The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-11
TWO MERCUR ACCIDENTS.
Important Discoveries South of Tin
tic District


Mercur, May 1O-Richard Kemp and
William Flowers were at work in the
main shaft of the Golden Gate yester-
day and had fired II charges. Ten went
all right, but one missed fire and was
buried in the debris. In clearing out
the ore, the men, who were not aware
that a shot had missed, reached the
powder with a pick and an explosion
followed. Both men were stopping over
the pile and their faces were filled with
rocks. Kemp will probably recover,
but Flowers will lose the sight of one
eye. and possibly both. Flowers left
arm was severely injured and his left
thumb torn nearly off. 1t was thought
at first that amputation would be
necessary. but later the doctors decided
to try and save it,
At the Dayton, or as it is better
known, the ''Cheesman shaft on the
West Dip. an accident happened yester-
day which fortunately did not result
fatally. A nephew of the contractor,
Mr.. Freeze, was hosting rock, when
the brake on the whim gave way and
the bucket with its contents was pre-
cipitated TO the bottom of the shaft.
The whim tender was thrown against
the side of the shaft house and badly
bruised, but no other damage was
done.
On Inc claims owned by walker
Brothers at the mouth of Ophir canyon
the shaft has reached a depth of 100
feet, and another contract has been let
to sink the second hundred feet. Work
will be commenced on the contract at
once.
The Vanderbilt claims have been sur
veyed for patent and the work is now
being slowly prosecuted awaiting the
issue of their application.
Strevel and Patterson have COM
menced operations on the Little King
group, about two miles south of Lewis
ton canyon. They are sinking on the
vein, which outcropS on their property,
and expect soon to reach the ore body
supposed to be a short distance from
the surface. The indications are good.
j. P Sorensen has let contract for
a shaft on the Wallace group to be
sunk 100 feet. Should this fail TO reach
the vein, work on the property will be
continued until the vein is cut, or it
is shown that ii does not lie on the
property. 4 similar contract has been
let on the John White group, another
West Dip property. The contractor is
Mr.. Freed of the Dayton.
Work on the Chesapeake group has
been temporarily suspended while
whim is being placed in position. When
this is ready work will be pushed if
possible, with greater vigor than be-
fore.
A couple of prospectors named Allen
came into Mercur today with samples
of ore for aSsaying that has caused
quite a ripple of excitement in mining
and some of our old-time pros
pectors are preparing to make a trip
70 the new field.
They report that % miles southwest
from Tintic they discovered a ledge of
ore three and half feet thick at he
surface. and assays across the ledge
shows values of q ounces of silver. 81
in gold and % per cent copper. The
boys prospected around some and
found that the vein increased in thick
ness as they went down, while the val
ues also continued to increase.
The country has not been explored
as it is out of the beaten track and
water is a scarce commodity. There are
some springs within a mile or two and
the distance from the T1ntic railroad is
only % miles.
Two outfits have gone out to visit the
locality and more viii Join them in
short time. Should the search be sue
cesful many others win join them be-
fore long.