The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-07
MERcUR MERCURY NOTES.
Great Activity Throughout Camp
FLOYD District.

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The Geyser mill was equipped during
the week with a new 22-inch belt ele-
vator, and is making excellent time.
The crusher is probably the best in
camp, with the possible exception OF
! the Sacramento, and eats up ore at a
remarkable rate. E. S. Leaver is do
ing the assaying for the consolidated
company, Mr.. Jones going to the Sac
ramentO-The new tunnel being run
to connect with the Marion workings
was completed this week. By it's use
the necessity for a within to pull the
/ ore out of the mine is done away with.
/ The completion of the tunnel will en-
able the Marion mill to resume opera
tons at once-While making some re-
pairs in the upper part of the Geyser
mill Monday, Jack Blake and Otto
/ Will had close call. The floor gave
way and the men saved themselves
from a fall of IS feet by catching, one
on girder, the other by the side of
an ore bin.
Jim McEvoy returned from Salt Lake
Tuesday where he had been on busi-
/ ness connected with the Chloride Point,
/ the Lion Hill property which, incorpo-
rated only a few weeks ago, is already
producing more than treble the cost
of operating from the rich ore body re-
Gently encountered, which is growing
bigger and bigger, to say nothing OF
the immense bodies of low grade ore
! being blocked out, for which mill will
be provided this summer. The stock
which sold in Mercur a month ago for
4 cents cannot now be obtained for %
cents. The latter figure was offered
last week for 5S. 900 shal e-, and refused.
Jim and all his friends are wearing
silver buttons as stick pins, obtained
from assays of the phenomenally rich
ore being stopped.
The East Northern Light Mining &
Milling company is the name of new
corporation which will file its incorpo-
ration articles in a few days. Among
the incorpora tors are George Devon,
c. L. Dignowity and +. l.. Center. The
company own two fine groups of claims
one east of the Northern Light, the
other near the Chloride Point mine,
and we are informed that there is al
ready ore in sight on the property.
Marked improvement is reported this
week in the grade of ore encountered in
the Edna May workings. Assays yes
terday gave results as follows: $4.15
$3.50, $50, $3.50. OF course the pro-
motors, who are pioneers in that Sec
ton, are feeling jubilant. The stock
is held largely in Nebraska, Illinois
and Indiana. a. II. Mayne is manager
and superintendent
A. c. Tanner is out of luck. One day
recently while at work in the Geyser
a rock fell from the roof and struck
him on the head. laying the scalp open.
The following shift he was struck IN
the right eye by sharp stone and the
injury may result in its loss. At pres
ent the sight seems to be entirely de-
stroyed. His friends hope the injury
will prove to be less serious.
The bill fathered by Senator Nebeker
abolshing the office of district mining
recorder is not meeting with favor
among miners and prospectors. Tintic
sent in a remonstrance against its pas
sage % feet long, and Mercur made d
like protest. The bill has passed the
senate, but will probably get it in the
neck in the house.
J. B. Eastmond owns a claim at the
head of Clay canyon known as the
Gray Eagle of Gold Eagle, and is de-
week that he has cut the vein and ha.
had assays of So and over. Claim own
ers in that section are excited over the
report and believe it to be correct.
The work on the Rover continues
to give good results. The incline is
still being. run into the vein in the
east hill. where good milling ore is
found, and the shaft at the foot of
the hill adjacent to the Gold Dust is
being sunk steadily and. it is ex-
pected, will soon cut the vein.
John Weir one of the parties who |
are developing the Heron Lake, north |
west of Mahnken's ranch, in the val
ley, was a caller Wednesday. He re-
ports good showing and encouraging |
assays. and says the work is to be
prosecuted continuously until pay ore |
is encountered.
The shaft on the Ledia group, in !
the western foothills, has attained a
depth of 81 feet, and Manager Bero !
reports excellent results. On account |
of the recent storm, work has been
suspended, but will be re-
sumed shortly if the weather continues
good.
a report which is supposed to ema-
nate from the office of the company. is
TO the effect that the new discoveries
in the Sunshine are of sucn a satisfact-
DRY nature that the owners propose to
start the mill again in a few days.
The Golden Gate experimental plant
was started up again this week, and
has been grinding away steadily.
Everybody has right to make guess
as TO what this means, but we will
hazard no more predictions.
The proposed enlargement of the
crushing capacity of the Mercur mill
is to be undertaken at once, and it
is anticipated that thereafter the
dividends paid viii amount to 20 cents
per share.
contrary TO predictions, lne tahure
Of the Mercur deal has not proved a
black eye to the property. The stock
has been bullish since that date, and
is nearing the 500 mark again.
In three out of four of the prospect
ing shafts sunk on the hillside Just
west of the depot, during the examina-
ton of the Mercur mine, pay ore was
The Golden Gate let off most of their
Saturday ND no a h11t
20 or 25 men employed at the mine.