The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-15

Mercur, April 14.-Your correspondent
visited the Gladstone yesterday and
was indeed surprised at the wonderful
progress made during the winter. Quite
number of buildings have been
erected here of late, among which are
a boarding house 12x34 feet, a bunk
house 12x16, and capable of accom-
modating "a men; coy little office,
shaft house, stable, blacksmith shop,
wagon shed, etc.
The mine is in splendid condition, the
timbers are lined with two-inch plank.
The shaft is now 247 feet deep, and it
is intended to make station at the
500. From that point four drifts will
be run, which will cut the ore veins. A
short distance west of the shaft, the
drift should cut the vein which crops
out on the Leadville No. 3; and ii is eS-
timated that 81 feet from the shaft in
a northerly direction will bring them
to the vein in the Gladstone No. l.
The latter vein has been explored for
some depth and assays showed $1.21 at
the surface, $3.50 at a little distance
below while still deeper, assays of
SALE were found. Should the ore in
crease at this ratio, with depth, as the
above facts would indicate, by cutting
the vein at 300 or 400 feet below the
surface a rich body of mineral should
be uncovered.
Considerable prospecting work has
been done on the property, enough to
indicate that there are large bodies of
ore there, and that it will eventually
prove to be one of the great mines of
the district. It's location as regards the
Golden Gate, Brickyard. Geyser-
L..
good speculative property, and the
expenditure of $4,000 on the ground
has only. added to the belief that the
mine would soon be. a producer.
Mr.. Cory has shown q great deal of
pluck in his labors, and good judgment
in the choice of men to assist him in
developing the property. The work is
under the supervision of ]. d. Spargo,
who has been in charge of De Lamar's
property in Washington. His timber
man, Mr.. Cox, is also an old hand of De
Lamars, and has few superiors in the
art of timbering. AS a consequence the
mine is said to be better timbered than
most OF the mines in the state The
workmen receive the highest wages in
the camp, hence the services of the best
men can be obtained.
During the winter ten men have been
employed at the mine and the average
day About 20 more days will bring
them to the station from which drifts
will be run.
Mr. Cory will leave for the cast in
few days, and expects to be absent
about six weeks During his absence
the work will be continued on the lines
laid out. While east he intends pur
chasing a steam hoist to replace the
Davis whim' at present in opera ton,
and will probably consolidate the
Brooklyn and Gladstone. which will
give the company control of a large
tract OF valuable ground The Glad
stone at present consists of eight
claims and is incorporated into 100000
shares of the par value of IS per share.
The Brooklyn consists of eight claims
and is incorporated with 100000, at 81
per share.
Ore has been found on various parts
of the property, ranging from a trace
to 81 and in every case it has been
found that the values increase with
depth.
Inquiries from eastern parties re-
garding Mercur properties are becom-
ing frequent, and a train load of inter-
ested parties came into camp today
The contract for hauling lumber and
machinery to the La Cigale has been
let to Hales and Bench. The material
will be brought to Mercur, and there
will be about 100000 pounds of machin-
cry, or about 40 car loads, and about
900. 900 feet of lumber will be used in
the construction of the plant.
A townsite has been laid out near the
La Cigale, and takes the name of the
city 1t is we'll located, and will be
watered from Ophir creek.
Work on the west dip is again in full
blast and it is evident that before long
there will be a number Of producers on
the western slope.