The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-01
TEE La cIeALE MILL.
Plans For the Jubilee Float For
Tooele County.

Ioo6le County.
Mercur, May 31.-The work of laying
the foundation of the mill at La CigaIs
will commence tomorrow, the grading
being now completed. The work in the
+ Boston shaft viii also be resumed, il
having been temporarily suspended
while the grading was in progress
The Boston shaft is now 300 feet deep
and II will be sunk 500 feet further, as
VIII also the Lillian Russell shaft At
each 100 feet in depth drifts will be run
off, and the two shafts connected the
same as in two places above. At the
/ same levels drifts viii be run Out in a
northerly direction along the vein Ia
the north line of the property. 1t is
calculated that the mill will be ready
for business by the 1st of August, and
as men viii be added to the force in
! the mine as rapidly as room is ff0tisad
for them. vast body OF ore viii be
blocked out by that time.
AT the Daisy everything is in readi-
ness Tor a mill. Nothing Will be done
until the arrival of Mr.. Benson from
Omaha, who is expected in few days.
There viii be no time lest in getting
TO work, and ii is asserted that within
the next 60 days work on the mill will
be commenced.
The owners of the Sage Hen claims,
meced work on the property. They are
satisfied the work done so far has been
worse than wasted and think they
know where the vein lies. The recent
working on the Sacramento would sug-
gest that the Sage Hen people have
been working in the wrong place, and
they now propose to sink for the Sacra-
mento vein.
Messrs. Gowans and Mcbride were in
Mercur yesterday with sketches of the
proposed Tooele county float. Arrange
ments have not yet been completed
but the float Will be such that IL win
be a good representation of the cyanide
process. On one end of the float will
be a mountain with a tunnel, at the
bottom of which a miniature mill will
be at work: cyanide tanks will be rep
resented and a model of the complete
process viii fill up the balance of the
float
Literature describing the mines of
the county and the cyanide process
will be distributed, and characteristic
samples of ores from the various min
ing camps of the county Will be on ex-
hibition. 1t is possible that a working
model of cyanide mill in operation
will be on exhibition at some place in
the city during the jubilee, in charge Of
competent man, who can explain to
visitors anything in connection with
the business.
The tunnel in the Chloride Point is
now in good shape. and the work OF
prosecuting with the Gladstone shaft
is nearing completion. A shipment of
high-g grade ore will be made this week.
ana regular shipments will be made
from now on.
The return of Mr.. Peyton from the
east is considered as settling the matter
in relation TO the mill. and his arrival
in Mercur is expected in a few days.
AS soon as Mr.. Peyton can get down
the site for the mill will be chosen and
work commenced at once. 1t is con-
hdently asserted that the mill will be
running within 80 days.
Some trouble is being experienced by
the actions of the class of prospectors?)
who make it a business TO locate on
claims which are showing up we'll or on
which a sale is likely to occur. The
claimant does not particularly care if
he has no legal hold. as he never ex-
poets to test its validity in a court of
law. He knows that possible purchas-
ers will be frightened. and rather than
miss a sale or commence a lawsuit.
the bona fide locator viii buy OUT
the alleged claimant. There is mere than
one good property lying idle in camp
Just now, the owners prefering toplay
the would-be blackmaiier's own game
OF 1reeZe-Cut, but II hurts the camp.
c. c. Higgins reports that the inter-
est in Beaver Lake district is rapidly
growing, and quite a. number of pros
pectors are coming in. The Beaver
Lake Copper company will Rave force
of men at work on their property this
week, and Bentzi & Carver are arrang-
ing to incorporate their mine. He has
control of some very valuable property
judging from samples of the ore
brought in.
At the An-ler mine, on Lion hill. the
tunnel is in about 10 feet, and a new
car and enough rails for a 300-foot
track has just been brought out. The
appearance of the work in the face of
the tunnel is encouraging.