| Show I I THE BIG MERCUR DEAL The Decision of De Lamar Will Soon Be Known MIKES OF CONNOR CREEK ENCOURAGING SHOWING I THESE FINE PROPERTIES John Beck of This City is Interested Inter-ested in Valuable Producers In the District The GeyserJrlarion A New Crusher Installed at the Geyser Mill Park Patriot Jottings I Jot-tings Activity Anticipated In I American Fork Canyon During the Coming Year Kercur Mercury Mer-cury NotesExtensive Developments Develop-ments i Progress i the Camp The Mines of Tintic What the Miner Has to Say Concerning ThemOre and Bullion Silver and lead Mining Notes and Person ais The presence of Captain J R De Lamar in the city is causing more or less comment as to whether or not I this gentleman will take up his option op-tion on the Mercur mine and there are those who would gIvea neat little sum to know just what he will do in the matter They will not have long to wait however how-ever as i is more than likely that before the middle of next week the momentous question will be finally settled set-tled A Herald representative called on the representatve caled captain yesterday and found this gentleman I gen-tleman looking as fresh as a peach after his long and tiresome journey I and what is more he was quite willing to talk of the business that brought him to this city I Of course said the captain in reply re-ply to a leading question put to him I by the reporter I have hardly had time yet to examine into all of the data pertaining to the deal and I will not arrive at any definite conclusion before i be-fore Sunday night or Monday morning morn-ing and perhaps not even then as a great deal depends upon the action of the Mercur company A large sum of money is involved in the deal I is a busIness transaction in which we must be guided by cold facts and not by i what we think or feel I will not say I that the mine does not come up to ex j sedations as the returns are not all ih as yet Mr Clement went out to the mine again yesterday and will return I urn tomorrow and after his arrival nsht Nl0 ile aar i we shall be able to come to a more definite conclusion The fact of the matter is that I prefer to say nothing about the deal at the present time as 1 have not as yet had any conference I with the of the themanagement Mercur i company i i By the way said the captain the I i American reporters are much different 1 mf r rae iIi i In their methods and ways of interviewing inter-viewing than the reporters of London i I Ii The American reporter is persistent and sticks to a man with the tenacity of a bull dog and I admire this trait in them and withal they are so gentlemanly i gen-tlemanly in their persistency that we I cannot take any offence even though they delve into our most private affairs af-fairs NQW in England it is different and I can recall to mind an instance I where an American gentleman found this to be true to his sorrow I This gentleman continued the captain j cap-tain was In London on important business an inkling of which he wished Ito I-to become publicly known He imparted his desire to a friend who stated that he would request a reporter to call around and interview him This was < aone ana wnen me reporter sent up I his card orders were given to admit him The American with a true idea of how reporters should be handled called out to come in when the scribe knocked at the door but paid no attention at-tention to the hireling after his entrance en-trance but kept on writing with his back towards him Finally after a painful pause on the part of the reporter re-porter he ventured to call attention to his presence Ah yes said the American Amer-ican what do you want and at the ing same time he kept on wtih his writ I was passing along this way said the scribe and thought I would stop into in-to see you Well was the rather ungracious reply I have nothing of particular interest in-terest to say to you Oh I beg your pardon said the reporter and in an instant he was I goneAfter going on with his writing for a moment or so the gentleman concluded con-cluded to submit to an interview but I much lo his chagrin he found that the representative of the press had departed I de-parted This concluded the captain is a sample of the reporter in England |
