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TINTIC SILVER JUBILEE Tintic Silver Jubilee August 19-20, 2016 EUREKA 1912 Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, AUGUST 19th SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th – cont. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th – cont. 8:00 am 7:00 am to 9:00 am 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge – Eureka Unit 111 Inflatables at the Park – Come have Golf Tournament Boy & Cub Scout Breakfast fun in the sun and cool off on the slides, Place: Talons Cove Golf Course, L.D.S Church Parking Lot. bounce house, obstacle course, dunk Saratoga Springs. Cost: $3.50 Children (12 & under), $5.00 tank, etc. Time: 8:00 am Shotgun Start. Single, $15.00 Family (Up to 6 people) COST: $10.00 per person Price: $45.00 Members and $50.00 Flag Ceremony at 8:00 am. Non-Members. Contact Mike Sorensen 2:00 pm at 435-433-1047 for more information. 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Eureka Firefighter’s Auxiliary’s Tintic Mining Museum & Auction Powerwheel’s Race and Demolition 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Auction starts at 11:00 am – they have Derby Tintic Mining Museum an antique dressing table, mine drill, East of Lower City Ballfield Museum Open Vintage Radio & much more. So, come Entry Fee: $5.00 per event. support the Tintic Historical Society at See Event Flyer for Rules and 9:00 pm their auction. Regulations for each. MOVIE IN THE PARK – Drawing for Raffle will take place “Star Wars – The Force Awakens” 9:00 am immediately following both events Movie is “FREE”, Concessions Parade Line-up Begins at Tintic High Available: (Popcorn, Hot Dogs, Drinks, School Parking Lot. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Candy) Vendor Booths at Eureka City Park and Ice Cream Social – Eureka City Park. on Main Street. See Vendor List on th SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Page 5 Presentation to 2016 Grand Marshal’s 6:00 am 9:30 am Patia Lynn Christensen 5K Memorial Firebird’s Poker Run ENTERTAINMENT Fun Run & 10K Trail Run Registration begins at 9:30 am at City Eureka City Park Park, Ride will start after Parade at “Kolbey Gleave” Check in Begins at 6:00 am, Races begin 11:00 am. All UTV’s, ATV’s, & Dirt Bikes at 7:00 am. Welcome. Country Western Music Cost: 5K Memorial Fun Run: COST: $10 First poker Hand $5 Each {Ages 3 to 11} $10 Additional. Ice Cream, Navajo Tacos, Burgers, {Ages 12 t0 17} $15 Contact: Bill Hansen 435-433-6653 Hot Dogs, Drinks. {Ages 18+} $20 Or Tony Atherly 801-231-6021. 10K Trail Run: 10:00 am Drawing for Raffle will take place during {Ages 12 to 17} $25 Parade Begins Down the Historic break in Entertainment. {Ages 18+} $30 Eureka Main Street. TINTIC SILVER JUBILEE | 2 2016 GRAND MARSHAL’S John and Brenda (Gourley) Sutherland, are both life-long residents of Eureka. Brenda’s parents were living in Eureka at the time she was born. John was born in Park City, but moved with his family to Eureka when he was one and a half years old. Both John and Brenda attended school here, grades K – 12, and both are graduates of Tintic High School. After John graduated high school, he joined the US Marine Corp. and spent a year overseas. Upon returning home, he and Brenda were married in her parent’s home on Leadville. Brenda then joined John for the remainder of his time with the Marines. Their oldest daughter, Becky, was born in CA while John was stationed at Camp Pendleton. When John was discharged in 1964, they returned home to Eureka. John was hired on and worked over the next 30 years at almost every producing mine in Eureka, until he retired in 2001. Eureka is where their second daughter, Kristi, and son, Derrick, were born. All three children graduated from THS. Brenda was hired by Tintic School District in 1974 and worked for the District until she retired in 2002. Over the many years they have seen many changes to the town. Most of the businesses are now closed as well as all of the mines in the District. Their oldest daughter and her husband are residents in Eureka and both are employees of the school district. Their second daughter and her family live in Goshen, and their son is now living in Colorado. John and Top: John & Brenda Sutherland Brenda love the surrounding mountains Bottom: John & Brenda Sutherland with Great Grandchildren in Eureka, the fresh air and especially all of the wonderful people that live here. The Tintic Silver Jubilee Committee would like to Congratulate John and Brenda for all their achievements throughout their lives We Thank You for your continued support for your community. Di TINTIC SILVER JUBILEE | 3 Eureka 1912 Mammoth & Robinson THEME: Small Town U. S. A. Eureka Knightsville Eureka was originally known as Ruby Hollow before it