The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-04
THE FUTURE OF MERcUR.
Destined to Become the Greatest
Gold Producer in the World.

When the snow covered the mineral
ladened hills of Camp Floyd district
foot or more and Indictment weather
kept the prospector or miner within the
shelter of hamlet or city, the natural
result was that more or less trading
and selling was engaged in, and in con-
sequence mining excitement run high, and
the trains running between this city and
Mercur were daily crowded
During the past winter the town of
Mercur experienced an inundation II peo-
pie of every description-the prospector
the miner, the investor and the capital
list. 1t was an lmpossibility, almost, for
these people to get out into the hills,
and almost as hard for the accommoda-
tons OF the camp to take care of them
This naturally, caused great activity in
building circles, and the town grew like
a mushroom at night.
Now. however, since gentle spring has
kissed away the banks of snow, the pop
ulation of the town has considerably
diminished, because of the fact that in
every canyon and on every hill and noun
tain side throughout the district, the
miner is developing his claim and the
prospector is carefully examining every
inch of ground over which he passes.
This has naturally affected the bust
ness of the camp, and because this bust
ness is not up to the usual standard,
many short sighted persons have asked
the question:
Is MSTcuT losing us nOlu
In answer we would say: 1.-THE Mercur
mine is showing up greater and richer
ore bodies today than ever" and we
would ask, does the business of the
camp in any way affect the permanency
OF the ore bodies of this mine?''
The Golden Gate mine is today a
greater mine than ever. Does the de-
creased demand for peanuts and cigars
in any way impair the ore bodies of this
bonanza?"
The Marion. the Geyser, the Sacra-
mento and the Sunshine are getting into
greater and richer ore bodies every day
continuously. Does the slight let-up in
the demand for yard OF calico or a
pound of cheese detract one iota from the
great value of these properties?"
Hosting plants have been put in at
the Wonder, the Brickyard, the Hecla,
tie Golden Seals. the East Golden Gate
the Index, the Golden Gate extension
and many other properties, and work in
as possible with the expectation that
within a period of sixty days at the far
thest at least a dozen great producing
mines will be added to Mercur's already
fine array of bonanza properties Does
the thinning out of the idle crowd that
formerly thronged the streets of Mercur
in any way lessen the possibility or prob
ability of striking pay ore in these pro-
perties?
within the past few days more work
has been done in Camp Floyd district
than ever before; more prospect holes
have been started: more work has been
laid out and more money placed to be
used in development than ever before in
the history of the camp, and yet, for all
we can see, the decrease or Increase of
the business of the town of Mercur can
in no way affect, detrimentally, the ul-
innate result of this work now going on
IN the hills"
THE future of Mercur and Camp FLOYD
is assured, and every day new assurances
are being received that in their great
gold mines they will have no equals in