The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-23
MINES OF MERCUR.
General Summary of the Great Gold
Camps Properties.

camps RrOpert1eS.
Sunshine is awakening into life once
more with the prospect of new mill,
and much better feeling is observ-
able among property. owners. The
work of grading out the ground for the
millsite is we'll advanced, and consider
able lumber is already on the ground.
Mr. Ford has experience enough in mill
! building to be able to look ahead and
provide for all possible contingencies,
and pushes matters to a finish as soon
as possible. He states that the mill
will be ready. to run within six weeks,
unless there are delays in the arrival
| of the machinery.
Lion hill is still attracting consider
able attention, and visitors from vari
Gus parts of the country are making
pilgrimages to one or the other of the
mines there almost daily. At present
| August Lahlberg, mining operator of
! Ell ORC, Mexico. is at the Northern
Light. When he returns he will take
! three miners from Mercur to work on
! the Espersnza mine, at that place
Operations at the Golden Gate mill
/ have been greatly retarded by the fail
ure of the roasters to operate success
fully and the frequent stopping of the
electric power through storms AS far
as roasting the ore is concerned, every
thing has been all right and the ore
| coming from the mine is being treated
successfully. The teaching occupies sc
hours and If necessary it could be done
in shorter time. The recovery is at
least equal to that done with the best
Teaching ores. The elevators that hoist
the ore to the curling floor have been
found to be too light and it was nee
essary 10 put in set of elevators I'M
connected with the machinery on the
roasters. This plan seems to work all
right and there will probably be no
further trouble. About 30G tons per
day are being treated, and il is prob
able that the amount will be in
creased before many days.
Notwithstanding the many descrip-
tons given of the Mercur mines, and
the many visits made by excursionists.
the average mining man is still at sea
in relation to the actual situation in
the cyanide camp, and every mine in
turn is reported as being the largest
in the district 1t is not uncommon to
near of some Mercur visitor describing
the Geyser- Marion, Sacramento or 9TH
er property as being much larger than
the Mercur, and to those who are well
posted such remarks are ridiculous.
There. may be richer and bigger mines
in the district but they have not vet
been shown to be its equal. 1t only
needs trip through the property to
convince anyone that bigger mines than
the pioneer. of Camp Floyd are not /
found every day. The older il grows |
the bigger it gets, and as this is the |
rule WITH all the others, it stands to |
reason that II will be some years be- |
fore any mine in the camp, with the !
possible exception of the Golden Gate. !
VIII be able TO show up as extensive |
ore bodies as are to be seen in the
Mercur. The large bodies of ore. being /
developed show that the chances are
the Mercur will be paying dividends |
so years from now.
AT the Daisy the progress on the
mlH building is encouraging and most
OF the machinery is on the ground,
some of it being in place. 1t is prob
able that before July everything will
be IN readiness, and as the ore tests
show that there is no base material
present, its=SucceSS is assured
WorK on the La Cigale is still being
pushed along in the line of deyelop
ment and 1t is probable that as soon
as Mr.. Brown has arranged everything
at the Golden Gate to his satisfaction.
ne VIII commence the erection of driers
at the new mill No effort will be
made to treat ore in this property until
this work is completed.
There is but little work being done
on other west dip properties. except in
the way of prospecting, and in various
parts of the district prospecting work
is being done.
The recent report that a new strike
had been made in the Geyser- Marion
is little misleading. A great deal
OF exploration work is being done on
the upper vein, which was discovered
by a cave in the mine a short time
since. Developments show that there
is vast quantity of ore in this vein.
and an average of the vein gives a
battery of s. per ton. The upraise ]
from the mill tunnel is now connected
With the upper workings. The mill
tunnel is in q distance of $50 feet. and
an uDraise has been run from that !
point. It has been impossible to con-
-inue work on this part of the prop
erty on account Of bad air. and it was
necessary to sink a Wine from above 3
20 connect the workings. The upraise |
s little over 100 feet The ore can '
now be taken from all over the Gey- :
ser workings, through the mill tunnel. !
Ind thus viii be more easily handled | I
Work will now be commenced running /
l drift from the tunnel to the old 5
workings in the Marion. The com I
.any has been running 125 tons per .
lay for some time, and now that con- r
lections are completed. the output will I
le increased to $50 tons per day. C