The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-22
Mercur Railway Project the
Most Important Feature.
NEWS FROM THE CAMPS.
PROGRESS MADE AT THE ONTARIO
DRAIN TUNNEL.
Bingham Coming to the Front as a
Gold Producer-A Healthy In
crease in the Ore ana Bullion Re-
cespts-The Copper Piant-SilveA
Coin is Scarce-NIining Notes.

BY far the most important develop
ment in mining circles during the past
week was, the fling of the articles of
incorporation Of the Mereur & Salt
Lake Railway company and the deter
mination of the promoters of the enter
prise to proceed at once with the con-
struction of the road from the Fair
field switch On the Union Pacific to the
town of Mercur, a distance of ten miles.
The contracts for the building of the
road having been let, the construction
is to commence on Wednesday morn
ing. This road will give the Camp
Floyd district what it has always
lacked, direct communication with this
city and the outside world and from
the start the enterprise must of neces-
slty, in view of the conditions, be an
unqualified success. In common with
the other valuable properties of the
district, the Mercur company will be
immeasureably benefited by the little
road. and its completion will mean also
the increase in the works of the COM
pany which is now making such a rec
ord for the district. President Dern
and the other directors of the company
are now figuring upon the improve
ments a mine and mill and will within
the next day or two decide whether it
will be cheaper to increase the daily
capacity of the present mill to 200 tons
or to build an entirely new plant.
There have been but few changes
during the week in the mining world
as far as silver-lead properties are con-
cerned Several of the old-time pro-
ducers have resumed the production of
ores, however, among them being the
Ophir Hill, which will be turning out
sixty tons of rock by the end Of the
week. The force of workmen is to be
doubled on Monday. The mill is also
in operation. Several large ore ship
ments from this property have been re-
ceived at the local smelters within the
past few days.
! Down at the shelters in the valley
ore receipts have materially increased
and the fear of a close down has been
removed. But seven stacks are now
! being operated. three at the Germania,
two at the Hanauer and two more at
! the Pennsylvania,
By the end of the present week the
pipe for the Mammoth pipe line should
begin to arrive on the ground, and i'm
mediately following it's receipt opera
tions are to be commenced on the put
ting in of the system. The enlarge
ment of the Mammoth mill is progress
ing favorably, although somewhat de-
llayed by the slownesS of the delivery
of timbers.
To all outward appearances the Eu-
rel6a Hill mill in Tintic is completed,
but within it lacks many of the essen
tails of completeness. The machinery
| is being rapidly placed, however, and
the hopes of the company are that the
first run will be made early in August
1t will be the most complete as we'll as
the largest like mill in the west.
Manager FarnsWorth, Of the Horn
-Silver, is still in the south. looking
after the interests of his company and
experimenting in person the construc-
/ ton of the new concentration and the
retimbering of the main shaft. This
work is progressing more rapidly than
for the past week or two.
Notwithstanding the continued soft
condition Of the ground at the face of
the Ontario drain tunnel, the force of
workmen is making fair progress, but
the showing will hardly be as good this
week as last Both the Ontario and
Daily are working away with their old
time vigor and the usual number of
silver bricks is being put out.
From the gold camps the usual good
news is received daily and records of
new and rich strikes are matters Of
very common occurrence. Bingham is
fast coming to the front as gold pro-
Queer and in addition to the Stewards,
which are again in operation, num-
Der of other gold properties are now
turning out both bars and dust. Yes
terday Mccormick & Co. received bars
and yellow dust to the amount of $500
from the Old Reliable and the country
to the west This amount represented
the gleanings of several small mines
and placers. Out at Mercur great ac-
tivity prevails and the development of
the many properties which are destined
to be producers continues without
abatement The Sunshine people are
still figuring upon their mill and have
made the announcement that the plant
will be ready for operation by the end
of the present season. The Uintah
mountains district is claiming the
greater portion of the attention of the
rowing element. in the mining world
and some good finds are being made.
No very great development has yet
taken place. the lOcators having tacitly
decided to hold off pending the receipt
Elof the returns from the mill run on ore
from the Whitmore claims. In the
event of their success, then some active
Ioperation are promised.