The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-10
IN CAMP FLOYD.
Good Work Being Done On Different
Properties.
Especial Correspondence.)


Mercur, Aug. S.-The Sunshine end of
the district is picking up, and today
there are more men at work there than
there have been for years. The Over
land mill is ~unnin steadily and turn
out good quantity of product every
month. The mine is in splendid condi-
ton, and everything is satisfactory.
The prospecting at the Sunshine con-
tinues, ana some bodies of good ore are
being opened up, and everything points
TO the property being formally turned
over TO Mr.. Peyton and his associates
before a great while.
Il. T. Lloyd is working on a new the
ory on the Sir Victor ground. A great
deal of work has been done here and
on the Malvern, Jumbo and other prop
critics some years ago. The work has
mainly been done on what appears TO
be a barren vein, or rather the vein
carries values too low for working Al a
profit, although there are large bodies
of it. Mr.. Lloyd is working on the
theory that rich veins lie below this,
and has been sinking below this vein,
which was cut at a depth of 80 feet,
and a depth of 400 feet has now been
reached. There are good indications
that the work will be crowned with
success, and a great deal of interest is
being taken in watching developments.
Should Mr.. Lloyd be successful it will
result in considerable activity between
Sunshine and the West Dip, and on
south, as there is little doubt that all
the properties there will begin sinking
to search for the same vein. There are
many things tending to show the plaus-
Utility of this theory. and developments
in different parts of the camp have
demonstrated the fact that much of the
prospecting in the district has been
lost through failure to gain sufficient
depth.
The Shaft at the Old Fred has been
put down 80 feet, and is evidently
nearing the vein cut in another part of
the property, and which is the point
aimed at.
Work on the Mollie Gibson has been
suspended for time, but will be re-
sumed some time this fall. The pros
poets for this property are encourag
ing. and only a lack of capital prevents
continuous work on the ground.
Work on the Mollie group near Box
Springs, has been progressing for some
time. A few days ago an old water
course was broken into. The assays
here are lower than in other parts Of
the workings, as if the values had
leached out in some prehistoric time.
Although not paying circumstance, it
IS interesting to examine this old-time
creek bed, and note the course of a
stream which dried up perhaps mil
lions of years ago. The work on this
property will be pushed ahead as rap
idly as it can be done.
Quite a force of men are at work I'M
der the direction of Frank Jardine, al
the Little PittSburg, and there is no
question as to the value of-the deVel-
opment We k being done. A number of
experienced men are kept constantly at
work exploring the surface of the prop
erty. and before snow flies enough will
be known to determine the probable
value of the ground.
At the Chloride Point everything is
running smoothly, and regular ship
ments of silver cyanides are being
made.
Superintendent Bunch of the Eagle
still continues to search the depth of
the shaft. and it is said he is meeting
with remarkable success.
The Rover is being explored from a
different place to what it has ever been
before. The workings in the Brickyard
have been extended to the side lines.
and tunnel run into Rover ground.
From this tunnel an upraise is being
made to the surface to expose the for
nations lying above. as well as to get
air. The work is prosecuted by three
shifts and will soon be completed That
II Will be part of the De Lamar hold
ings after Dec. 81 there is but little
doubt. as it is reported that conditions
are all that was expected when the OPP
ton WAS given