The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-27
LETTER FROM MERcUR.
The Sunshine Mill Will Likely Start
Up at an Early Date.


Mercur. Aug. 26.-The report that tn
sunshine mill Will start up at an earl.
date seems to have some foundation
In fact, Mr. Sherman has been Iookin;
over the field and it is claimed tina
experiments have been made with tn
ore, until now the management havt
succeeded in finding the best process
/ Tor working their refractory material
I While there is a large body of ore il
sight, it is unreasonable to suppos,
! that the owners would allow it to bt
! still for any great length of time Toe
much money has been expended en- the
property to abandon it. 1t is encour-
aging to see renewed activity at the
Sunshine.
The Overland company still con-
tinues to open up more ground and
the character of the ore at present
being brought out is good. 1t is said
that parties have been negotiating foI
the control Of the property, but enough
stock could not be purchased, so the
deal fell through.
Mr.. Radditz has put some men to
work on the Eagle, and ground will
be broken in a new place before many
days. AS developments progress, own
ers of property are doing more 6ys-
tematic prospecting. and the Eagle is
no exception to the rule. Mr.. RaddftE
feels satisfied that part of the work
on the property has been put in the
wrong place, and there is now a bet
ter chance for intelligent work than
there has been heretofore. With a
strong vein on each side of him, it is
easier to locate the vein.
Two shifts are at work on the Annie
and fairly good progress is being made.
1t is the intention to sink to the 400
foot level. The steam hoist will be in
place by the middle of the month.
In the Chloride Point large body
of ore has been encountered which
averages 100 ounces silver and is one of
the largest bodies of ore found so far
in the mine. Two men are busy break
ing this ore, which is being shipped
without sorting. Mr.. Lord is in charge
of the mill building and commenced
excavation in comparison with other
mills in the district. Materials for the
mill will begin to arrive in few days.
AT the Northern Light everything is
going along in good style. Twenty of
the new tanks are now completed and
next week the full complement will be
in operation, the company at present
leaving the rich silver ores and work.
ing only those rich in gold. The Wood
FuII tuHn6l IS DelnS driven towards the
lower workings in the mine, where the
richest values in gold are found
Rhodes & Thompson are running a
night shift on the Golden Gate mill site
and crowding everything as fast as
they can to get the work done on Sme
a discovery of a coal vein has been
made by George Green near the Man
ming mimi. The coal shows up we'll in
carbon, although sufficient depth has
not yet been reached to insure an ex-
cellent quality. Work on the vein is
being continued.
c. c. Higgins returned today from
the Beaver Lake district, bringing with
him a sackful Of choice samples from
that locality.
Work of removing the old Weber
saloon will be commenced about Sept.
l and within 80 days part of the new
building viii be ready for occupancy.
The new building will be 100 feet long
by SO feet wide and will be a two-story
structure The ground floor will con-
tain two store rooms and the upper
floor will be used for hall. When
it will be one of the finest
buildings in the camp.
Edward w. Loeder was a visitor in
the gold camp this week
Business property is in demand and |
business men from various parts of the !
state are coming in. 1t is getting hard |
10 rent dwelling houses, and rents !
are going up, as is also the price of |
real estate.