The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
Silver King Bonanza.

essary by the consolidation was a
tramway connecting the Mercur mine
with the Golden Gate mill. rms tram
way is $500 feet long. A connection
has been made with the ResOlute tun-
mel at a station level with the
of the tram some eighty feet down the
hill. In order to make this cOnnectloh
it became necessary TO SINK LhLee
wines. At present these are used Ior
ore chutes. the different grades OF ore
being dumped INTO them from the ReSO-
lutte tunnel. connecting with every
working of the mine. From there the
ore is taken On tram cars to bins on the
SaWmiU tunnel of the Golden Gate,
whence they are hoisted to the mill
The Golden Gate mill, or, as II IS
known now. the Consolidated Mercur
mill, is undoubtedly the most complete
as we'll as the largest establishment OF
its character in existence The proc
eSSes through which the ore goes are
practically the same as at other ike
mills. but ON a much larger scale, II
Is estimated that the loss in gold by
the Consolidated Mercur teaching IS
less than > cents per ton The mill has
a ~caDacity of HOO tons of ore per day,
and bullion at the rate OF nearly s.
00g. Cg0 per year can be turned out
superintendent Edwards says he has
ore in Sight-in the Mercur alone OF the
value of over $4,000, coo The Golden
GAZE properties are being held in re
serve. and the present indications are
that they viii not have to be drawn on
for a long time. All things considered,
he owners Of the Consolidated MeTcur
feel that they may be sure of velvet
To a far greater extent than the pres
ent value of their stock.
THE SACRAMENTO.
But though far and awsy the leader
Of an the MeTcur properties, the Con
S0iidated MerCur is not the only Vdlu-
able mine in the district. h Sacra-
monte in mast Years mas maid handsome
dividends. me although 1t has not been
in the distributive class for something
like sixteen months, the time is coming,
it's owners believe, II viii le-
sumo its old aux among the dividend
payers. During the time that the a
on stock have been held I'D
the mint has more than paid expenses,
Instead of p~rO-Tating this surplus,
however. it a Been used IN the deVei-
OpinE ana improving OF the mine. Part
OF this money is being pat into d roast
en-. NIany VexdtiDuS delays have teen
met in the delivery OF machinery r.
in the construction work Of The plant,
but 1T is now rapidly nearing compile
ti9n and will soon be placed in commits
sion. BY mea of The rodster the
viii be able to treat its
shines. which have retarded he eX-
traction of all the values from the
ores.
when completed the roaster plant
will be 110 feet ion and enclosed in a
wooden building. Its net cost viii be
in the n-eighbOrhoOd of 100000. It is
of the lacking design and is the same
as those now in operation in n sold
en- Gate mill. By February or March
it is thought the fires viii be Lighted,
and from then on II VIII be smooth
sailing fOr-the company or the taIcy
ores the plant viii handle in the neigh
borhood of 150 tons per day, while sew
enty-fve tons of the baser ores viii
be treated
ORE BODIES OPENED UP.
Much exploration work has been
done in the mine since the suspension
of dividends. Great quantities of ONi-
died ore have been opened up,
while they are not OF very high liz
the grade is high enough to enable the
product to be worked at a profit
through the rooster. The years most
important developments were in the
upper vein, which had never before
been explored. A break is found in
this vein at a point some distance
of the mill under the hill,
but a large lot of 6ve-dollar ore IS
thrown open before The break is en-
counteTed.
no the vein inclines are being and
have been run, and drifts in various di-
rections show completely satisfactory
results. superintendent Benner has
expressed the opinion that he has
enOugh ONidized ore ia sight to keep the
mill running IOE alA 4ttAEAAiAAAE AtEA AOAA-
This. too. without the necessity of
draving on the supply of base product
in other sections of the mine
Several new claims. in the general di-
rectiOn in which the ore bodies are
trending. were acquired by the Sacra-
mento during the course of the year.
All things considered. those III a posi-
ton to know claim n the prospects
of the corporation were never brighter.
Thev say-that by the close of the first
wear of the new century h Sacramen-
to will have established a new record
for itself in the matter of paying divi-
dends.
The Overland.
Another prominent Aercur mine IS
the Overland, in the Sunshine district.
Early in the year a shutdown occurred
and since then a number of changes