Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
S SINCE BEING REBUILT,

others, a bullion record Of $4,000 ounces
IN silver Is recorded but undoubtedly
much greater amount than this was
produced ~ nothing like an accurate
account was kept
The presence Of gold bearing Lodges
was not unknown when silver mining
nourished I'm Camp Floyd Prospectors
used to find an outcrop Of yellow rock
which looked good enough to have az.
sayed, ana returns ranging from 81 up
to $40 were obtained. but When panning
was resorted TO not a color could Ds
obtained This condition was looked
upon with suspicion by the dlstrustful
prospcctors who were quite unable to
understand how the assayer could get
proved frultless Their knowledge Of
mlneraogy was not as thorough as it
is now and then the cyanide process
was unknown.
The presence OF clnnebar was also
knCNn when Lewiston prospered which,
Mr. Dem declares, Is a further evil
dence that the gold lodges Of the dis
trict were knCSn IN that period. for
while clnnebar occurs In silver lodges,
1t does not occur IN quantities as m the
gold lodges,
A report for the year 1871 states that
there Is also a vein afordng clnnabar
OF low percentage" The government
report on mineral resources makes full
Ter mention OF cinnabar discoveries In
the district, and states that a test
made on a l00-pound lot Of the ore
gave an average Of per cent quick
silver. This was evidently considered
too low grade for profitable handling,
or else the statement was Incorrect. Al
any rate, quicksilver mining was not
attempted A few years later, however,
the deposit again attracted attention,
and on April 30, 1879 Arie Pinedo 10.
Gated a claim on this cinnabar vein,
naming It "Mercur," after the mercury
IN the ore. This claim he patented and
II subsequently became the nucleus OF
the gold camp, giving its name to the
Mercur mine, as well as TO the new
camp which IN 1890, sprang up on the |
site Of the defunct Lewiston
So persistent were the stories Of the |
existence Of big gold lodges In the |
Camp Floyd district that a syndicate |
Of Nebraskans-among whom were /
John Dern, John Heimerich and Ed II. |
Alris-declded TO Try their luck az min |
ing, They were commonly referred 10 /
as the Nebraska farmers and their .
operations were looked upon generally .
IN the nature OF Joke No one I'm Salt
Lake had any idea they would Sue
coed In the venture; that II would be
another case Of the "tenderfoO drop.
ping his wad"
1t certainly looked as II failure had
oyertakcn them when It was demon
strated, IN 1890, that the amalgamatlon
mill built I'm the camp would not save
the values which the ore contained.
The Nebraskans had already spent
about S75 000. when the cyanide process.
which came into use about that time
changed the complexion Of things Sue
cess trumphed and all Utahns as well
as ilnahciers of the nation are well
aware Of what followed Mining re-
celyed stlmulous I'm Utah and the
gloom which came with the shutting
down of the silver mines cleared away
almost entirely The success Of the
cyanide process at Mercur, indeed
marked the beginning OF a new era for
mining everywhere
Mercur is situated IN Tooele county
about 60 miles from Salt Lake CITY
and is reached by the San Pedro Los
Angeles & Salt Lake and the Salt Lake
q Mercur railroads.
MERCUR'S PRODUCERS.
The Consolidated Mercur continues
TO he Mercurs principal producer. The
only other mine that has been oper-
ated continuously throughout the the
year was the Sacramento, while a few
miles away, at Sunshine, an attempt
was made at the revival OF the over
land gold mine which had proved q
frutless proposition In the past. The
Greene Reduction Co. Of New York,
operated the Geyser-Marion min on
leased dump ores. At the Consolid- !