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Show fetefeii? ilte flUtxehW. B1HGI1AM. tfAil Arki ,j "TiMlLYMETHODS ROUT MERCUR GHOSTS 1 I '"" ""WTr-- I ,M,.., lH.. J.IU. 4 II. I. H Mercur Canyon mffp. , . ' VsV--V - dividends. Extraction was at the rate of 76.7. After the closing of the Golden Gate mill In 1913 the camp lan-guished. In 1917 the mill machin-ery was sold, houses were moved away and the railroad torn up. Mercur was a ghost town again. Adjacent properties had . been operated for years with varying success. The Sacramento, just south, had paid 3uS,O0Q In di-vidends, chiefly from profits oil Its quicksilver ore. The Geyser and Marlon mines had united in 1897 to form the Geyser-Mario- com-pany. Until 1900 their respective mills ran to capacity and about $100,000 was paid to stockholders. Thereafter little was done until r By GEORGE W. SNYDER FLOYD, an early military CAMP in the Oqulrrh mountains, miles south of Great Salt Lake, govs its name to a district which hag never ceased to astonish metallurgists by the diversity and complexity of its ores. Mercur, one of Its subsidiary camps, has been a veritable test tube of mineralogy. There nature outdid herself In de-vising obdurate combinations of metallic elements and the miner countered by working out no less Ingenious solutions of her metal-lurgical and mechanical problems. It was the lure of Mercur'a gold which led to the general use of cyanide in leaching, to the build-ing of the first long distance elec-trical transmission line and to the development of vacuum filtration. Discoveries began In 1896. Find-ing of a vein of antinionlal silver in the Sparrow Hawk brought farmers and prospectors to Lewlston canyon. Exposures of cinnabar (sulphide of mercury) and gold addei to the excitement. One Capt. Shaw built a mill in the oanyon In 1872. Some silver was saved. The gold, however, was luslve. Assays were good, but the claylike ore containing It would not yield to any known method of treatment. Mill changes proving ineffectual, Capt. Shaw gave tap the struggle and the little town became a "ghost" camp. North of Damp Floyd lead mines and smelters sprang up, but Mer-cur slumbered. Then, is 1890, some Nebraska farmers were Induced to invest in the gold bed. The Mer-cur Gold Mining & Milling Co. was organized. Less than 20'fo of the gold was saved by the small mill installed at Manning. Cyanide saved the day. This chemical was being tried ex-perimentally at Denver. Tests of small samples from Mercur prov-ing encouraging, a carload of the ore was forwarded. More than 85 of the gold was recovered. A 50-to- n cyanide plant started at Man-ning in 1892 was able to show a profit and In 1893 Its capacity was doubled. Two years later Capt. J. L. Del-ama- r bought the Golden Gate group, next to the Mercur claims. Pyrlte, sulphur and carbon in his ore made trouble. Two years more, and experimentation proved that with finer grinding and roast-ing the base ores could be cya-nide- Delaniar built the Golden Gate mill in 1S97-- 8 and, in 1899, effected a consolidation with the Mercur company under the name Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Co. The two companies toad produced 1,045,138 tons of ore at a profit of $2,190,901. During the 11 years following, Con. Mercur milled tons with a gross value of ?10,245,17S and paid $1,235,000 In Snyders and assoclatei J Plant at Manning to l Manning and Mercur Cm , Issue, hung In the balance fS increase in. the J from $20.67 to $35 anSZt'l the scale. Snyder & diatelr closed a deal ft: phase of the Con. Merc , ,' ertles under a lease and contract. Incorporating the !' ton Peak Mining Co., th for the removal of their plant to Mercur. Leaslut!: Hons in some of the Mercur ? were very profitable and ti prospective recoveries froatb tailing- - dumps, another BeiS prosperity for the twice haunted camp could be forest!-- ' . The recent era of activitr seen the. payrolls of the ft' rise from a few hundred dob' 1930 to approximately $15 to,' month,- - which is steadily V lng. This means about 13t jj employed on company with 75 to 100 lwsees also m ing. Food and mining suppii the value of around $6,000 1 are procured locally and front Lake City, while electric W a cost ' of $3,000 a month It 5 sumed. - Insurance and taxes various kinds, together with t cellaneous expenditures, acc for another $3,000 monthly, t estimated that $35,000 to W a month is being put Into circs tlon instead of nothlir at all 1933-- 4 when a cyanide plant was completed and a steam shovel turned loose to scoop up low grade gold ore in quantities. Four mtles south of Mercur the Sunshine Gold Mining Co., with a 50-to- n mill was operated with in-different results. The' Con. Mercur took control in 1908 and incorpor-ated the Boston-Sunshin- e company. The mill was remodeled and. in the 14 months ensuing $19,500 was paid in dividends. "The nearby Overland property treated $2.20 to $2.40 gold ore in a 500-to- n mill, but was unable to finance Its opera-tions and closed down in 1902. Beginning in 1933, new life was Infused Into the Mercur area by the W." F. Snyder & Sons Co. The Watch This Space! II Will Interest You. A BLUE CROSS MEANS YOUR Subscription has expired. f W r ?: f V v " Jw y . 3 r hosiery ' GLAMOROUSLY SHEER . Smart-side-o- ut Hosiery .versed by MUNSINGWEAR Munsingwear knit these lovely hose in-side outl Why? Because putting the dull aide out makes hosiery appear twice as sheer, slenderizes ankles, prevents twisty back seams and gives a smooth, ilat sur-face that resists runs and wears longer. Bingham Merc. 