The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30
sIERcUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Showing in the Geyser, Marion and
Sacramento.

Sacramento.
MERCUR, Utah, Aug. 29.-The report
that a mill would soon be erected by
the Hillside has no foundation in fact.
The Hillside is a good piece of property,
but is only a prospect so far and the
search Tor ore is being prosecuted as
rapidly as possible. No ore has been
found in the tunnel as yet, but as it is
surrounded by mines that are working
IN mineral, there is no doubt about its
! being eventually one of our producers.
1t joins the Mercur mine and the Sac
ramento and is right on the gold zone.
The material for the Sacramento IS
arriving daily, and every effort to have
the work completed at an early date
is being made.
Some of the material for the new
tanks at the Geyser is on the ground,
and the rest may arrive at any time.
As soon as the work of charging is
| completed the force Of men will be
| greatly increased and the mill will
run night and day. The workings in
enough ore is uncovered to supply the
mill at its full capacity for long
time
Mr.. Smith of the Marion was in town
yesterday and stated to your CORE
| spondent that everything was satisfac-
tory at the mine. So much ore is now
at hand that the mill is kept running
at its full capacity, and good values are
being obtained.
In regard to the idea held by some
that Mercur is retrograding, it is only
necessary to state that there is no
desire to boom the camp, as booming
usually does more harm than good.
Last February the boom was mostly
in real estate and in claims on which
no work had been done. The result Of
the boom was that the town was
crowded with Workmen, for whom
there was no work, and there was
more speculation in building lots than
the condition of the camp justified
AS natural result, a reaction came,
and some of the unwise spectators
lost money. AS to the mining industry
the mines have steadily imp owed in
quality and a great deal of ore has
been discovered.
Colonel Wall is at present busy pat
entin6 his claims He is interested in
quite number, some of them being
in the west foothills. After obtaining
the title for his property the colonel
VIII commence active operations in the
way Of development.
Work on the Olsen shaft is progress
ing, and it is expected that ore will
be found by sinking deep. The work
mas CCCli llION4uS S4OW4S, DUC Dis SOOH
as the steam hoist-which will soon
be in PLACES all right, the work of
sinking will progress more rapidly.
The wires for the electric lights are
being placed in position around town.
A sad case of restitution has recently
come to the notice of the people Of
Mercur. Mrs. Aldrich, mother of the
little boy who was so seriously injured
by the overturning of a hack at the
depot some time ago. has been left
in destitute circumstances by her hus-
band, who sought new pastures. She
was confined soon after the accident,
and as there was no one to care for
the three little children, they were soon
in anything but a healthy condition.
The infant died. and then the authori-
ties became cognizant of the state of
affairs. It is claimed that the hus-
band left the woman with 81, taking
with himself $27 The family has been
taken to Lovile, where they will be
cared for by the county.
r. e. Shannon paid Mercur a visit
this week in the interests of the Utah
Federation of Labor. He delivered d.
rectories and posted up bills concerning
the Labor day exercises at Saltair.
Mr.. Shannon has been connected with
the labor movement many years. He
was one Of the Kearneyites of Caiifor-
MIA and can tell all about many of
the labor movements since that time
He is for Bryan and Sewall and thinks
if they are not elected it will mean