The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-19
GOOD FOR THE WESTERN.
Mr. Bennett's Circular ON the Camp
Floyd Cold District.

The Rio Grande Western is an enter
prising road. and much of its popular
ity is due to Mr.. Benefits broad views.
That gentleman realizes that the pros
perity Of his road is bound up in the
general prosperity of the territory, and
that whatever helps Utah helps the
Western. Although his road does not
tap Mercur, and will get no direct ben
elt from its development, Mr.. Bennett
takes a lively interest in the camp, and
yesterday issued the following circular
on the Camp Floyd gold district to
agents of the road, to enable them to
answer any inquiries concerning it:
Lewiston, Utah, better known as the
Camp Floyd district, the scene of the
recent gold discoveries, is developing
into a veritable bonanza camp
The district is located about fifteen
miles from Lehi. a local station on the
Rio Grande Western railway main line.
but most of the travel is coming to
Salt Lake city.
The camp is not a new one, as under
lying the gold-bearing rock, which is
generally conceded to be a sedimentary
formg ton, is found silver-bearing
vein, from which, number of years
ago, large quantities of high grade sill
Yer ore were mined and shipped
The gold, supposed to be mainly in
a chloride state. is found in a blanket
Vein of lime and shale which has been
already traced for a distance Of ten
miles. Enthusiastic experts and
mineralogists claim that the belt ex-
tends over the Wasatch range and to
within few miles of Lehi city. The
correctness Of these statements can
only be attested by future develop
ments. Suffice il to say herein that
the gold vein has been found in un-
limited quantities throughout the belt
extending from Ophir to Camp Floyd
BY the use of the cyanide process the
gold is extracted at a cost of $500 to
$500 per ton, including all expense OF
labor and milling. and when consider
Ing the fact that the ore averages
$500 per tOn.a handsome net profit OF
from $500 TO S1400 accIues to the pro-
ducer. This is the greatest gold strike
of the age and when taking into con-
siderston that the area Of the gold
field is entirely predetermined, await
ing the investigation of prospector and
miner, the natural result must be a
boom of gigantic proportions, and
latteriy wealth to the early Corners
The camp is now in its infancy
The NIercur mine and mill which
recently sold to a Colorado syndicate
for $3.50. 200. is turning out 100 tons OF
ore per diem, which means prof.
OF $4,000 to $4,000 per month. By
measurement at the rate of 100 ton,
per day the Mercur property can pro
duce the same quality of ore fol
twenty years. But, as I said before
nothing but future development car
say but that the ore body will tax thu
capacity of the Mercur mill for fifty
years or even one hundred years.
The Marion claim on the adjoining
hill is almost as valuable, and a large
syndicate is now examining the pro
perry with view to its purchase.
So confident are experienced miner:
and experts that the most valuable
body Of collaborating ore ever dis
covered lies in this belt from Ophir tt
the Wasatch mountains, cut only b.
the Oquirrh range and the great Utal
Lake. that success TO the prospecto
and miner seems to be assured.
Yours truly
J. H. BENNETT. G. P. & T. A.