Jesse Knight came to the Tintic Mining District in 1896, developed into a bustling mining town. Incorporated as a city in with little money and no previous mining knowledge or 1892, Eureka became the financial center for the Tintic Mining experience. Against the advice of experienced geologists, he District, a wealthy gold and silver mining area in Utah and Juab sank a mine shaft that quickly reached a rich body of ore. In counties. The district was organized in 1869 and by 1899 became response to those who had doubted, he named it the Humbug one of the top mineral producing areas in Utah. The Eureka Mine. Opening about a half dozen mines in the east Tintic Micropolitan Statistical Area housed the "Big Four" mines—Bullion area, Knight became one of the region's richest mine owners. Beck and Champion, Centennial Eureka, Eureka Hill, and Gemini- His membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day and later the Chief Consolidated Mining Company. Saints was conspicuous in an industry dominated by non- Eureka's role as the central financial point for the district Mormons, and his successes brought him the nickname "the ensured its survival. It housed business establishments, including Mormon Mining Wizard". the second-ever JCPenney store (then called the Golden Rule Knight disapproved of the drunkenness and other vices of Dividend Store), financial institutions, local and county governmental the typical mining camp lifestyle. He decided to build his own buildings including Eureka City Hall (1899) and a Juab County model town to house the miners near the Humbug Mine. He Courthouse (1892), various churches, and the meeting places for started Knightsville by having 20 houses built on Godiva [2] numerous labor, social, and fraternal organizations. Mining Mountain. He soon expanded to 65 homes and entrepreneurs such as John Q. Packard, John Beck, Jesse Knight, two boarding houses. There were stores, churches, hotels, and Walter Fitch Sr. were important figures in Eureka and Tintic and a post office. But Knightsville became known as "the only history. In 1979, Eureka was placed in the National Register of mining camp in the United States without a saloon"; as the Historic Places as part of the Tintic Mining District Multiple landowner Knight would not permit a saloon to operate in Resource Area, recognizing the importance of remaining buildings town. and sites. Mammoth & Robinson Silver City The Mammoth Mine was discovered around the same time as In 1869, a cowboy prospector named George Rust the settlement of Eureka in February 1870. Miners rushed in and discovered the remains of old Native American mines in began a boomtown. The area was remote and the environment Dragon Canyon. By December a large claim known as the Knightsville harsh; no water was to be found nearby. The mines piped in water Sunbeam Mine was located here, and a new mining camp for industrial use, but residents had to buy drinking water for ten went up quickly as the rich mines multiplied. Growth soon cents a gallon. slowed, however, as miners were drawn away by tales of Mines in the area around Mammoth produced ore, silver, spectacular strikes in Alta and Park City. and gold. The Mammoth Mine was in production for around Lacking the placer deposits of many Utah mines, seventy-five years. Considered part of the Tintic Mining District, extracting Silver City's riches required labor-intensive hard with other communities and mines in the area, the area around rock mining. Early on, mine owners lacked capital and could Mammoth played a vital role in the mining economy of the Utah develop the mines only slowly. Gradually the city grew from a Territory and later the State of Utah. mere tent city with a saloon and blacksmith shop, to include Activity in Mammoth peaked around 1900–1910, with a a claims recorder and assay office, a telegraph branch, population of 2500–3000. The town had a school, four large stagecoach line, and post office, and eventually numerous hotels, and other businesses typical of a town its size. Mammoth stores, hotels, and restaurants. There were even two railroad was officially incorporated in 1910, but began to decline soon after. depots, as both the Salt Lake & Western Railroad and the By 1930 the population was down to 750, the town having dis- Tintic Range Railroad ran lines into town. Economic incorporated on 29 November 1929. conditions improved, and by 1899 Silver City's population reached 800. In the 1890s, just as the mine companies seemed to be locating the richest ore bodies, a new difficulty stood in their way: the mine shafts started filling with water. While the Silver City richest mines continued operating with the help of expensive Dividend pumps, Silver City began to dwindle as the more marginal mines flooded and closed.