The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08

eral as "world- heater" and gave. it to
the Sunshine assayer to have it tested,
and the next morning, when he receiv-
ed the returns, was more than pleased
to find that the samples carried values
of $3.50 in gold to the ton.
The Overland strike is of special i'm
portance, as it virtually proves the
Sunshine mine up Glencoe canyon to
the Mercur mine. 1t has given the
Sunshine end of the district a great
boost, and on account of the discovery
there will be an increase in develop
ment work in that locality; and. on
account OF it, the Red Cloud people
have put up their hoist not over 100
feet from the Overland shaft, and are
going to sink for the same ore body
THE MALVERN.
Joining the Sunshine on the east is
the Malvern group of claims, on which
development work has been vigorously
pushed during the past few months.
The Malvern shaft has been sunk to
a depth of 100 feet, from which level
a drift has been run us feet to the
south, and VIM sunk to a depth of
thirty feet. This winze is in ore that
carries values from 81 to 81, and from
every indication large bodies of pay
ore will soon be encountered. The
company has a well-timbered shaft,
and is raising the dirt by means of a
horse-whim. Six men are employed in
doing the development, and it is the
intention to continue work until good
values are obtained, and there can be
no doubt as to its existence in that To-
cality.
THE MERCUR MINE.
Leaving Sunshine at 10 a. m. Friday
MI y
started for Mercur, at which place he
arrived within one hour, for. with
Commodore Adkins as driver, no
grass was allowed to grow under the
horses fee
AS soon after lunch as possible, bee
line was made for the Mercur line, and
until train time most pleasant two
hours was spent in looking through a
small portion of this great bonanza
under the guidance of Superintendent
John Treweek.
The Mercur mine, with it's three
miles of underground workings, is a
marvel of wealth, and to inspect it
thoroughly, person should take at
least week. AS it was, time would
only permit the examination of the
Ruby tunnel ard the Ruby incline
shaft on the Mercur ledge. This incline
shaft has been run a distance of 200
feet. The incline is very large one,
being about Sx9 feet in size, and it is
run all the way in ore, and the face is
in ore; and. to cap the climax, the en-
tire workings are in virgin ground that
runs high in the yellow metal 1t is
the intention to drive this incline-shaft
onward for another hundred feet, and
possibly on to the five hundred mark.
To facilitate this work twenty-five
| horse power engine and hoist has been
placed in the tunnel at the mouth of
! the incline, and the ore is hoisted to
the tunnel level with rapidity and
ease that is almost astonishing
The system and regularity of the
workings of the Mercur mine is a
| feather in the cap of the mana cement
| The work goes on like clockwork, and
every miner knows his place. Another
feature worthy of notice is the super
| ior manner in which the mine is tim
bered. This is done in a most thor
ough and substantial manner, and the
| joining and fitting is done as if the
| framework for a fine barn was intend
| ed rather than sets for a mine
The MercLr mine, with its gigantic