Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21
John Dern Reports a Vigorous Start
on This Property.
THE MERCUR MILL RESUMES
description OF the Plant In u. New
state uieh In Horn silver
Miscellaneous.

Last nights arrivals from Mercur In
ciuded John Dern. who has spent the
greater part OF the week In directing
development on the ingot and attend
ing TO matters connected with the In
auHnuration Of new era at the Mor-
cur mill. That both have been at
tended To satisfactorily. IL the word
given n News reporter this morning.
Mr.. bern stating that ON Wednesday
Superintendent Edwards put force
Of men to work on the ingot and tho
following day tho min wis started In
It's treatment Of 900 tons ~ orc daily.
this t.howcvcr.no gulug through
at present because Of tho care ncccs-
sarliy exercised In the running oil new
machinery.
ON the inrot the men will push work
IN old places first penetrated by the
former owners. while some will be- en-
gagged In running q tunnel from the
northeast. the purpofo bolng to tap the
upper ore body now showing In the
Mercur mine. Superintendent I'D
wards II confident OF success ana cx-
prcrrcs the belief that his men viii be-
taking out pay ore In cumuaru.
lively short space ~ time.
Speaking 81 the min In lis now state
NJ. b"rn paid u high compliment to
Contractor Dnicrich. whose work. said
he. had been complete and thorough In
every respect The plant started on
without q hitch and " now running
like a charm. According 80 the Mcr.
cur Miner the new teaching room "
about snNi5i feet and " Of u yrfy sub.
rinutinl character. ~ contains ten
round iron tanks 20 feet deep. The
4.
fcrcnt plan In making the bottom Of
the tanks than other companies. other
mills use gravel Ia hitter tho solution
through. but the MorCur people md
such u bottom clogs ~ IN short time
ana they use u perforated wooden false
bottom. over which tho burlap 10 laid
this being protected hy strips nf iron
Therc are four rates IN the bottom n
each tank through which the thiiingH
can BE- speedily fhoycled Into ears be-.
low. Pipes carry the solution Into u
trough running through the center NJ
IN. building through which II runs To-
tho Told tank nnd II then drawn On TO
tho zine boxes.
Two tracks run over the top Of tho
tanks Va that they can b" conveniently
and quickly nlied and. the pipes that
carry the solution to tho tanks run
alongside the tracks. Tho space he-
tween the tanks 10 fl0orol over on
Level with the top OF tho tanks There
IL from four 10 six feet ~ space below
tho lowell ~ the tnilings tracks which
viii be- flled M With the thillnEr. per-
hitting ~ rooh many thousand tons
being disposed Of IN this way.
The pulp bin n overhead ut one end
~ the teaching room ANA tho opening
Of a hopper permits the osra to be- nlled
very easily 4 belt onnveynr ~ feet
long and n Inches Wide takes the
crushed ore from the top Of the crush
Ing department over the top of the
track ami Into the pulp bin.
New Wall rolls ure being put In and
an the bearings ~ the rhnftinF nrr
being blhhlted anew, % that when the
min starts M again, everything Will
b" about uH good az new.
The new lenchlug tanks give ca
paCity ~ 600 tons q day, NJ the old
tanks are also used II viii give q ca
pncltv ~ 200 tons. which reaches the
crushing capacity Of the min. although
the addition ~ another Hct ~ rolls
would add another 100 tons. The rnm-
pany does not intend, however. to uHr
tho old tanks fnr the fresh ore. n h.
their intention tn take out the i've old
at tanks. which arr nearly worn out
raise the 9th 'fH 20 they may b. rmptIcd
from the bottom and then use them
10 leach the old portions ~ the dump
ManaEer nrrn says there nre about
a0O0n0 tons ~ the dump that has been
sampled ana that carries 81. THIS can
be- saved ~ u ufoht. ~ the only work
necessary n tn hviid an incline into
tho old teaching room ana transfer the
old damn into the tanks again,