The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-17

Surely, but slowly. one of the future
great mines of Mercur is steadily COM
ing to the front, and it cannot be long
now before the Sacramento, solely on
its merits, viii be recognized as one OF
the .bonanzas Of this wonderful camp.
The MANAGEMENT of the Sacramento
has been extremely conservative re-
garding this Mercur mine, and yet at
the same time developments have been
pushed forward until today there is a
showing of milling ore that. in its mag
nitude, is almost beyond description,
and even a visit TO the property could
hardly bring to the visitor a realization
of the magnitude Of the ore deposits,
or an adequate idea of what the future
has in store for this producer.
As it is. the company does not desire
to excite the mining public over pres
ent conditions. and what is being done
is being done quietly and without any
blow; and the fact that arrangements
have been made for an increase in the
capacity of the mill at the mine has
been withheld from the public general
ly; yet. all the same, No. ) Gates
crusher has been purchased to add TO
the equipment of the plant; also the
material for eight additional tanks.
with d holding capacity of % tons
each besides the lumber for the new
buildings required. il being expected
that the new additions Will be made
and the machinery in place inside OF
two months, when the daily capacity
of the plant will be in the neighborhOod
of $50 tons.
In the near future also a roasting
plant for the treatment of the semi
base ores in the mine viii be put in,
although this viii not be absolutely
count of the large amOunc of oXidizcd
ores blocked out in the mine.
The company is now preparing to
strip a piece of ground above the open
cut. it being the intention to carry on
mining operations in this locality by
what is known as the caving process,
and Manager Boutwell, states that in
this portion of the property there is an
area of 100 feet square and 100 feet in
depth, which will embrace 100000 tons
of good milling oXidiZed ore of excel
lent grade, which can be mined and
milled at cost Of 81 a ton, enough
mineral being in sight to keep the mill,
with its increased capacity, in constant
operation for two years to come.
This is a remarkable showing, to
say nothing OF the mammoth bodies of
ore exposed in other portions of the
mine, and illustrates the magnitude
and the magnificent proportions of the
IllntfdilZdllOn OF Melcuf anu camp
Floyd district, and emphasizes the as
sertion made by a well-known mining
man that the Sacramento should have
a mill equipment with a daily capacity
of treating at least 500 tons of ore, the
showing of pay mineral in the property
being such as to justify the erection
of such a plant.
In the new mill tunnel, mention of |
which has already been made in these
columns, the workings have penetrated |
the body of oXidiZed milling ore for a 1
distance of 20 feet, and the other wall !
has not yet been encountered. indicat- |
ing that the zone is of goodly size with |
its extent still to be determined.
Mr.. Boutwell, denies that Captain J. |
r. De Lamar has a bond and lease on
the Sacramento, as intimated in a |
morning contemporary, and states that
the company has not and has not been
asked TO place price on the mine.
F. NJ Wilson Of Templeton, Ia. who
owns $4,000 shares of Sacramento stock.
made an inspection of the mine on
Tuesday, accompanied by Messrs.
Boutwell, and McConaughy. two of the
officers of the company, and he was
highly pleased with the way the prop
srty has been opened up since his last
visit here