The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-11

mine investors are all the more anx-
iouS to invest in promising gold mines,
and as Mercur has a good supply OF
these. a great deal Of atseneion is be-
ing pail to this cvanfde camp.
Several heavy deals are now being
conc-dered, Win rcvspec1s of consider
able money being invested in claims
here, and active work is locked for in
the near future. Already some prop
erty has changed hands, and the new
posSessors are apparently anxious 10
see what they have
Mr.. Kellogg has returned from Salt
Lake city and will complete his first
1000 feet at the East Golden Gate
within a few days A contract for an
ether 1000 feet has been aaken and he
WIFI continue to sink with the churn
drill until that depth has been reached.
1t is expected that Captain Black will
be here in a few days TO take formal
possession and direct the labors. So
far, the indications are encoura gfng,
and confidence in the outcome is grow
ing.
p5 is expected that within the next 10
days the mill at the Northern Light
viii be SO far advanced THAI the work
men wifi be under cover. So far, the
material has been arriving too SOW to
keep all the workmen busy, but extra
teams have been engaged to freight
from Mercur 10 Lion hill, and it is
hoped that there will be no further
delay. The machinery wifi begin to
arrive this week, and lit is almost i'm
possible for the weather to decay the
work
The 40-horSe power engine at the
east shaft of the Golden Gate is being
replaced by a new 6O-incrse power plant.
This shaft is tine one through which
the ore will be hoisted to the mill. 1t
is the intention TO put cage in the
shaft, and 1T is being fitted UP for this
purpose. The force OF miners has been
increased during the past few days,
and whether a mill wifi be butt this
fall or not, things are livening up gen.
orally at that famous property.
Manager Cory of the Gladstone has
obtained possession of the Brooklyn
group Of seven claims adjoining the
Gladstone This makes II claims Ecw
under the control of the Gladstone
company Development work on che
Brooklyn will be commenced about the
18th inst.
1t is expected that a 60-horse power
steam hoist will be in place at the
Gladstone in few days, and line work
of sinking the main Shaft will be re-
summed. This shaft is now $50 feet deep,
and is said ito be one of the best in
Camp Floyd district. The shaft will
be sunk to the depth Of 600 feet, unless
the ere body is encountered at a lesser
depth. and as the company have plenty
Of money behind them, the work of de-
velOpment will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
In one of the shafts on the property,
a 30-foot vein of low-grade ore was
found last spring, which yielded as
high as S. in gold per ton, 50 that there
is every reason to believe the future
will find the Gladstone among the rich
mines of Mercur.
Work on the Geyser mill addition is
progressing nicely and will be in OPP
GRAFTON before a great while. Another
strike was made in the workings of
this mine few days ago. The ore has
a 20-foot face and assays $14 1t is be-
leved that it is part of the same vein
discovered in another portion of the
workings a short time since.
AT the Sacramento everything is
working nicely. A heavy shipment of
cyanides was made this week, and a
new body of ore has been brought to
light. 1t yields a value of $50 per ton,
bU. the extent of the vein has not yet
been ascertained.
Work has been resumed on the
Golden Seals, while the Wonder and
Hecla still continue to improve.
The shaft at the Long Birds has
ICdSllSQ d ucPlH VI 1iU 1SCl, tIlC
work of sinking is being crowded along
as rapidly as possible.
The Marion refinery has demon
strated to it's own satisfaction that it
can handle the cyanides as successfully
as any of the eastern concerns, and it
now proposes to satisfy the rest of the
interested parties in Mercur. The own
ers have made propositions to the vari
Gus companies which will no doubG
prove acceptable and will probably re-
suit in the cyanides being treated at
home
The recent strike in the western
foothills plays hob with another
theory; enc that said 10 ore would be
found in that locality. There are quite
a number of claims in that part of the
district, and the news Of the Cmaha's
good luck will induce claim holders to
do more work. The vein in the Omaha
is Is feet thick and assays 81 per ION,
one small streak giving a value of $147.
The La Cigale has struck the same
Ore as that found in the Omaha, but
the values are not 50 high.
Should sufficient ore be discovered to
Justify the erection of mills in the
western foothills, water will be much
easier obtained there than at Mercur,
as it is but a mife and a half from
Opflir creek, and will not be necessary
to pump
The Hillside still keeps driving
ahead, cheered by the reports of strikes
in it's vicinity. Without doubt the COM
pany Will be successful in its search
before long.