Show BUTTERS LI says his impressions axe are distinctly favorable I 1 mr charles butters the distinguished metallurgist who has tor for some days i been makinia lin an examination of 0 the ores of mercur Merci ir returned to th the i city last night and will return to the camp torno riou to continue his investigations mercur has been a rc elation to vr mr butters as lias has it to every metallurgist who has visited the district although Altho his researches researches have not been prosecuted tar far enough to justify him in III submitting art an opinion he raid eald last night he has been sufficiently interested to continue them mr butters was wae I 1 riot not inclined to go into details his excuse being that his examination ha had d not yet been far enough advanced lie he I 1 was not prepared to say whether or not the conditions at mercur were such as I 1 to justify efm him in the erection of 0 a mill s such u ch as that which was put up at johannesburg han but it Is reasonably cea certain that it will be among amone other conclusions e clu reached by him before he has I 1 finished with the field should mr butters undertake the erection of 0 IL a mill it Is 19 said that its capacity will bo be nt at least GOO tons a day and tb that a t while hile he Is makenz a plant of that edw kind nd a source or of revenue to him lie he w will ill engage with lila his associates efte extensively naively in the development ot or ground that has bas been secured by him in the locality during the past week the impression that I 1 am in this field la in connection with capt de la mar said mr butters last night at the th knutsford Knut stord ia 18 altogether erroneous my efforts at mercur tire are essentially individual and whatever they may result in will concern no ono one but myself I 1 am not prepared fit at this time to discuss marcur tor for the reason that I 1 have not had time to conduct my experiments peri ments I 1 have decided however that the camp Is a meritorious one and 1 shall return to continue tho the examination next week mr butters wits was met in the city by its brother harry who joined him at mercur on wednesday and who returned turne d from the camp on rilday night the latter has tor for many years year Is been engaged in the promotion of 0 enterprises and lists has added to his fortune in many countries the gentleman Is very much pleased with his ob senat loni lons elt at Iler mercur cur and will ten rc ISLE isit it before leaving for the east |