The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-03
OPERATIONS AT MERCUR.
Brickyard and Golden Gate Men
Walk Out.
(Special CorrasDOndenc,

Especial 0oTleSpOItenCt-b
Mercur, Feb. Announcements have
been completed for the organization of
the company for the development of
the Senator Stewart group of claims.
and the papers will probably be filed
with the state secretary before the end
of the week. 1t is proposed to capital
lie the company at 100000 shares of a
par value of 81. The property consists
of fifty acres of ground joining the Ce-
dar Hill group on the north, and
through which the outcrop can be
traced from the workings on the Cedar
Hill. AS soon as the company is for
put on the market to raise funds for
the development OF the ground.
Chances to get in on the ground floor
are being eagerly sought, and all of
the stock has been subscribed for by
people in the district
c. u. McEntire brought in some fine
samples of copper and silver ore from
the Independence group, near the
mouth of Dry canyon \ strong vein
Of the material has been uncovered.
and it looks as if the time when the
Independence would join the ranks of
the rapidly increasing producers was
not far distant
Some good-looking material is being
taken out at the Farm group, near the
mouth of Ophir canyon, and it is
claimed that there is a large body of
ore in the workings, and fair values
are being found.
The Gold Cable company, incorpor-
ated few weeks ago, has men at
work on the property, which lies about
a mile east of the mouth of Ophir can
yon.
In the Green Chloride, which lies east
of the Senator Stewart group, prepara-
tons are being made for the resuming
of work on the property. There are
two well-defined lodges, one carrying
silver and the other good teaching gold
ore
At the Monarch. in Silverado canyon,
there is considerable activity. A new
Davis whim has been put on the
ground. a Whim-house, clearinghouse
and bunk-house are in course of cree
ton, and as soon as this work is COM
pleted, sinking will be resumed. The
shaft is seVenty-two feet deep, and in
the bottom is a ledge of decompOsed
quartz, carrying good gold values. The
company owns five claims. joining the
GOldbug claims on the east. The cap
ital stock is S1000,0O0 divided into
shares of 81 each. The directors are G.
Romney, H Dinwoodey. W. 7. Edward,
VI. Taylor and f. Taylor. There is
plenty Of money in the treasury to
CcItlilue Inc NOIh VI utN tioplleHL LUZ
some time.
Castleman & Hunt are sinking a
shaft on the Aurifa group, near the
Goldbug. The bottom of the shaft,
which is now seventy-fve feet deep. is
in vein, which looks well and car
ries fair values.
W. S. Brown is. doing considerable
work on the Olympia group. and the
outlook for the property is very encour-
aging. Although values are small at
present. that is characteristic of the
vein on the West Dip. and increasing
values as depth is reached has been
universal. The Olympia group lies east
of the Broken Hills group. and. as far
as location is concerned, should be all
right.
About forty-four men employed in the
Brickyard part of the Golden Gate quit
a few days ago because they would
not work under the shift boss in that
part of the mine. There was no strike.
the men merely drawing their time and
seeking employment elsewhere. As a
number of the men have the reputa-
ton of being first-class miners, they
had little trouble in finding new jobs,
and incidentally it might be mentioned
that there We're plenty of men on hand
to fill the vacant places