The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25

Mercur, April 24.-Escorted by Super
intendent McEvoy of the Chloride
Point, your correspondent paid that
now famous property visit today.
The road to Lion Hill is rather bad at
present, but is rapidly changing for
the better The improvements pro-
jected have not been carried as far as
they would have been had the roads
been so that freighting could be carried
on to any extent. but the property is
being rapidly put in shape. In the
Chloride Point proper a tunnel has
been run 40 feet. This tunnel shows
up the method of the average leaser.
Big holes are gouged out in places,
while in others the passage is so mar
row that it is a close squeeze getting
through. This tunnel is being widened
and graded for the running of cars and
is now almost ready for laying the
rails. In this tunnel several men have
laid the foundation of their fortunes,
and hundreds OF thousands of dollars
worth of ore has been taken out, and
still the supply is unlimited. drift
run from this tunnel reveals the fact
that for so feet the ore body is un-
changed; and still the end is not
reached. The face of the tunnel is 80
feet higher than the mouth, but the
hanging wall has not been reached,
and the beginning is not on the foot
wall. In this tunnel the ore runs from
good teaching values TO 1000 and 5000
ounces per ton.
The tunnel will be run so feet fur
Their to connect with the Gladstone
shaft on top of the ridge, and from
here the high grade ore will be hoisted
to the surface and shipped. Two car
loads averaging 125 ounces of silver and
$3.50 in gold were shipped a short
time since and another carload is now
ready. When the connection is made
the company will ship about five car
loads per month. Through the tunnel
will be brought the ore for teaching.
On the Surprise claim a tunnel has
been run so feet and another one 40
feet in both of which chlorideS of
value are found high enough for ship
ment; and galena is found all along
the vein. While the gold values are
higher than in the vein above. Some
very rich ore has been found on the
Swansea. and every claim has already
proven up in values. The company
owns $50 acres of ground.
The mill on which work will be COM
menced in about month will be built
down in the edge of the gulch and
about 1,50O feet below the springs. The
mill will have a crushing capacity of
200 tons a day, but will commence OPP
erations with a tanlage of 100 tons.
Advantage will be taken of the ex-
perience of the other producers and all
the improvements known in the camp
will be adopted. The mill will cost
about $4,000.
In the Chesapeake. which joins the
Chloride Point on the east. the incline
has been sunk at an angle of 80 de-
grees to a depth of i25 feet. and the
character of the work would indicate
mineral in the vicinity. The work on
this property is being pushed along as
rapidly as possible.
AT the Northern Light the company
is making haste slowly. The mill has
been started and found all right. while
the teaching is known to be a success;
but number of experiments are being
made to find out by which method the
best results can be obtained.
Every stage of the process is careful
ly noted. and the action of the solu-
ton in the different tanks ascertained.
BY the time the first cleanup is made
which will be about May /. the COM
pany will know which of the various
methods are the quickest, which pro-
duces the best results and how much
can be extracted.
The roads will be in good condition
for freighting and more tanks viii soon
be put in operation. Every part of
the mill is fitted up with the best ma
chinery and according TO the latest de-
vices in the art of cyaniding. and is
an improvement on all others in the
camp.
Work on the Hercules and on the
Mckinley groups is progressing nicely
and it is hoped before the close of the
season they viii have reached pay ore.
At the Wachusets matters are await
ing the result of the returns on sam
pies of ore taken from that property
a few days ago. II is probable that
work will be commenced at an early
date.
Parties in Omaha recently wrote to
the manager OF the Chloride Point, Of
fering to purchase all of the stock that
the company is willing to let go at 80
cents per share.
1t has been reported that the Golden
Gate has changed hands, but Mercur
people have learned to take every re-
port about the Golden Gate with
large pinch of salt.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the foothills below Ophir and quite
a number of prospectOrS are busy on
their claims there.
The Wonder is still working in ore of
low value. which is increasing as the
work progresses. Superintendent Quea-
ley was in town yesterday and ex-
amined the property and feels satisfied
they are going all right. The incline is
about 900 feet deep and the point at
which the drifting is being done is