The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-19

on in the mineral area of the camp,
may be classified in three divisions
producing mines, mines which have de-
veloped ore and shown that they viii
soon be producing, and claims on which
active development work is being done
with every indication of approaching
success.
Under the peculiar conditions that
exist at Mercur it is almost impossible
for a mine to fail if proper depth is
attained. In other camps, where the
veins are perpendicular or at a steep
angle, it is largely conjectural whether
the workings will connect with the
vein, whether the vein is continuous,
or whether, if it is continuous, it will
carry values enough to justify working
it after the VEN is uncovered. In Mer-
cur the vein is nearly horizontal, it's
angle is well known, its continuity is
established beyond question, and wher-
ever found it carries gold.
Classifying the work now in progress.
the Mercur. Marion, Geyser, Sacra-
mento and Sunshine belong to the first
or producing class. The Mercur pays
a regular monthly dividend of S25, 600.
The income of the others is unknown,
but they are treating ore regularly.
WONDERS OF THE GOLDEN
GATE"
The Golden Gate, while not produce
ing an ounce of gold, has been de-
Veloped and its ore bodies blocked out
until 1t probably has more gold visible
In the form of ore than has any other
mine in the United States. if not in
the world. 1t may be said, on the
authority of experts who have seen
for themselves, that the Golden Gate
has more than two miles of under
ground development, all through ore
which is worth from SIS to nearly
$1,000 a ton. The vein is an enormous
deposit, attaining a thickness Of
seventy-two feet in some places. When
one calculates the money that is re-
presented in such a vein, underlying
700 acres of ground owned by one
man, he begins 10 realize something OF
the possibilities of a camp where this
same vein is known to exist for at
least ten miles IN each direction, with
its outer limits yet to be defined. 1t is
said, and accepted as true, that the
Golden Gate mine already has ore to
the value of $10000,000 in sight, and it
is known that the owner of the mine
Captain ]. r. De Lamar, now living in
New York, refused to consider an Of
fer of 100000 for it. He is experiment.
ing, with a view of determining the
best process for the treatment of tine
arsenical ores and with view of saw
ing the arsenic. a mill has been or
dered built with a minimum capacity of
500 tons daily.
The mines which are being developed
on an active scale and with the assur-
ance of ore enough to justify milling
operations before very long, are the
Eagle, Rover, East Golden Gate. Her
schel, Annie, Northern Light, the Can
non, Hecla, Viking and Brickyard
Possibly there are one or two others
whose operations deserve mention In
this second class. The length of the
list shows what may be expected In
the way of gold output from the dis
trict before the present season closes.
Practically the amount will be limited
only by the means Of the mine owners
and their ability to bring the ore to the
surface and provide milling plants for
it
George H. Robinson, general manager
of all the properties owned by Cap
tain ]. r. De Lamar, is unquestion-
ably the best-informed expert interest,"