The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-02
~ CAMP FLOYD DISTRICT.
Interesting Budget of News From
Utah's Great Gold Camp.


Mercur, Dec. 1.-Some of the miners
are figuring on a contract soon to be
let on the Mollie Gibson. The work
will be commenced as soon after Jan.
1 as possible. Five hundred dollars
worth of work at least Will be done,
this being the amount of assessment
on the five claims belonging to the
company If anything of an encour-
aging nature is discovered during the
progress of this work, development
will be continued. The Mollie Gibson
is located between the Glencoe and
the Annie. A considerable amount of
exploration has already been done on
the claim. and in the main shaft which
is 21O feet deeo, n streak of ore WAS
encountered which assayed $3.50 per
ton. a drift was run on this streak
for some distance, but the ore was
not found in sufficient quantities to
pay.
In the Sunshine part of the district
one of the characteristics, not found in
Mercur, is a quartZite ledge, which
lies from 200 to 200 feet above the sill
yer vein and all the ore found in the
locality so far, has been found between
the cuartzite and the silver vein. On
the Mollie Gibson, both of these lodges
are well defined, and it is on the same
zone as the Overland.
The Brickyard, which has been going
along slowly, while the machinery was
being put in place, is now working its
full force. The new skiff is being used
to hoist the ore so that the progress
made is better than before.
The Hecla is still working in the
same ore body, with slightly advancing
values.
Work on the Oklahoma group VIII
soon be commenced. The property lies
in the west foothills, south of the
Daisy. A 50-foot shaft has been sunk
on the property, which has reached
the ore body. Values of from 81 to
$500 have been found.
b. IT. Lloyd has some hands at work
on the Gold Coin. which lies between
the Seals and the Gladstone. Ore has
been found in this property which as
sayed $3.50 in gold per ton, and it is
the intention to continue the work
and open up the ore body in good
sha5e
Colonel Wall is highly pleased with
his West Dip property. Values rang
ing as high at $25 have been discovered
and the ore body is quite extensive.
The boys who are at work on the
Mercur Mammoth have struck what
seems to be the gold bearing material,
but il is quite a distance below the
silver vein. Assays have not yet been
d question
will be settled If it shall prove that
gold bearing vein exists below the sill
yer ledge it will bear out the theory of
the Olsen brothers, who are sinking
their shaft in the streets of MercI-.
Miner & Shafer, of the Mercur ho-
tel. have begun operations on the
Pocket, which is located between the
Daisy and the Big Flat. The ore vein
crops out here and there is TO queS-
n CfTilr z-al in farr-
days work.
The same gentlemen have also bond
ed the Lone Star group which lies
east of the Omaha, the West Side
Nos. l and and the North Star. which
is near the Cedar Hills group, and on
the same vein. Worn on all OF these
properties will be commenced within
the next few days.
The Lydia group, near the Omaha
has been leased to a Mr.. Hamilton Of
Salt Lake City, and Development work
viii soon be inaugurated.
Work at the deep shaft on the La
Cigale will soon be resumed The force
has been increased lately, and as soon
as can be found will continue to be
increased in the future. The Dlans for
a mill are almost complete and we are
informed by Mr.. Scheu that as soon
as enough ore is blocked out it will
be erected. Mr.. Scheu thinks that by
March 1 he viii be ready for the mill
and it will only be a short time until
it is built.
Burkhardt Lanner & Shafer have
just returned from a five months
prospecting trip between Bingham and
TOoele. They bring some nice SAM
pies of ore with them. and will go
back as soon as weather permits
The Mercur association No . of the
\. A. S. Z. is holding weekly meet
ings, and the interest in the work is
drawing new members. Last SATURDAY.
evening four members were admitted,
bringing the membership up to IA.
Educational exercises are held weekly
and the boys seem to be very much
interested. 1t is likely that before
long every engineer in camp will be
enrolled. It is the Intention of the
association to use it's influence to have
a law passed making it obligatory for
stationary engineers to pass an exami-
nation before a competent body before
taking charge of an engine In this
way the danger to workmen through
ignorant parties handling steam en-
gines viii be lessened- They also pro-
pose to try and have the eight hour
law extended to engineers at the mines.
who are hosting men and ore from the
shaft as the constant strain of u
hours is too much for ordinary human
beings and there is great danger to the
miner if the engineer should lose his
nerve, which is a common condition of
fatigue. The meetings are we'll at
tended and the members are Interested
in the work.