Show EXTENT OF THE ORE BODIES demonstration of 0 enormous wealth in developed properties it may ins y be said without fear of successful contradiction that the auriferous deposits in n camp floyd mining district or of which anchich the mercur ts la the center at this time promise to be the most ex extensive t en sive ever developed upon the globe could one ohof of sufficient power bo be put into mercur hill to lay bare its entire riches there Is scarcely a system by which their value could be accurately computed it Is not on vein of or ore or a single stratum of ore but a great zone of ore that has risen above the canon anufrom and from which the output could be increased to almost tiny any figure it facilities were aval available lable for or milling the ore into this zone rone the company has been blasting its way ever since the early days of 1890 and present breast of tile the incline and the lowest level in the mines froni from this point to the end lines of 0 ahe the ground embraced in the companas comp anys territory errit ory Is a distance of aw feet and from explorations pl orations m made a de from the workings of the gomen golden gate it has been demonstrated that every even foot of this ground Is traversed by the channels of ore that have been broken into above continuity or OF THE DEPOSITS 1 it t w was as t to 0 d determine e ter m i n in f fact ac t t the h e continuity nt fea tl n alt y of f t these h es e at mercur e r e u r or ore e e chutes h u t e that mr r george H robinson during the period that what Is known as uie the delamar opt option oil was alive drove into the ground of the mercur 2000 feet below tho the outcrop or of tho the zone above there he found the formation and gen con oral cal characteristics characteristic 5 identical with t those hose that presented themselves above the only striking exception excel lon wagi lit change in the quality of the ore which had increased in its it s value from a jeneral average of about W 15 above to one of ma 25 at the point of interception 2000 feet below the nature of the ore are had undergone no change chance the oxidized classes still existed although in its great neighbor the golden gate the or anical stratum had made its appearance pe arance with its pockets of incredibly GREAT DEPOSIT this tronc of the gold bearing strata ats that run through the mercur mining companas comp anys property can conley I 1 ey only a feeble idea of tb the e real magnitude of the deposits in tap hill that bears its name to comprehend the enormity of the deposits it would ho he n e e r ary to explore the workings with A h alch 1 als they have been invaded and yet but alve acres of ground hat ha been de eloped I 1 IN MARION HILL nor are the deposits in karten marion hill north of the trough in which is albl situated blat the town of mercur any less N wonderful n than those t that hat have been revealed in the mercur or the golden gate whose discovery shaft Is in tr the ie basin below As at the mercur the ore bodies in the marion begin with will I 1 reaching zone MM it la in claimed that the geyser la Is handling its output tit at a cost ot of it a ton but there Is very litta cost coat involved in the handling handlan ot of its or orn between the openings la in tile the mine and abo ali crushers at the mill since the development 0 of these bonanzas the boundaries of 0 tills this empire of oc gold bold have extended in all directions until the thunder of giant la Is issuing from ro every hillside e every v e r y gulch and every flat in the district is tr i e L from lit all points p 0 come the harbingers 0 of new st strikes r ints lies a series of 0 which are assured as aa developments that are now going on progress never since the era of 0 production was reached has there e been aa s much ore blocked out as at this time it has been gone into with till tunnels tunnel that penetrate the hill for thousands of 0 feet inclines that follow unbroken channels of ore upon their dip into recesses below up raises that at stations nta tlona show dhow the chute ot of gold bearing ore over seventy feet between walla walis and other avenues above which rise wells walls of ore that competent experts and mining engineers agree contain about tons with a 9 net valuation of over RECENT discoveries developments during the season have been perhaps the att art important in the history of 0 this phenomenal deposit in ill tho the ruby tunnel new bodies of ore have been opened the value of which has greatly 1 the same fame may be 5 ead a d of explorations in the resolute tunnel and in the proper and mill site tunnel that was allo aligned aliened Nied to lie tile idle tor for many years in this a avenue nue u haa some very profitable e 0 ore r e as says revealing some ome of the highest grad grades that eliat have been obtained in mercur hill none of the strikes with u which aich tile the energetic efforts of bla branager nager john dern and superintendent john have been rewarded have been more important ho however uever than that in the mattle incline which Is now lit in over feet with a body of ore to ahl h no wells have yet been found tills affo ground u nd was vas fied by the company in I 1 qa and the developments develop menta of tho the laust thirty days day prove beyond a doubt that the company hits lia i acquired a now new and distinct mine the upper stratum of ore at the point at which it has been exposed dips into the hill at the same ankle angle as a those tho se strata that are arc running parallel with it through the older workings the ore at this point too loo Is of a value that will net the company at least 12 per ton it are correct and the chute in the mattle 1 ats a continuous as those that arp found tn b the other cialino cealma upon UK tile property properly there them Is today todal r HO feet of gro ground bet betheen veen the th the horizon of the hill where the ores appear in shades of brown gray and yellow at the surface aur Caco or standing upon tile the outcrop of the zone tire the student Is confronted by the wide open antl and cavernous jaws of 0 the stratum um which dips from rom that point andi and from rom which vast amounts of 0 gold bear I 1 ing ine ore have been and are being qua auar riad not only at one point has the zone been driven into and compelled to surrender its values in this quarry like manner but a series ot of openings have been made from rom which ore has been extracted form a semicircle semi circle almost around the crest of 0 the hill tire the occurrence of the ore too as depth Is in had IS shown to be very similar to that W which hicie Is found at the mercur As an evidence ev I 1 dence of the marions productiveness it may be mentioned that since june 1893 the mill has been running continuously on an output rangin rangone 9 front rom fifty to sixty tons dally daily into the itlie ore bodies the company which has been distributing dividends for marry many years it has driven for thousands of feet foreman tom jones putting it at three J ailep and yet the treat great zone appears to be practically untouched with tho the going forward by day and night of its actual capacity none but the company and the management perhaps have an intelligent idea its facilities for the treatment of the ores are yet confined to a small mill which will very likely be enlarged the present season it to Is estimated now that tb abero 0 r e are tons of ore in sight in this mine IN THE GEYSER WORKINGS another powerful demonstration ot of ill the e ex extent tent of the deposits in camp floyd mining district Is I 1 afforded in the wot woi ki rigs of the geyser situated ort orf the northeast side of marion hlll hill the output from this property at present in III be awen fifty and sixty tons a day aal I 1 under favorable conditions might be increased rea to F several veral hundred tons a day the ga 1 the ores re resemble the those that have ben been developed in other portions of the far |