The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-15
cINNABAR IS ABUNDANT.
Important Disclosures Made In the
GeYser- Marion.

Mercur, Jan. 14.-The winze in the
mill tunnel in the Geyser- Marion has
reached a depth of 60 feet, most of the
way through ore, and at present is in
ore of sufficient value for milling. In
the vein q great deal of cinnabar is
being found. and there i ev14y rd-ca-
ton that another ard lower ore zone
has been reached. The dip of the vein
is different to any found before, peing
| towards the west.
One of the peculiarities of this lower
vein is that it is below the poll. where
the silver vein should be found, and
which has hitherto been considered the
lowest possible point for gold to exist
In this camp. There seems 20
silver values in the silver ledge ut the
point where it is cut in the NIL tunnei,
but the silver values are replaced with
gold. Truly the mining expert is work
ing in a hard formation when he lays
down rules for the discovery of gold in
Camp Floyd district.
The recommendation of Manager
Boutwell, of the Sacramento is being
put in force, and none but oxidized
ores are being milled at present, and
calculations are being made to IN
crease The capacity of the mill at an
early date, and at the same time a
rooster will be put in to bake the semi
base ore and put it in condition for
teaching.
ftsr thoroughly testing the La CT
gale ores in various ways, the manage
MT mas concluded that the Brown
rooster, the same as those used in the
Golden Gate mill, will be the bast Tor
the purpose. Accordingly, arrange
ments will Immediately be made to put
in the rooster.
The new drift in the Wonder shows
up good indications of the vein being
reached at an early date. The ground
through which the drift is being run
at present is highly mineralized, and
the broken character hitherto common
to the workings in this property has
entirely disappeared. Two shifts are
employed.
A. H. Mayne has purchased the mill
on the old Buckhorn ground, in Dry
canyon, and will have it down to the
west dip as soon as the weather will
permit. The mill was built when Ophir
was a lively camp, and most of the
machinery has never been used. The
mill was well fitted with ore crushers
etc. and all that will be needed to
make it a cyanide mill, will be the
tanks. 1t is likely that the mill will be
put in the Daisy.
Work on the Lewistown, which was
suspended for short time, has again
been resumed, and the property is now
being surveyed for patent.
The owners of the Dayton & Doug
lass have decided to suspend operations
in their shaft until a pump to handle
the water is placed in position. As
soon as the water is pumped out work
will again be resumed.
Don Mcguire is in camp collecting
of minerals from the NslIO...
mines in the camp as a part of the
Utah mineral exhibition at Omah
is one of the mining experts who has
always had a great opinion of Mercur,
and he is more than ever impressed
with the rapidly growing gold producer
of Utah.
A contract has been let to run a tun-
mel in the Gold Dust at a much lower
point than any of the present work.
ings. 1t is expected that the principal
vein will be tapped through this tun-
mel and the tunnel will be in a better
location for building a mill.