Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

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the district. The West Dip from which
50 much was expected, Is wrapped IN
lethafgy. The Sunshine has suspended
active operations. The Overland has
closed down, but In this case only to
enlarge It's mill,
Tu~ DAISY.
The development work done by
former management OF the Daisy was
OF such character as 10 prove real
Injury to the mertorl0us property, and
for time gave II black eye, but its
workings are being repaired and It's
mill increased and il will SION be heard
from with far better reports.
CHLORIDE POINT
The Chloride Point which paid one d.
vleend, is now shipping with some reg
ulQity and may yet enter the ranks Of
regular payers.
SONG BIRD
The Song Bird, an undeYeloped prop
erty near the Golden Gate, is known TO
be Of practically the same value, with
much smaller area, as It's famous
nelghbor,
NONl hbKN llbn l.
The Northern Light stlll continues its
meteoric career. and any prediction
regarding the future Of the star per-
former on the stock exchange would be
hazardous In the extreme. At the prese-
ent time II is In good ore and fine lot
Is being sacked FOR shipment presum-
ably al some opportuue time.
THE COLUMBIA.
The Columbia. on Lion HILL Is
property OF great merit. and under the
direction OF Supt Slawson Will prob
ably develop into q regular shipper be-
fore long. Some good ore is being taken
out, showing values Of so ounces silver,
10 per cent lead and about 81 gold.
There are seven claims In the group,
and the ground Is being patented.
THE GOLD DUST.
The Gold Dust is looked upon with
great favor By Mercur mining men,
and Is likely TO be added to the holdings
Of one Of the big companies shortly
The Little Pittsburg, Hercules, Eagle,
Golden Seals and Antler are all well
known prospects. while the East Gold
en- Gate, LaCigale and Old Fred are
confidently expected TO develop into
bread winners. Work on the Old Fred
has been prosecuted with marked abil-
ity and energy by b. f. Lloyd and he
seems 10 be on the eve Of reaplng his
reward The shaft Is down nearly 300
feet. and in cross cutting some fine
rock Is now being encountered.
THE CAMP ITSELF.
a word about the camp Of Mercur, or
more properly speaking the town, for 1t
is more like a thriving town than a
camp, may be of Interest. Its growth
during the past two years has been
wonderful, and il now has a fixed popu-
lation OF over 1000. Its main business
toroughfares are lined with well built
stores. and one Of them, the Mercur
bank building, would be a credit TO Salt
Lake. II was erected by Hon. w. 5.
Mccormick, and some other Salt Lake
gentlemen, and shows the faith sound
business men have in the future of this
town. Mercur has an excellent water
supply, is lighted by electricity. with
a railroad open all the year round. 1t
has a fine modern school house,
churches and public buildings and a
number OF merchants do large busl-
ness. Whatever changes may come
must be for the better because the
Golden Gate, Mercur. Geyser Marion
and Sacramento now practically sup
port the town, and they are perma-
nent fixtures.
AN EXPERTS OPINION
In conclusion, the opinion Of Prof,
]. II. Lane. Of London, In regard to the
Camp Floyd district. and especially the
Mercur mine veins. formed after care
full inyestlga tons there, may be added.
He says.
MY opinion Is that the vein in that
district Is as well defined a contact as
| have ever seen, with the exception
that IL does not lie as far below the sur
face as most veins Of It's character, and
for this reason, many have called 1t a
blanket vein, which is, in itself an err
roneous idea. Every hill in the district
has. at one time, carried a portion OF
the Mercur vein. and would today had
II not been secured away by the action
of the elements. Another feature is
that the vein Is badly faulted and II Is
possible for a claim TO have more than
one apex within lis boundaries, and this
locations some OF which exhibit as
many as three apexes, In other words,
each fault has It's own apex somewhere
and several Of these may occur on one
location. | have seen some useless
work done where the vein Is evidently
faulted or broken, and this / deplore.
The Camp Floyd district so much re-
sembles the Johannesburg district
where We have learned where and
where not a vein is mineralized, and It's
source Of values, that the country In
Mercur looks natural and familiar to
me. II may interest those who are in
terested in Mercur TO know where we
find our values. In johannesburg we
have large porphyry dyke cutting the
formation from east to west, ana II Is
from the overflow or offshoots from the
porphyry that We find our values-that
is, in the channels from the porphyry.
These channels are. or were the chan
nels Of hot suphO-saline and alco-
saline water that formerly contained
gold in solution, and this accounts for
the naturalization Of the lime In some
places, which may penetrate 10 a great
depth. This should always occur on the
foot wall and near the porphyhy dyke,
where, In South Africa. We ind our
highest values Where We lind our
values distant from the dyke II is near
~ always on some feeders that ulti.
mately lead TO the porphyry. My OBJ
servations In Mercur lead me 10 the
conclusion that the conditions are iden-
teal. with the single exception that the
values here are greater than In johann
nesburg The states and tales are SINH
lar and In the Mercur you have the
same oxydlzed arsenical ores that we
have in South Africa. In the basins
and near the porphyry is where you
may expect TO find your greatest values,
and care should be taken to avoid leav-
ing the channels. / may say that these
channels and the general ore zone Is
much longer and wider than ours In
johannesburg The upper part OF the
vein Is porphyry and tale, the ore ly-
ing below the porphyry and In many
instances. being mineralized to ah ex-
tent equaling the values in the true
ores. These conditions have led some
TO believe there are two veins, but
this Is n mistaken Idea, the mineraliZed