, then again in 1957 and 1958.)

(During June 1958, the leasers working in the former Yankee and May Day mines shipped 60 tons from each of the two mines during the month. -- Eureka Reporter, July 4, 1958)

(In a move to clean up its holdings in the Tintic district, in March 1963, Anaconda, through its International Smelting company subsidiary, "de-listed" the stock of the Big Hill, Mountain View, and Swansea Consolidated companies from the Salt Lake Stock Exchange. The reason for this was that Anaconda had purchased the last of the outstanding minority shares of the three companies.)

Mountain View Merged With North Lily (1976)

(The Mountain View company was among the 16 companies in the Tintic district controlled by Anaconda Copper. In 1976, Anaconda proposed to merge with all 16 companies. The merger was approved by stockholders in Nobember 1976, but various law suis delayed the final completion until May 1980. In the meantime, in January 1977, Anaconda itself became a subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield.)

August 21, 1976
Although the Mountain View Mining company had been controlled by International Smelting since 1927, the company itself continued because of the blocks of minority shares of stock that still existed. In August 1976, Anaconda proposed to merge all of its owned and controlled companies in the Tintic district, into a new single company to be called the North Lily Mining company, taking its name from the existing company. (Deseret News, August 21, 1976)

November 19, 1976
The stockholders of 16 of the 17 companies controlled by Anaconda voted to approve the merger into the North Lily Mining company. The holdout was the 16 percent of stockholders of the Dragon Consolidated Mining company who voted against the merger. (Deseret News, November 19, 1976)

(In January 1977, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) purchased the all interests of Anaconda Copper Mining Company.)

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