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Show 21 Since the compromise, the town of Eureka has taken on new life and many new buildings have been erected for residence~S well· as business purposes. 57 . Meanwhile other area mining companies were ~grading their surface plants. The Centermial...;Eureka, which had begun shipping in 1886, undertook its own improvements in 1888. 48 ~72 Construction consisted of a shaft house (measuring feet), boarding house (20 and tack house (16 \0" ~ 30 feet). ~ 60 feet), b~ house (20 . feet), In addition the shaft was sunk to a depth of 300 feet, and a one mile pipe line was installed for water. .miners were employed. ~ 30 Thirty-two New hoisting works were also completed at the Gemini ~ (on the old Keystone property) in 1888. ~ A shaft house (26 x... 20 x 30 feet), engine house (22153 feet), and boiler house (21 and all these buildings were attached together. b~ S3 feet) were built, Their double compartment . shaft was down to 50 feet; forty men were employed. Tintic' s iron mines, primarily the Dragon, continued to ship large amounts of fluxing ores to Utah Smelters, as well as others out of state, including one in MOntana. 58 Tintic's colorful past seems embodied in the years of the l880s to l890s, known as the "Rainbow Era." These years have produced the legends, folk tales, .a nd folk heroes that add much meaning to an area's past. Other studies have dealtl'lith .this Folklore,S: but the likes of an Anna Marks, Hank Parish, Jack Gillin, Billy King, or the tales of the "Tonuny Knochers," or other superstitious endemic to the myriad of ethnic groups that comprise a mining camp, are all significant in one's identification with and understanding of the past. It \'1as not coincidental that the l880s and l890s would produce some of Tintic' s "classic" folk tales, for that period was one of rejuvination--the time when Tintic indeed "carne of age." Mining "to the depths" sparked a rebirth for Tintic in the l890s. Mills were erected, production increased, yet the vissitudes of the mining industry, that is, its nature of being subject to sudden economic downturns, caused the district to suffer agony as well as joy. Tintic' s ability |
