Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-28
YEV STRIKE ALL RIGHT
Tho, IN the Mercur Mine Developing as Did
Its Predecessor.
EXAMINATION OF LION HILL MINES


n.oree Dern and Superintendent Ed
.,n,ss Of the Mercur, came in from the
.rariean johannesburg last night the
,nrrner after three days stay in the
.avn the latter to answer n subpoena
Ealing him as a witness in n case now
before the court.
speaking this morning OF the late
,,rike off the Resolute incline, MT.
Dsrn confirmed recent reports from the
nine saving that the showing was very
encouraging and like unto that which
,rescnted itself at the time the third vein
aos encountered In the SHAFT from the
m,'b, tunnel. The miners are stu sink
nc on the new shaft, have gone
,hSonrh one layer OF mineral, and APP
,ear 10 be approaching another at a
dsnth OF S5 feet. This condition. said
Mr.. Dern today. presented itself IN the
puby ground. layer OF chirty mattey
being encountered after several ieet
~ GOOD milling ore had been gone
,bro1,gh. This was followed by second
sfratiim of mineral which has yielded
an Immense amount OF ore since IT'S
discovery, and the same condition, 1t is
believed, viii be in evidence in the com
nsny's explorations off the Resolute
Incline. The first layer In these work
shaft. says Mr.. bern, is being tim
bered, and station is being cut at
the polnt of discovery of the third vein.
THE LITTLE pIIvrsBURG.
visit to Lion Hin was a part of the
,rnqram carried out by Mr.. Dern while
a0yay. He, in company with Supt Ed
wards and w. c. h. Allen. took occa-
sion to wander over to the Little Pitts
burg, located on the south side of
sllyedaro canyon. There Is nothing do
ing at this property at present, but the
showing presented In the mine Is one of
much encouragement. Here. tunnel
has been run to distance OF 100 feet
from which an incline 50 to 80 feet has
been sunk, this on the silver vein. the
same as that enjoyed by the Chloride
Point. a shaft has also been sunk on
the gold vein. and with an early re-
sumption of work, its owners expect TO
be able to encounter pay ore chutes.
which will be the making of the prop
erty This being Mr.. Dern's initial visit
10 Lion Hill, he was naturally Inter
ested in what he saw and came home
with good impression OF the local.
ity
CHLORIDE POINT AND HERCULES.
At the Chloride Point the company's
new superintendent. Mr.. James $. Ed
wards, was found In charge. Here a
big body of mineral was seen. although
in appearance the ore was not what
MIR. bern had been used to look upon.
The new mill is waiting expectantiy
for the arrival of chained lightning, ana
when this is ready to command, the
company will order the whistle blown,
and a new era will be inaugurated.
The Hercules was also visited. and
Sam Pollock found ohuckling with glee
over that company's new discovery. The
sacking OF ore frcm the new find Is go
ing on, and to all appearances the
strike Is all that has been claimed for
II. II has It's location only about 60
or 70 feet from the Chloride Point
workings and looks exactly like the ore
uncovered in that property.
The south side of Silverado canyon,
says Mr. Dern, looks like u coming boz
nanza producer. II is here that Colonel
Walls Hazel group is located, and here
also where there are many other proper
ties of great promise. Not much de-
veopment work has been done in any
OF them. but when such n step Ii taken
this branch OF the great Mercur district
will undoubtedly push itself into prom
inence,