Show FROM A PRACTICAL MINER george kasling burys view of the th campa camp A vast deposit superintendent george through village capable direction the golden oaie gate has developed into a proposition that means 35 it t it means it a farthing tor for its owner when asked for an expression on the great camp replied since I 1 have been it resident of the rocky mountain mining region I 1 have bave watched the rise progress and deca decadence denee of many M any mining camps camp campusand sand and districts have been mining booms mines and prospects and have been instrumental to a certain extent in bringing capital from eastern money centers to ald aid in tho the development 0 of 0 our western resources it la is not necessary to say in an interview ot at this his kind what camps or districts or what money center was drawn upon but the simple announce announcement me n t that I 1 have personally examined and reported upon over mining properties including gold sliver diver copper lead and coal will convince the most skeptical that my observations have extended over al a largo large area of our mining region on january 1 1895 1 I was tim dimpling pling in the interest of 0 capt J R delamar e and had up to that period examinee over fifty mining properties for him during the month of march I 1 ils Is cited mercur for mm him the result was waa tho the purchase of 0 the golden gate group of 0 mines since that time I 1 have been instrumental in the purchase of 0 seven other groups in the mercur district in march 1995 tho the town 0 of mercur mercer had a population of about A single throe three seated canton rarely ever filled carried passengers gera and express between fairfield a station on the union pacific railway anil and the hamlet at 0 mercur the marcur mine then as now was waa the center of attraction for two reasons firsts because three fifths of 0 tho the employed population were worked by that company seen secondly ridly because a monthly dividend ot of was being distributed among the nebraska farmers mho iho owned the mini mine the marion and geyser mines anti anil mills were working and the properties pr 0 bertien were said to be paying dividends but dates and amounts were not disclosed tho the golden gate mints mines were being operated d by mr A N butts who had on his 1113 payroll two miners and one trammer in the mines together with ono ano man and a horse honse on the surface to hoist ore and waste A great many parties were lying around micawber like vi waiting alting for something to turn up but beyond turning up it knave or it a queen were alere doing but little to aid in th development and promotion of 0 the camp I 1 DELAMAR S ADVENT the purchase of 0 the golden gate by capt delamar soon became noleca it bout about and proved to be the great stimulant u needed b by Y the file sleepers apers front from that moment the active location of 0 c claims was begun shafts were sunk bunk tunnels driven and prices on property advanced prospects mines andreal and real estate went skyward with a bound never in the annals of 0 the frontier wail a greater change observed than on the advent of this single operation tIOn true the mercur mercer was a wen well developed property properly the geyser and marion had con side e development but outside of 0 those properties but little lit lie work other than sufficient to told title against re locators was done the Col golden loll gate mine was developed by two shafts aggregating gre gating stating feet in depth and drifts conslo tIng of about feet making a total of NO feet that had been put into the ore body with the purchase so of the pro property porty A and the putting on of more nien mert to crowd developments every branch of industry kept pace more coaches war were required for the transportation por tation of 0 passengers nas more business houses were needed for or the accommodation ot of commerce until sil lit classes viere vere of foring their wares in the town developments on an the mines brought forth now new results new discoveries were wera made other mining men of 0 greater or lesa lens perseverance came in find and t today day the music mule of drill and glanc giant la its beard heard I 1 on every side lilo what was an open cut on olt the mining claim Is now a tunnel the he shallow pit ha has boon beer converted into fl i of double compartment comparto er I 1 equipped with holster anti and t mine work and mine methods prevail vail I 1 throughout the camp TWO MILES br OF ora on the golden gate gat two miles of dl drifts to upraises up raises and shafts pone penetrate largo are bodler and each halt half month adds adda mort more development pill more ore in might eight than via ties exposed at the into capt delamar DeLi umar made mad his purchase five hoisting plants have replaced the one horse whim in operation a year yea ago while the payroll which in april apri 1835 1895 WAX WAS now reaches a sum between anil and the passenger travel taxes the th capacity of two conches ii the freight anti anil express Is all that two locomotives can handle and traffic generally la Is increasing two small hotels almost ought fought tor for existence in a former day while now hotels board boardinghouses boarding I 1 a g houses restaurants and lunch counters of eve every Y variety are arc full to the brim while the cry Is IN still for or more rooms the town itself has ho grown in own at an astonishing race pace white while the annexes johannesburg and beltsville are nearly as populous as mercur mercer was a year ago right llight here I 1 desire to predict that with the inauguration of work on the golden gate mill the town with present accommodations will not be able to take care of the throng throne seeking investment which must come about fit at an early day FAITH IN TIIE DISTRICT courtesy to my employer forbids my going gain into detail concerning our property at the present time capt dola dela mar however Is it a practical man and does doe not put into a mine and mill vit without hout first satisfying himself that it vi ill be returned to him and that with good interest Int freit my mth faith in mercur mercer Is strong we have the largest deposit of ore on the face aco ot of the continent I 1 have personally tended bonded the mining and it filling of 0 1100 1000 tons per day with meo men from it a vein lea fees than one half the thle thickness kness of the marcur INI marion Orlon golden gate vein and another manager now in n mercur whose name 13 seldom seen been in public print has done the same noc NO I 1 do not believe the entire district Is m alth ith ore are of pay N alue aluc I 1 do believe however that the stratum which Is heavily mineralized between lion hill on oil the north and eagle hill on tha south has hai ha i been generally miller mineralized and the source of 11 0 n I 1 believe to be deep and associated with the porphyries ries that are found spreading out over the two points mentioned I 1 do tint not care to discuss the geological conditions ot of the bisti let I 1 found the ibe porphyry on oil my first drat visit and as I 1 have never seen been a great mining camp rome type ot of rook rock I 1 was waa at once favorably impressed with the district yes I 1 am interested in the east golden gate and I 1 say without equivocation now ai eliat hat I 1 have said heretofore that in my opinion judging from all indications based upon a knowledge of 0 the direction of the ore chats that a lai laige go body of oro ore will be encountered whorl when the shaft matt reaches the vein as it surely purely will the word tall fall Is not know knolin n to any of the directory or management of the corN company pany I 1 am also interested in the golden colden gate extension with hie air robert walker jr mr george 11 II robinson and others and bedorr snow flies we ahal 1 bo hoisting hol sling ore many litany other rood good properties nill mill be opened up before january 1 1897 mining systematic mining Is being done and results will be forthcoming that must bring prosperity not only to mercer marcur but to the country at large |