The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
GEYsER-MARIoN.
Review of Conditions at This Mercur
PropertY

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Property.
Since the supreme court decision in
| the Geyser- Marion case, which ran the
price of that stock down several points,
! there has been a good deal of discus
sion regarding the mine and Its man
agement. but it is quite evident that
those familiar with the property are
well satisfied with it.
The Mercur Mercury says of the
mine:
EXPLORATIONS have been showing up
practically the same conditions as are
found in the Mercur and Sacramento,
that is, large bodies of ore have been
found in unsupported places. From
the mill tunnel on which work was first
commenced last fall to the upper work
ings. is a distance Of about 175 feet, and
all through this area large bodies of
ore have been opened up. Some OF the
ground is barren and some of it is of
too low a grade to be worked at a
profit; but, on the other hand, there are
layers showing high values and others
which carry values sufficient to make
milling it profitable.
In the mill tunnel the ground is be-
ing thoroughly explored, the air being
good since the connections with the up
per workings were made. large body
Of ore is here exposed which yields
good values. The tunnel is in 300 feet
and reached the vein 150 feet from the
mouth, and the rest of the way has
been in an ore body IS feet thick which
will average s. per ton. In places the
average is higher than this, and OF late
g. little better than the common grace
of ore is being run through the mill.
The tunnel near the blacksmith shop,
which is usually called the Tramway
tunnel, is one in which a great deal of
Il hoe. ,JrN.7n in nag CT
there are still large quantities of ore i'll
sight. This vein. commonly called the
middle vein, is 60 feet above the mill
tunnel and chute carries the ore to
the lower workings. In one of the
drifts on this level a body of rich ore
was lately found 200 feet in width. A
winze is being sunk TO the foOtWail.
but although a depth Of 40 feet has
been reached. there is as yet no sign of
a limit. There are a number of rich
chutes on this level, the extent of which
have not been definitely determined,
but they are large enough to keep
the mill running for many months to
come.
The upper vein lies close to the top
of the hill, and on the east side of the
hill it is being worked by an open cut,
in which is a face of ore about 20 feet
thick. In this vein considerable stopping
was done by the Marion people, but
the miners to not seem to have been
particular about taking the ore out
clean. As a consequence, Superintend-
ent Russell is going over the ground
once more and is finding from two to
four feet of ore between the roof of
the stope and the hanging wall, and in
places il is even more than that, While
there is a like condition in relation to
the footwall. Added to this is the
large number of pillars left in the
stope, which are being taken out. 1t is
no eXaggeration to say that Mr. Rus
sell will be able to take out as much
ore as has been taken out here by his
predecessors.
In addition to these discoveries made
in old ground, generally supposed to be
worked out, there is a large territory
in the West Geyser, which is practical
~ untouched, and in which good ore is
known to exist. The distance from the
mill has caused a neglect of this part
of the company's holdings. Some men
have been put to work on the ground
and as soon as conditions will justify,
a track will be put in to carry the ore
to the mill tunnel chute.
On the north side of the gulch a
large stOpe has been made covering
several acres of ground. A few DAYS
ago this caved in, and a tunnel is now
being run on the footwall some dis
lance below, to take out the remainder
or the ore Of which there is at least 10
feet remaining.
On account of the primitive methods
used in extracting the ore, it has been
necessary for the company to spend a
great deal of time and money to ar
range matters so that everything can
be worked to advantage. Fifty-five
men are employed in the mine, many of
whom have been doing dead work for
some time, while a number have been
prospecting for ore. The search has
been highly successful, and today there
is more ore in sight than at any time
in the history of the mine. The mill
is treating an average of 125 tons per
day, and within a short time the mine
could be put in condition to furnish
double that amount. At the present
rate it will be the labor of another gen
Grafton to work out the last of the ore |
and make the final shipment to the re-
fnery.