Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-27
THE GREAT MERCUR CAMP
Prediction Of 10000 Population 10
Four Years
y. soren.sn TtIIs Of the Coed ana
ned re FINDS In the Prospect"
Of the district.
MrRcuR, Utah, Dec. %, 1885

mIhlNhi 0NAVi 800
To the Editors
A lew i,ems from Morour may be IN
tsrestpu to your readsrs. Ai'er s'o"t'
ing the hill for week ana msasu'lns
the snow by tramping through II day
after day, my report is that It measures
from three inches on the ,unhy siue'
Of the hills to two feet on tue norm
sides, according ~ locali,Ji that "
very cold, but not unbsnrAoly soi 'na'
the outlook for the camp 10 very goou,
men coming In every day from |i
nn,ts Of the West, and some few cap
it,lls,, OF the most snterprlting kind
even from 10 far OF a. Chicago ana
that the excitement 10 Increasing ana
good reasons for II.
sin word OF caution to your TsAu'
srs may not be Amiss; though the camp
A good and will carry n much lhigeI
population than the present nun u oed'
which isestimAlsd atffom ,sOO loE,VuVi
and will be apt 10 iuofrh'e 70 ~
10000 within the next two years hni
double that In the n II Iout yo',s.
But caution IL necessary espeolelly w
people who do not unuefttanu uluuv
about mining, or the aftul q 'lses %.
the mine promoter ana mluulo m.h !"
mining ventures.
1 may mildly suggest tina, any por
phyry dyke OF lime stone oiuli' eVeu
IL located 10 Merouf, " not hhtiy
make it, owner a millionaire 'hsusn
IL may be within speaking distance o.
n Iaying mine. IL may be sullAble ioI
bulluing material, ana YET NOT Neiy
profitable for gtli. All the latter clae,
Of ground IL taken ~, teoofueu euu
thrown on the market, In mlhlng
bonds, leAsts and other sonemos
~ make MONEY out OF ths sou
and unwAry. Tnls " now lso'.
personally known. am aware Of
several ,uoh lime stone bluns when
are now ON the market. Jopes's lltne
kiln at Hot Springs would rfoduce ~
good gold orc ~ any Of them.
Next to the hun claims now 90
abundantly dealt In, there u meat
some man owning location anu 10
o0rding notice over home goou OF
ukely TO be good. ground, but salu
ground being already taken up anu
appropriated by somebody else me
buffer sells his claim " some son ~
dividual who hnds alter tlme thai he
has bought losing law sult lntlehu o.
"A gold claim and that he has got his
experience for his money, aud SOME
BODY else owns the ground.
But after all these eraWbaekH'
now IL the time for our Salt Late
people TO get an interest In Meteui
and 10 get 10 on the ground door Ior on
invsstmsDt, that II properly mado u
bound 10 bring large returns IN
reasonable time. There IL plenty OF
ground and good ground 10 be bad on
reasonable termf; but caution anu uis'
erection IL needed IN its selection.
One OF the most Important strltts
lNtely made IL In the HstHhel, that
proves the pay vein on the east SLOPE
10 DO nj least one and three-foutih
miles wild. aud the next Of Importance
10 Colonel walls's strike Oh tho weal-
ern slope that proves payable gold
bearing orc to exist In tho western
foothills facing on TO Rush Valley,
which practically enlargos the district
to double ITS former dimensions, or still
greater Importance 10 the Clay Canyon
strike, that proves thai rich ore
exists In the districts hs wen
as does extensive low grade.
When capital gets organized aud full
fair play In the district great results
may be expected, especially when q
few diamond drills yet started TO opsr'
alto on the west slope.
Gold may be found running far out
In tho Rush Valley foothills. All in'
dications point that way. Artsaian
water may also DO looked for where
Rush Valley joias the hllls-all VI
which will materially assist In deyel'
nping the camp sud bringing prosper
IVY TO tho new State Of UtAh.
ions 4. SORENsEH.