Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-16
IIir uEit,In MN.


Ahf1 tuhulgNu In
The Chicago Record OF last Mondly
contains very exhaustive and com.
IIoacnsivc account VI Mcrcuf's golu
mines from tne Pen Of tnrir special
rurfo-rondent In this city, From %
the Nsws Culls the following;
ln May ol lsgJ six Neuttskana raid
$4,000 TOT what IL known ~ tue
dUfCur mine iu Camp Floyd mining
uiztflCt ~ this slate. They know
nothing OF mining aud tho Old timers
uefu ielt sorry Tor them. Everybody
pl.uty OF gold I'm 10. Evufy body
thought, too, that no prorss. could
ever TO devised that would make Doe.
Hible the extraction OF the gold from
Mefcur ufrs nt profit. 5Imb OF lur
ma 70 sympathetic mining men nd.
ylsud tue NebfaaEuus % let The 81, 900
go anu aunt az tnnt, because, a- they
saif, every additional dollar nut Iutl
tuu plant " uli be- lJsi, me Nrhrss.
kuus uucHI Pied the advice iu the kinuIy
spirit ;hAt promoted u, aud went
auUaI, They put sib,uIO INTO the mine
Ia a yeabf So 900 ui 1 IUTAu amalghmat.
ing plant EIIcu proved n ,t failure.
~
g." but tue NebTnskAns prtsnveFrI.
Nul huully, by tue mUHbt chance,
found the process ut orc treatment
which they needed. Since then thu
nine has paid 100000 IA diyiIenIs,
aud 10000 II distributed amor < the
BtucRnuldurs uvIy month, The mine,
~ present. Oilers iuf tue STOCK, In worm
sl,luU,UOl, hud conservative UYpBfIs
FH 0fa Al
the mill NJ ~ 100000 net, with IN.
known orc bodies yet 10 bo explored
sud uncovered.
The original claim, now called tue
Morcuf, was located by spanish
plUtpeCtOr named Ppuuidl, 10 1870
do thought IL was "a qllcksilyeF mine,
because the red cinHHUtT, which 10
Characteristic Of the MeTcur ore, prom.
leu u noavy percentage OF quickBilysr.
lie aJuu found that tue niue could moi
uu mauu 10 p.y ny any method turu
Known, "BuCkskiu" CLARK, eth a
rrsident o. tuo camp, aud Others
worked tho fuiHu Tor the silver which
cropped uui on thu side Of tue canyon
below the gO.4 yolu. Then the r.lim
Ihlssd uuill the Nebraska men oamu
lu.
VII 80 ~ 'A ~ AA"NNFii HhO,t Aul
IA W, Blown VI FrmJht, Nub., md
u.Ygl 10 salt Lake Cl,y aut gone
INTO lhu rgal estate business, PeylUu
UHi lrru % uTuggrt ana Brown a
% tst-IunlrL one dHy Joseph santa,
nov manager OF the Marion uIur al
alytcuT ADVISED Peyt0u gud Brown
I'D tuy the hlrfGur mine. Iuoy lUuaol
st tue pIlprIty, anu on smltu's uHfuf.
ace lhas luu umalgamutiyu process
cnul tr usuI successfully, they wen.
no n rurtHNa qua Induced lhtiT iueud8
.u Iulu them In thu purchase, Tnu.p
menus were JOhu Deru, grain
ehler of Fivmplt hul Hooper, H.. IA.
-lusi who Wns In toe same uu-iuuHs
t HooprG W. .. Blown, a sheep
rfurr Al Fremont, nuu JUun Hulm.
ICh, banker and bTok mauunctuTrr
at huu. co. An u them depended
Ipnu Suiu'H pucaoal experience In
ululu. o. garry uu tue venture,
A mlll WAS uu 10 auI inc uut run
|uWuurtfhfrd a IsII... ENrrumrut
Altcr tHlurm,n. only added 10 mo
uilalnty lnul Ia bU.u uJu not 10
attracted ~ auN 20, ,.u slRIItT.
uuIhuus Smitu,v no raH nu .a.eio-,
Iuysmu disguised bnI on tIBli
Hut cheap lur N,uruskBus p,uI
%. DtluD t.m ruHl tine Ou,tI. sUg
10 ittttII4 900 puylun's wlTIs,
ave were almost In utspl 0, / had
lnu q uguUrH 100 the CulcaGa College Of
Pharmacy, Gloss OF 1854. uuu vac "a.
rurmruuug constantly on some chem.
ZEAL process l.r tue ore. lay awake bt
lIght good deal thinking over IL,
The thought lhag my ttvnds WAC hau
Invested their money on my advice
would lose II bothered me more than
tHu prospect ui losing my own money.
II WAS no unusual thug Tor me 90 z /
up IN the night ~ IOt down some iGe