The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-01
Four Hundred People Visited the
Great Camps.
TINTIC TOOK THE CROWD
SILVER CITY MINES THE GREAT
ATTRACTION.
Mining Operators Inspect the Famous
Producers and New Properties
That Are Being Opened Up-Visit
to the Mammoth and Other Mines
-Mercur's Growth.

The Oregon Short Line excursion to
Mercur and Tintic yesterday was a
big success. over 400 people took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to see the
great camps in the south. Mercur was
not so much of an attraction as the
Tintic district. About ninety people
went to the gold camp in Camp Floyd
district, while over 300 distributed
themselves between Eureka, Mammoth
and Silver City.
The latter place was the destination
of a large majority of the passengers.
Silver City is a very active camp at
present. The hills are full of pros
pectors, and more mines are being
worked now than ever before. Here
are located the Swansea, South Swan
sea, Star Consolidated, Martha Wash
ington and other well-known proper
ties. At Mammoth is the great Nam
moth mine, the Grand Central and
Ajax. while at Eureka is the Centen-
niaI-Eureka. Bullion-Beck and other
big producers.
The train arrived in Tintic a trifie
late. Some of the eXcursioniStS went
for pleasure; others made it a matter
of business. The snow has entirely
disappeared, so the visitors put in their
time III looking over the great mineral
district, and those who had never been
in the camp before gained an idea Of
the enormity of it's wealth-producing
resources.
Among the eXcursionists were a
number of prominent mining men.
W. +. Hubbard and w. J. Lawrence
spent the day at the Star Consolidated
and the Boss Tweed group, which they
say are looking fine.
Albert S. Day. the successful man
ager of the La Refine, took party Of
friends UP to that promising mine,
which is said to be one of the best
propositions in the Tintic district. for
the amount of work that has been
done.
Il. E. Warrell and Charley Rutlidge
We're attracted to the Molly Bawn.
out millions. They also have other in
terests in Tintic, and will be absent
from the city several days.
4. It. Moon, one of the leading spirits
in the Utah Mine and Stock Exchange,
put in his time at the May Day and
the Yankee Consolidated, in which
he is a large holder of
stock.
Judge H. E. Booth one of the Dex-
ter directors, explored the Star Con-
solidated He believes this mine to be
one of the coming properties of the
Tintic district. He was so pleased with
what he saw that he loaded his pockets
with samples.
James Cunningham, president of the
great BullionBeck mine, spent the
time he had in looking at the new
bodies of ore recently struck in the
workings, and in making an inspection
of the company's big mill. which has
turned out thousands of dollars in divi-
dendS.
B. a. McMillen is very deeply inter-
ested in the Rabbits Foot, near Silver
City. He owns considerable stock in
the company, and vas in the mine to
inspect the new strike of ore, reported
several days ago. The new vein of ore
is about six inches in width, and is
very fine-looking stuff"
N r. Waterman has his eye on the
Boston & Tintic group and is inquir-
ing into the possibilities which lie
there.
j. F. Corker. secretary of the Mann
moth. spent the day at that company's
big 600-stamp mill. He accompanied a
party of visitors, including a Herald
representative, through the building,
along with the efficient superintendent.
Mr.. NJ. ORourke. The mill is one of
west. 1t has capacity of $50 tons a
day.
James Earls, superintendent of the
Mammoth mine, who has had charge
Of the underground workings of the
for years, escorted the party
down to the 1880 level. where brief eX-
plorations We're made through the
drifts.
The mine is in a most excellent con-
dition, and contains simply immense
bodies of ore.
Mercur Excursionists.
Among the familiar figures on the
train to Mercur were those of Charles
Reid, r. w. Nicol, Grant II. Smith and
a few others, but the greater portion
of the people appeared to be of a class
who had relatives and friends in the
camp, with whom they wished to visit
for day..
Mercur is building up rapidly. par
ticularly the residence portion of the
town, which bears evidence of much
activity at the lumber yards. Men and
teams were noticeable at several
points. clearing ground and grading out
for new buildings. Business enterprises
of nearly every description are repre-
sented in the town, and all seem to be
The ride over the Salt Lake & Mer-
cur railroad from Fairfield to the big
old-producing camp, a distance of
twelve miles, is delightfully."- surpris-
ing one. The roadbed is so full of
horseshoe bends, sharp curves, switch
backs and heavy grades that person
over it for the first time is
losing his bearings. Trav
alers familiar with the method en-
Dloyed in constructing the railroad over
Pass would find in the little
road to Mercur from Fairfield with its
broad gauge track. narrow-gauge
coaches on broad-gauge trucks, with
luaint, sde-geared Shay engines)
to talk and think about for
I week.
The railroad officials, particularly
Dan Spencer. deserve great credit for
the manner in which the eXcursionists
we're made comfortable. Mr.. Spencer
personally conducted the train to Sill
YER City.
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