The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-09-16
BAY ST. LOUIS MAN is DIRECTOR
IN MINING COMPANY.
Merrill Silver Lead Company, of
Gold6eld, Nevada, Has Material,
Prospects and Tangible Outlook
A Number of Bay St. louisa ms
Have Interest-Likely They viii
Strike 1t Rich.

The Merrill Silver Lead Company,
of Goldfield, Nevada, will begin op-
erations in the immediate future.
This is a company with material pros
poets and tangible outlook, as the
experts put it.
Bay st. Louis is intensely interest
ed in the ultimate success of the de-
velopment of this mine, rich in de-
posits of lead and silver. There are
quite a number of stockholders resid-
ing here who have pinned their faith
to the company. Mr.. Owen Craw-
ford, representative and reputable
citizen of Bay St. Louis, is a member
of the board of executives. A year
or two since Mr.. Crawford took a
! trip to the scene of the location of
the mine. He made a careful and
exhaustive examination and returned
imbued with the vast possibilities of
the proposition.
From the Daily Tribune, Goldfield,
Nevada, dated August 29th, of the
present year, we find the following
article, which will be read with inter-
est by many of our Bay st. Louis
readers, as follows:
Telegraphic instructions have been
received by G. NJ. BEETLES, secretary
of the Merrill Silver Lead Company,
from A. H. Merrill. president, to at
once commence operation on the COM
pany's property in the Copper Flat
district. Mr.. Merrill's message is
from Bay St. Louis, Miss, and he
says in part: Support received here
insures complete financing of the
company. Commencing operations
at once along the lines specified by
Mr.. Turner"
Mr.. Merrill has visited various Sec
tions of the south and the middle west
during the past four months and has
everywhere received support and CO.
operation in his efforts to finance the
Merrill company. The advices re-
ceived indicate the securing of ample
funds to fully develop the property,
and, according to Mr.. BEETLES, work
can now be carried through to the
point of a thorough proving of the
ground. Mr.. Merrill's efforts have
met with success on all sides and he
has not been satisfied with half meas
ures, but has continued working un-
til the securing of adequate funds IS
now assured. The company has had
no dealings through promotion brok-
ers and the funds so far raised are
net to the company, thus assuring the
investors the utmost in return for
their money.
Arrangements for operations are
now being made and it is expected
that the first round in a new cross
cut on the 50-foot level will be fired
on September 1. The shaft through
which the work will be done is verti-
cal and starts at surface on the hang
ing wall side of the main vein. AS
the vein dips at moderate angle, the
shaft passes through it at about the
50-foot point, and the first work done
will consist of q cross-cut back to the
hanging wall side to develop shoot
of ore opened nearer surface. The
ore is a silver-lead product and oc-
ours as high-grade lead sulphides and
carbonates carrying very favorable
silver values. 1t is an admirable
shipping product and it's tendency to
high-grade values, coupled with the
strength of the vein in which it oc-
ours, promise early and favorable re-
suits from the work to be done. Al
ter sufficient work at the present level
to prove the rake of the ore shoot
has been done the work will be ar
ranged to allow of rapidly bringing
the mine to the stage of steady pro-
ducer.
The Merrill property is located in
the Copper Flat section, and, &C
cording to J. K. Turner, consulting
engineer for the company, presents
one of the best possibilities among
the thousands of prospects ne has
seen during his residence in this dis.
trict. The surface rocks consist Of
lines and shales truded by eruptives,
and the general geologic relationship
is identical to that in some of the
greatest silver-lead districts. Al
though several veins are in evidence,
present work will be confined to the
strongest. This vein has the Iron
hat" so familiar to miners from other
lead districts and presents every in
dication of strength and persistence.
AS characteristic of such veins, val