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BINGHAM SERVICE STATION 14 Main St; WALTER BARTS MOONLIGHT SERVICE STATION Between Bingham and CoppeTton I Vedalakes and Campas, Prop. For Good Teeth and Strong Bones Use Hogran Products ' ! There ue none better. , TODAY f They stand for: ; Purtt ! Quality Service HOGAN'S "Always the Best" - ) uUp Stttgham Metrn ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY AT BINGHAM CANYON, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH ENTERED AS SECOND GLASS MATTER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BINGHAM CANYON UTAH. UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH S, IS7 LELAND G. BURRESS, Editor and Publisher. Subscription Rate, per year in advance. $2.00 Advertising Rates furnished on application. Utah's Wealth Familiarity may not always breed contempt, but a too close view often gives a near-sighte- d conception. Re-sidents of Utah have a .first hand look at all the natural resources of the state, but often minimize the almost limitless resources. For this reason the Utah State le-gislative resolution inviting capita and labor to this state by a recital of the state's resources is of interest to every Utahn. In this section of the state it is unlikely that anyone ever forgot that Utah possesses the largest cop-per deposits in the world. To this, In order to complete the picture, must be added the list of other resources: the largest Iron deposit in the world; rich deposits of silver, lead, zinc and gold; deposits of alunlte; salt beds of enormous acreage; hydro-carbons, sulphur and gypsum; coal deposits in character and quality unexcelled; untold treasures in agri-culture. While It is generally known that Utah has a generous supply of na-tural resources the extent of these awaiting development before the state can reap material benefits of possession is not often enumerated. Some day Utah's persistent ad-vertising of her resources will suc-ceed in interesting capital for all the as yet undeveloped possibilities. When this' day comes benefits from their development will extend even further than the state borders. SERMON HOLDS GOO NOT AUTHOR OF DISCORD "Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?" is the subject of the lesson-sermo- n In all churches of Christ. Scientist, Sunday April lth. Among the Scriptural verses are the following: "The Lord is my por-tion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope In him. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life" (Lamenta-tions 3:24, 68). Included are the following corre-latives from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "God Is as In-capable of producing sin, sickness, and death as He is of expieriencing these errors. How then is it possible for Him to create men subject to this tried of errors. --man who is made in the divine likeness? (p. 356 Neither evil, disease, nor death can be spiritual, and the material In them disappears in the ratio of ones spiritual growth (p. 368). Mind Is the master of the corporeal senses and can conquer sickness, sin. and death" (p. 393). Stadium as a Community Asset Speaking up early with the hope that their action will aid in securing facilities .for adult recreation, sev-eral community organizations aro forwarding petitions to the Jordan board of education to grant soft ball teams and other community groups permission to use the high school stadium during the summer months. Several weeks ago the Bingham Softball association representatives interviewed Dr. C. N. Jensen on the matter of lighting the stadium and allowing community groups its use: Dr. Jensen said the question would be brought before the board. Confidence is felt by Interested groups that the board of education will make every effort to plan the early lighting of the stadium and rule that it shall be open during vacation months for use of as many Canyon residents as possible. Lack of a community softball diamond was a handicap for the Softball association last season. If the high school stadium is to be-come the Important community as-set it has been counted, this sports-minde- d Canyon will have access to the stadium recreational facilities during periods when school ath- - letic activities are not in progress, LOCAL NOTES Mrs. Sam Sturm was hostess to her Breakfast club Tuesday morn-ing. A delicious breakfast was serv-ed and Mrs. Mike Brisk won high score. Atha Williams has been In the St. Marks . hospital the past week receiving medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Faddls and family spent Sunday visiting in American Fork. Mr. and Mrs. John Zabrowsky attended conference in Salt Lake City Sunday. Eugene Morris and Aaron Beard were L. D. S. conference visitors Sunday in Salt Lake City. Visitors AlUnd Quarterly Meeting of I. O. O. F Lodge. Thirty five visitors of the Odd Fellows Organization from Salt Lake, Midvale and Murray joined Bingham Lodge No. 10 in a quar-terly meeting at the Masonic hall last Thursday evening. Among those attending who gave Interesting talks "were Harvey H. Cluff, Past Grand Master and form er attorney general of Utah; V. L. Halliday, Grand Master, I. O. O. F. of Utah; W. O. Carbis. Past Grand Master of State of Utah and a form-er member of the local lodge; T. B. Birch, chairman of district as-sociation presided over the meeting; Andy Kressen, of Bingham Canyoa All present were invited to at-tend the next quarterly district meeting which Is to be held In Park City the later part of June. The Salt Lake aggregation were accompanied with a five-piec- e orcn-estr- a which furnished many excell-ent musical numbers to the large number of Odd Fellows and friends In attendance. After the meeting all members and visitors enjoyed a dutch lunch served at the Italian-Frenc- h Cafe. |