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Tintic Mining District Treated To Some Seismic Disturbances Last Night And Early This Morning‹Bent The Shaft In Mammoth Mine
The whole of the Tintic mining district was treated to some seismic disturbances at different times this morning. The first earthquake shock occurred at 12:45 this morning and was very severe‹so bad, indeed, that the houses were greatly rocked and the people became thoroughly frightened. The miners who were at work in the mines were so startled that they came out and many of them declined to go to work again until this morning. The shaft of the Mammoth mine was so thrown out of shape that it was impossible to get the cage below the 1,600-foot level. There were other and slighter shocks at 12:55, 2:00 and 9:30 a.m. Eureka, Mammoth, Diamond and Silver City felt the disturbances.
[Deseret Evening News; August 1, 1900]
Employees at Saltair say that the earthquake which visited the Tintic district yesterday morning did not expend all of its force there, for it was plainly felt at the resort about 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
[Deseret Evening News; August 2, 1900]
Shocks Of Earthquake Startle The People
Special Correspondence.
Nephi City, Juab County, Aug. 1‹The people of this city were greatly startled this morning at about 12:45 by a low rumbling noise, followed immediately by a shock of earthquake. The shock was heavy enough in some parts of the city to shake dishes from shelves. Another lighter shock was felt about 8 a.m.
[Deseret Evening News; August 2, 1900]
An earthquake was felt here this morning at ten minutes to one o'clock, which caused quite a panic among the people. Some arose, went into the streets, others lighted lamps, some were so frightened they removed their beds, while others were afraid to sleep any more. The shock was severe enough to shake beds, some children fell out, dishes in cupboards were rattled, and in the stores were knocked off and broken. At first the people could not imagine what it was, but it being felt by most everyone, they concluded it was an earthquake shock. Some claim it is this extreme dry, hot weather that caused it.
Lulu.
Santaquin, August 1, 1900.
[Provo Daily Enquirer; August 2, 1900]
Tintic had four distinct shocks of earthquake Wednesday morning.
[Provo Daily Enquirer; August 2, 1900]
Tremor Felt In Various Places, But Most Severely In The Tintic Mining District
Visited Salt Lake About 1 O'Clock Yesterday Morning, But No Damage Was Done
A few people in Salt Lake, a few at Saltair and a great many out in the Tintic mining district and around Provo and other towns in the state had a distinct thrill on the borders of the small hours yesterday morning. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 o'clock, reports vary as to the exact minute, there was an earthquake shock. The tremor was not violent in many places, but it made itself felt.
Tintic got more than any other section. The first shock occurred there at 12:45 o'clock. So severe was it that the men who were working underground with pick and blasting powder were seriously alarmed. Many of them came to the surface, and were so fearful of a repetition of the disturbance that they refused to go below again until late in the morning.
The inhabitants were startled in some cases to such an extent that they came out on the street in their sleeping robes. After discussing the causes and results of the occurrence, some retired once more to their couches, but others concluded to stay awake and see the earth in action.
A slight rumbling sound preceded and accompanied the shock. A woman from Eureka who visited Provo yesterday told friends there that she was thrown entirely out of bed by the mix-up, but there is some suspicion that she dreamed this part of it.
Manager Miller's first thought was that one of Jake Greenewald's slot machines had gone broke, but sober second thought convinced him that this theory was untenable. It is only those who play the machines that go broke, and they usually don't make any noise about it. Mr. Miller is sure that the bathing was only improved by the "quake" and he wouldn't mind going through another.
When they didn't find any burglar it was paw who said: "There, I told you it was an earthquake. Now I guess that'll hold you a minute." The vast, bubbling, Arthur Pratt census majority of Salt Lakers won't know there was anything like what the professor calls a "seismic disturbance" until they read The Herald this morning, but the preponderance of evidence is the other way. It was there for the people and if the people didn't feel it, it was their own fault.
At Payson some store windows were broken and for four seconds the "quake" vibrated from east to west. No serious damage was done.
[Salt Lake Herald; August 2, 1900]
Pavilion Experiences A Disturbance Different From Anything Else
That Has Struck The Resort This Season
The greatest shaking up Saltair has experienced since opening day was felt yesterday morning about 1 o'clock. The earthquake, which was prowling about the State yesterday, took occasion to visit the resort, and annoyed the employees there. The movement seemed to be of about five seconds' duration and the direction appeared to be from west to east and return. The building was observed to rock slightly and to indulge in a few groans, creaks and other forms of lamentation peculiar to large buildings. There was no wind at the time and those who were in the pavilion are convinced that the noise and motion were caused by a seismic disturbance‹a disturbance, of course, for which the officials are in no way responsible and which they were wholly unable to control. The most noticeable effect of the shock was upon the water, which retained the wave-like motion throughout the day and most of the night.
[Salt Lake Tribune; August 2, 1900]
Earthquake Shakes Felt At Provo, Goshen And Eureka
Provo, Aug. 1‹A slight shock of earthquake was felt in this city about 1:30 o'clock last night. It lasted only a very few seconds, and some of the people who experienced a curious sensation, as of a train passing in the distance and yet near enough to shake the house, did not realize the cause of their experience till this morning, when they began to compare notes. Some of the citizens who had not retired noticed their hanging lamps shaking, and one man, who heard the windows rattle, suspected burglars and chased the 'quake with a revolver till the thing left.
The shock appears to have come from the southwest, and was more severe farther south. One gentleman who came over from Goshen this morning reports that the disturbance was quite severe there. His clock was stopped at 12:20 in the night, and when he went out in the street he found a large number of people there who had left their houses, fearing they might be shaken down, but nothing worse than a violent shaking up of the houses and of the tranquility of the people occurred. At Eureka the shock is also reported to have been felt, but it seems to have been less severe there than at Goshen.
[Salt Lake Tribune; August 2, 1900]
Mammoth, Aug. 1--A shock that made the buildings tremble and that caused the greatest consternation for a few minutes was experienced at Mammoth at 12:45 this morning, and while no permanent damage was done, it left a large number of badly-frightened persons in its wake. The disturbance lasted but a few seconds and then after the shortest interval was followed by another. At 9:23 this morning, these shocks were followed by a milder one, but it caused no excitement. Some of the miners who were communicated with during the day say there was a slight tremor underground that resembled the shock of some distant explosion, but the story that the Mammoth shaft was shaken up and deranged so that the cage could not be lowered was entirely without foundation. Arrivals from the McIntyre ranch, twelve miles southwest of Mammoth, report the shock quite perceptible there, although no damage was done. At this point considerable commotion was precipitated in the hotel, and while the women and children were alarmed the demonstration soon quieted down.
[Salt Lake Tribune; August 2, 1900]
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