Show MER MERCUR CUR MINE MINETO MINETO TO BE OPENED Sampling of West Dip Dp Property Shows It Should Pay Well Wel That the West Dip mine In Mercur MeruI dis district district district will wi likely be the next net pro producer producer producer ducer to be as a result resul of the suc sue success success cess of the Consolidated Mercur slimes process was admit ed yesterday by George GeorgeH Gerge H Dern Dem who had just received assay re returns returns returns turns from a general genera sampling of the West Dip ore bodies These Tese returns show showIng showIng showing Ing average gold values of better than 4 a ton render the rejuvenation of the te West Dip mIes nn an attractive proposition Some months ago the Dern crowd re reopened reo reopened opened o ned the old Sunshine mine after having remodeled the mill mi and equipped It i with the new slimes process The result resul has been highly gratifying The mill mi Is treat treating treatIng treating ing In the neighborhood of tons of ore a day and the Boston Sunshine com coin company company pany has ha already paid three small divi dividends dividends with every prospect that profit prof will wi be earned for a long time to come The sampling shows that the West Dip Dp ore bodies are ara ar somewhat hither higher hl grade than are those of the Sunshine whose average Is about 5 a ton The failure of the West Vest Dip to to t pay In n the te past was due to the ores containing BO so much talc that in cyaniding a large proportion of the values went with wih the slimes shines The new process It I Is believed will wi recover most of the values value which were thus lost With a few tew more of the old mines brought in Mercur will wi see a a repetition of the palmy days of the camp amp with the exception a permanent that basis Us its Is prosperity will wi be upon I |