The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-09
UTAH MINING NOTES
News rom 'rin,ic anil Mrcur
Mining Propsrtis
ra ueerursa

ra Mccu N'slr
So Che G,yser the ouly draw back now
seems TO be the insufficient capacity o
the crush,r. This week two sliits were
put 10 wors ,he,eon and nsa coua,quencc
the amount II ore lcschcd hos been in
creased. Matt Gibson informs us that
the tenuaee now being leaohed auiounia
to from ~ To 30 tons daily.
A. NJ. spooncr tits week secured
bond Of ninety days from rcte POI o X
on the rover and oue-halt Of the Rover
No. > and 3, and is to do forty shifts
monthly, commencing in thirty dayn.
The property includes the Old Silver
Cloud mine, north oi camp. and has q
good surface showing Tor gold Assays Of
tom So to $lOhays, it Is saii, been Oh
tanned there near the surface.
The expert who is to construct the
plant with which the Meicur company
will hereafter refine their product, is
now on The ground The plant will be
built at the min aud will be completed
as soon as possible. With it the C, m
pany not only expect TO save the cost OF
transportation and working Charge, but
also higher percent OF The value OF the
product-amoun.ing probably to from
5000 to 5000 monthly.
AZ depth OF about 100 feet in the
Maggie shaft acurious formation was en-
countered. LISA black shale, trembling
condensed mud.qnd composed principa
~ OF fossils Of various kinds. In every
cleavage the shale is covered with shells,
stemo Of small shrubs as big as IL lead
pencil, the impress OF leaves OF various
sizes and shapes beautifully traced in ia,
black back ground, and resembles fern,
and other aquatic plants. The remainl
Of what may be fish aud water snakes
can also be found. The dump OF th,
Maybe would make an interesting fielJ
OF investigation for scientific students.
John Dern, Of the Mercur, was il
camp Friday and showed MS as pretty
rptort Of gold as we have ever seen !
was from the test made on Mercu
cyanides at Pueblo, about as thick an
wide as cigaratte package, and two
thirds as long. TWAS 900 fine and wort
1882 We should like to have it tor
pocket piece.
w G.. Adamsom was over from ia
Sunshine country Saturday. Billy an
his partners are doing large amount q
work ON the Old Fred group, and hay
developed a big vein OF $3.50 ore The
are not satisfied with this, however, an
are s,ill driving the drift ahead for bett,
, pay. They have st id with that part
, the district faithfully aud we hope "a pa
, mine will be their reward.
On the Hillside, the contractors wi
;. are sinking from the end Of the old 2
. foot incline, are again getting into We
matter and Mr. schelu expects to ei
e counter the ore in two or three da
e now. II the results are as satisIacto
y as those in the gulch, where the O
u body vac Grst opened, the erection o
II large milling plant will be commenc
u in the near future.
The Tlnto Miner.
re Shipments from the district for I
week are about as follows from
as Bulion-Beck 80 carloads, from the Gle
En- ,ni carloads, from the Eureka-lIlI
to carloads concentrates, from the AIa'
I carloads, from the Sioux 4 carloa
ne from the Carisa carload, from tho
ee ! carload, from the Iron mine 100 L
r daily, from the Mammoth one bar /
or lion.
re. Framing Of timbcrs for the Eure
er lIill shalt Is going ior~ard as rapid,
ial pc sible. 1t is reported tina the
chinery Tor tie 20 new stamps Tor
ed mill Is on the way and as soon as II
IN riyes both the mlne and the mil "iil
'u shut down ana 'he "oui''o"s 10 '"e
col and the retimbering OF TIE mine 81
IL will go on together Ine 'oy-on
ne probably be Tor period OF oh'y 'e"'
'r or Two weeks
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