The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
LATEST FROM MERcUR.
Review of Operations at the Great
Gold Ca1nD.

Gold Camp.
/ Mercur, Dec. 5.-The report that on
or the other mines in Mercur has rul
out of ore seems to be a periodical af
fair, and is usually sprung by some on
! unacquainted with the vast ore hodie
| existing in the district. Those ac
| qualnted with the camp are aware o
the fact, that instead of working gu
the vein, the producing mines arr
opening up large bodies of ore, the ex
istence of which was unsupported
previously. In the Mercur mine, where
two years ago the vein was supposed
to be worked out, all through the sum
mer a large open cut was worked, an(
| thousands of tons of ore run through
the mill. 1t was only the approach o.
cold weather which caused a cessation
of work on the hill side, and a transfer
of the men underground.
In the Sacramento, a large open cut
has been worked, showing the vein tc
be 20 feet thick and of good milling
values. Within the last few months
the Mercur found a vein lower than any
previously worked and although a
shaft has been sunk into it a distance
Of 90 feet the footwall has not yet been
reached. The experience at the Brick
yard has been similar, one vein being
found underlying the others.
The same conditions exist in the
Geyser- Marion. 1t was reported, as
much as two years ago, that the Marion
company had worked out their ORE but
since that time, the extraction has gone
steadily forward, with no more reason
to believe the ore was exhausted than
it was in the beginning.
In the West Geyser, a large body of
ore was opened UP last spring which
&c
ing the summer drifts were run in diff
ferent directions in the vein and seven
shafts sunk on the vein in the way of
exploration, and it was found the vein
was So feet thick and of good milling
value. What ore was taken out dur
ing the summer was hauled to the mill
by team.
Since the approach of cold weather,
this part of the programme was dis
continued, and a tunnel was COM
menced at the mill about so feet below
the old workings to tap the large ore
body in the West Geyser. IT these
tunnels, before proceeding far a nice
body of ore was discovered which is
being run through the mill, in short,
to use the words of one of the officers
of the company, there is five times as
much ore in sight at the Geyser-
Marion, than there was q year ago"
To the initiated there are TO fears en-
tertained as to the value of the prop
erty, and the report Of lack of ore
only causes a smile.
From the way claim owners are
rustling 20 complete their assessments
there will not be many claims in the
district open for location on the first
of January.
Considerable interest is taken in the
movements of Colonel Wall, in rela-
ton to the Hecla- His experience in
the district, and his luck in locating
the vein, added to mis- knowledge of the
ground around the Hecla, makes it
apparently a sure thing that he will
succeed in locating the vein, where
others have failed. 1t is expected that
work will be inaugurated some time
this week.
At the Seals the work is going stead
lily ahead. In the former workings the
shaft was sunk $50 feet, and a, drift
run northwest from the 300-foot level.
AT present the workmen are cross
cutting the vein in the drift and an
incline being sunk on the dip of the
vein has reached a distance of rs feet.
In both places the material taken out
looks well, and your correspondent is
assured the assays are encouraging.