The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-03
FROM NIERCUR.
Operations at the Gold Camp For the
Week,

Operations at the Gold Camp For tn
Week.
T. The last issue of the Mercur Mercury
gives the following review of operation:
at the gold camp:
l. A new road to the upper part of the
camp is being graded out on the cas-
side of the gulch, in order to give the
Marion mill more dumping ground.
J. P. Sorensen, who, with others, is
interested in bond and lease on g
group of claims here, arrived from Salt
| Lake Wednesday on business connected
Herewith.
A large force of graders are now al
work on the railroad and they are
making good progress Still, it will
take some time to complete the grade.
The completion of the road to the
mill has been delayed by the lack OF
material, and the rails are not yet laid
much more than half way. A new
consignment of ties and rails arrived
| Wednesday, however, and good progress
/ lis again being made.
| Bragdon, Smythe and Murphy have
taken up their abode in the cabins at
the Bonanza, and are thoroughly pros
pecting the ground to determine the
most promising points at which to COM
mence the development work
| Don Mcguire, of Ogden, one of the
| best known mineralogists in the west
us attending to mining business in the
| district. We are glad to announce that
ne has become interested in property
here and expects to increase his hold
dngs.
A large force of men are emploved IN
the construction of the buildings for the
new Mercur mill. The new machinery
VIII begin to arrive as soon as the rail
road reaches the mill and it will not
take long to place it in position. In the
meantime, the mill continues deserted
by all except eight men, who are sink
ing to see what lies under the vein.
"A Mercury reporter visited the
FRANKLIN spring this week, and found
good flow of water, though not as
much as last week, when the water
was struck. It seems that il was a
small reservoir and was soon exhaust
ed. However, the indications are that
the present flow, which is sufficient for
all the needs Of the company. will be
permanent and further develcnment
will undoubtedly increase it.
The Geyser plant nears completion
but many little things remain to he
done. 1t will be some days vet before
the new pipe line will be compIeted
me cable for the tramway has not ar
rived and the carpenters have inst
Soiiiiieliceu WOrR on SIX more tanks
The machinery is all in place and belt
ed ready for the trial run. 1t is prob
able that everything will not be ready
before two or three weeks.
The Wine from the tunnel level Of
the Ruby tunnel is now down fiftv-
seven feet, and the last TWENTY-FIVE
feet of the work is in ore that will
average as well if not better than the
general run of ores of the Mercur
mine. 1t has been generally consfd-
cred that the Ruby tunnel was in what
IS known as the upper vein, on ac
count of the low character of it's ores.
If so, the new find would be but the
regular vein of the mine, but Foreman
Crafts informs us that the quartz in
the winze is entirely different from
anything heretofore encountered in the
mine. This would indicate that it is
a separate vein, which underlies the
present workings. If this proves true,
the value of the mine is more than
doubled.