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Show Mercur Mining Notes. Gathoroa from Various Points for our Roadors. Tlie Mcicur Miant. The Ofllcial company have let a luin-drrd luin-drrd foot contract. A aubslaneit resemhllrjg tellurium ia being found In tho Hover. Orvlllo Vemum, of New York, has roccntly secned Interests In tl e district. Tho Hnnday shift nt the Golden Ga'e has been dlacontinuod for tho present, The shaft of the Sterling group ia down 100 feet nnd tho bottom Ij in hl(k ahale. ( i Tho shaft cm tho Clay Canyon property proper-ty ia down sixty feet, nnd goodaisayj aio being obtained therefrom. In the Her Victor shaft valuea ofovrr Mis obtnlned and there Is n bright outlco'x fcr largo bodies of milling ore. ' . . . The Ri.Tond contract for (linking the lower o haft on tho Hover group was awiirdid to 1. 11. Hailegrovr, and ho la at work theicoii. . . . The Great Kastcru company la prepirlng to Issue n iiroapectiu of Its pin ily, -which ia locatml lu tho heart of luu mineral belt. ... , The Tribune rcporta n number of mining men na being headed thia way, among them being A. D. Hudnutt, C. E. ArmatroiiE nnd Sam Newhouse, of Colorado. ' . A largo number o liropcrlles aro being be-ing incorporated In the district, tho object in moat caen being to secure money for development purposes. Surveyor Stiango wan down In the wentern foothills surreying the property of thu Gold Melt company. ThIsground is-regardftl'aa'beiiFg' amoiiglho bcifln that locality. Tho Herald sajs Umt r, S. Mitchell, WillUmlrvIno and. S. H. Fields, Jr., hnvo tecitred thrcc-fnurtiiii intercut in tin Desert No. 1, 2, 8, and Hill Top, at Five Mile l'ais, and vvCII upend con-aiderablo con-aiderablo money In their cleielopincnt. ... Manager Cory, of tho Gladstone, ia in camp. Work on the compartment ehaft a going steadily abend, nnd wo look (or u Rtilko In that section In tlio not distant future. ... i Tho May Queen boys JJ still hard at it developing tho pioportv. which Men hulotv tnu Mnrcui- mill, nnd thn allowing rontiuuea to improve. The property is now being survo) ed for patent. i . . ... Continued Improvements is thf jeport from the Omnba group In tho was torn foothills. A large body otoro averaging from $4.60 to 6.03 la being developed, uiri the grnd Ja improving. ... There nro rumors ol changes In tho personnel of tho gentlemen who linvcchargo of Cnpt lie I.nmar's interests in-terests in tho Golden Gate, hut we have been unablo to secure any authentic information. ... Tlio Golden Gato companyare putting up n ten-foot Ibciviatlon mill which tnll tin ui'-il excliiHlvely for inaWn.' test of all i hihava id or.i before they aro ml through tho big plant which ia anon to follow. A ten-foot roaster ia also soon lo he erected. ... Tho Geyser in now operating lu n tiinnner moru jirofllnblothnu ever before in its history. "Willi a nmall forro etxty tons dally aio '.;cinu treated and at n good prollt per ton. It is probablu thnt in the near future ttlio st.icklioUlern will pocket their II ret dividend, nnd that thereafter they will be a regular tiling. ... M It. Hunt, of AViseonsIn, artlved in camp this wcelc with n complete diamond drilling pliml for prcspecting woik, and many of our claim owiimh willd ubtlesH embnu-o the oportunlty to lind out what launder their ground nt comparatively lllc'ui imI, Mr Hunt was pcisuaded tocomu )iy Tout Hart, who is something nfn rustler hlmse'f, I Mr Hunt's ollli-o is vill Judgo Harris in the Hpoouet bulliltn. . . . A deal wna niiule thu ttrstof thu week whereby I.. M. Hiulth, 'nlu had :v Uiud on tho South vlc sor )irotsrry, succeeded In interesting Dr. Jtiliiynui and others tlieiciu and tlio bond lent licen taken care of, Thu deal wiiaituglm.end by Atty. Wilde, ef tliu linn nf Wilde nnd Whipple, who la now buy pieparlng articles of incorporation, vTI property on which a putt of thu bnnivvFti portion of tho camp is now niumltil, Is vnUulilt-in vnUulilt-in more rcspecta than one mtd alicndy )l at developed a body ol oro which asaiiys very well. |