The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-23
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AT MERCUR.
The Latest News From the Great
Gold Camp.

The La Cigale has secured the ser
vices of J. F. Armstrong as superin-
tendent of the mine. He is an expert
enced miner from the Iron Belt and is
engaged in putting the mine in shape
for its output, when the mill starts
| up. Nearly all the work has. been
completed in the mill and the only
cause Of delay is the water pipe, which
! is some where on the road and is daily
looked for II will be only q short
time after its arrival before the water
xiii be delivered at the mill and the
machinery viii start running. No
trouble is anticipated on account of the
alleged claims of Mr.. Linebach of
fOphir as the company claim to have
an undisDuted right to all the water
they propose to take out of the creek
Manager Scheu is kept very busy in
attending to matters above ground. and
the needs of q first class mining su-
perntendent, whose entire attention
viii be devoted TO under ground work
has been felt for some time. a new
shaft will be sunk from the north end
/ Of the property and connections made
under ground with the main shaft
from which drifts at different levels
are being run in four directions. The
Working force is being constantly in
creased and enough ore will be fur
nished for the operation of the mill
from the openings being made in block
ing out the vein.
The county assessment roll is now in
the hands of the county clerk, being
prepared for the collector. The record
shows among other things 295 patented
claims in the county, valued at SIS, S23.
Evidently some of the patented claims
are not worth much when the assessor
is around. Mercurs share of the coun-
~ tax is pretty steep, but the dividend
payers have little chance to dodge the
assessor.
The teachers institute. which has
been running for the last two weeks
in Tooele has been well attended, and
those in attendance are well satisfied
with the work performed. 1t was
brought to a close on Friday.
The payment on the Brickyard prop
erty was no surprise here as CAPTAIN
De Lamar has been treating the prop
erty as part Of the Golden Gate. ever
since he obtained the option, and the
work being done there was in the line
of connecting the two properties. The
work of putting in the compressor at
the Golden Gate is we'll under way and
it will be in running order in a day
or two.
Angus NJ. Cannon was in camp yes
terday visiting his property, and is well
DltdStQ Win ll1S PlOSoA S>S lAAeNuC 81 Lie
Wonder. The workings indicate that
they are nearing the body of ore, con-
fidently believed to be some distance
from the Is foot vein which was passed
through a couple Of weeks ago.
Peyton and Dignowity paid visit to
the Chloride Point last week and re-
port every thing progressing favorably
and expect to be at work on the mill
before a great while.
B. T. Lloyd was out looking at the
Gold Coin yesterday, where force of
men are at work running tunnel at
the bottom of the hill to tap the ore
vein, which crops to the surface fur
Their up the hill
Inquiries for mining property are
coming in from all parts of the coun-
try, and nearly every day investors are
to be met with who are quietly get
ting all the information possible in re-
lation to different properties.