The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-13
OPERATIONS AT MERCUR.
Busy Week Among the Mines of the
Gold District.


The Mercur Mercury of yesterday gives
the following interesting news of the
Camp Floyd district:
Adamson and Hoffmire commenced
work this week on the Old Fred, a prop
erty in the Glencoe country in which the
boys have great confidence. They expect
to develop it thoroughly.
The tunnel on the Lyon group which
lies north of the Glencoe property, is now
in $50 feet, and Messrs. Durgy and Rad
datz, the operators, feel much encouraged
over the showing at present.
The boiler, crusher tanks, and most OF
the other machinery of the Geyser mill
are now in place, and it will be ready for
a trial run, probably, in the course of a
couple of weeks. The work is going for
ward smoothly and expeditiously.
A number of men have been put on at
the Marion this week. but the output of
the mill has been the same as usual. 1t
is doubtful, Notwithstanding previous re-
ports, If the company will attempt TO in
crease their output without first enlarglng
the plant.
H L. Bragdon, of Colorado, who made
his first visit to the district a few weeks
since was back again Monday. He is
very favorably impressed with the oppor-
tunities offered by the district for profit
able mining investments, and it is very
probable that he will secure interests
here.
The boys who are teaching on the Gey-
ser made a cleanup this week. They are
Charlie Armstrong, a mining man of
Ouray, has been in the district looking
at the Sunshine and other properties this
week.
w. S. Fugate informs us that in few
days he will commence work on the
Honey Bee group, which lies not far from
the Mercur mill.
Matt Gibson, of the Geyser,. spent the
first of the week in the camp looking at
ter his mining interests and swapping
yarns with the boys.
R. H. Carr, of Colorado, an associate
of Messrs. Bragdon and Smythe, arrived
in camp yesterday for the purpose OF eX-
aiming into the merits of the district IN
the interest of eastern parties.
L. A. Seaborg, wealthy Washington
mining man, has interested himself with
Tim Driscoll in property in the south part
of the district, and we expect to hear a
considerable activity in that locality
soon.
AS soon as the railroad is completed
to the Mercur mill that point will be the
scene of great activity. The material and
machinery for the enlargement of the
plant, which is now in readiness VIII De
Shipped in at once, and the work of re-
construction will go rapidly forward from
that time.
Professor Emmons, United States geolo-
gist, who is now engaged in making a ge-
illogical survey of this district, perform
ed the same work in Leadville, and his
deductions were subsequently found &c
be correct in almost every respect. Inc
result of his investigations will undoubt-
! eddy prove of great benefit to the district
Yesterday J. @. A Smythe and H. l.
Bragdon, of Colorado. purchased of Pre-
BILE and Drake, the Gold Coin group, com:
prising six claims and the COTTONWOOD
spring. The property and spring lie about
| a mile north of camp The ground is un:
developed, but the float assays from S.
| to IS, and the ledge crops to the surface
| The purchasers will commence develop
ment work at once, and are sanguine
that they will soon open a pay mine
They are wide awake mining men and
represent ample capital-just such as are
needed in the development of the i'm
mense resources of the camp. We ex'
tend to them a hearty welcome.