Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-15
GREAT Is mERcUR.
The Camps Outlook Betscr Than
Ever Before.


The Camps Outlook better TIE.
Ever before.
Few mining men In Utah perhaps
have greater faith in the pos Utilities
anu future advancement o the Mer.
cur district tina has W. @. b. Allen,
with whom q NEWS reporter had q
talk today. Mr.. A ie1 has watched
the district grow to what 1t now 10
and during the time intervening has
never ialtered 10 his aliea lance and
abiding faith as to the final outcome
OF the great gold camp.
He says there IL n steady develop-
ME ut Throughout the entire camp, and
nOtes decided Improve ment in aft ,irs
within the last six months. Tbs West
Dip properties are Looking very we'll
Indeed. In the Daisy the miners are
down 1875 feet anu oil tue way In ore,
while inc La Cigale people have al
abundance OF mineral which only
awaits the completion OF the com.
pany's mill for It's treatment.
Considerable work IL being done east
Of the Mercur mill, and 1t has been
established bey0nl doubt that o
great .porrhytitio dyke runs all
through that country showing n
strongly miner.lz d zone which 10
grAduaI y being worked into by ulfiei-
cut IN mug mon oval z properties IN
the camp. Particularly is this zone
evi1ent o ! the Yves. ID or anti.I NE,
where a vein has been developed
ah b oarIies average mailing values.
luI, vein has besn t!aced Tor a dis
lance from 5000 to 1000 feet. and it Is
bought to extend ir N Opuir canyon
u Fivl Mile Pass, u distance OF from
twelve to fourteen miles. 1t seems to
cross at the loot OF Lewiston canyon,
and Its breAkiDg opsn has exposed a
quartz body valued at about So
which is considered a fair vaiue an u
gives the camp 9plendid 0utinok.
greater depth has exposed n mucn
larger vsin as Is the case in the La
Cigale and D,isy properties. The
average values In he Daisy run IN
the neigh orhood oil 81 10 The ton, ith
similar resu Is in Tue La Cigale
ground. Mr.. Allen says that the LII
Cigals mill IL we'll under way at pr s-
emf; that the machinery 10 now being
delivered aud that quite . prosperous
community 10 growing up there. Ex-
pectations are that the Daley peJp lie
win also ut uo a mill before ling.
The Liou Hill 0 uutry ia looking
well at present. ami has large number
o. pr perties which are being visor-
ousIy worked. Among them are the
Cni0rile Point, Wachusett. Hercules
and Little Pit,sourg, waiie On the
same eide OF tho Mercur district are
the E,gle, Coli Dust, Rover and
Brickyarc with the Gsyser on the
northwest si 10 OF Lewiston Canyon.
A II these properties arc being dsvsi.
oped snI making good progress
Many OF them have good ore bodie,
tlJckei on: ready for m II treatment.
In The Sunshine county the over.
la nj niue Is being developed extern.
sively and has u good body OF ore
Recent strikes in the pr0psrty have
added m ,terislly to Its value ami thu
owners are higniy encouraged over the
1u lovk. The rumJred purchase Of the
Brickyard mine, says Mr.. Allen, to.
gether with reported sales OF othsl
| properties, have done q good deal t.
encourage the people OF the DISTRICT
and MAKE Its future appear Amuch
brighter. 1t, growing stability is bt.
You'd question and the magnitude oil
Its ole bodies, together with the low
| treatmrn mt charges are things which
conservative business men cannot lose
eight OF in looking up the advantages
" hich the Mercur district has &c offer