Show 1JSOiIDAON NO 00 1 Rflercurs Ore Measurements Pan Out Too Big I A GREAT SHOWING IS MADE Consequently the Morcur Owners I Will Not Agree to Unite With the Golden Gate on the Baais Proposed Contract for Sacramento Roaster Awarded The Mountain View Strike Pavorable News from the Checkmate Test of Cape jSTomo Sands Mining1 Notes According to unofficial reports negotiations nego-tiations between the heads oC the Sler cur and Golden Gate mines at Mercur looking to an alliance between those bonanzas have been abruptly terminated termi-nated and the next meetingS between l President Bern of the former and Capt Dp La lUar sole owner of the latter I v 111 be of a nature purely social Dill sent effort was made to confirm this but in vain However the gentlemen posi from whom the story conies are positive i r tive In the assurance that their information infor-mation came through official channels The circumstances offered In support are Interesting some of them sensational I sensa-tional When the proposed alliance between be-tween the companies was agreed to It I was decided that the basis oC consolidation I consoli-dation should be determined by the earning capacity of the respective propositions To determine this exhaustive 4 ex-haustive measurement of the ore I bodies in the two proportion was made I that on the Golden Gate by Messrs Mc Vlchio and Cohen on the Mercur by I Superlntendent Edwards To strengthen its position under the I agreement the management of the Mercur began some very energetic exploratory ex-ploratory work this In that portion of the Mercur In which the sulphides or base ores predominated This to bo more explicit was in Lulu ground here largo bodies of arsenical ore l sensationally higher at intervals than any of the oxidized had been exposed when negotiations began The manner in which these bodies now responded was astounding Each volley of giant that was poured into the zone developed devel-oped bigger results It was communicated commu-nicated to the local olllcers of the company com-pany Of these there were three John Helmrlch vicepresident Ed Alris vicepresident and George Bern man aiger Over the news there was no little lit-tle exultation Then the companys i surveyor was directed to make careful measurement of the new ore bodies while Superintendent Edwards followed Slowed S-lowed with the sampling and the results re-sults were submitted According to The Tribunes informant the findings submitted by the surveyor showed that since negotiations between the parties began no Jess than 110000 tons of ore had been added to the original reserves re-serves while the sampling by the su porlntemlent disclosed an increased valuation of more than 1000000 On Monday a conference is said to hati taken place between the ofllclals of the company then in town and the I result was according to the story a lengthy cablegram notifying President I Dcrn that further negotiation would noL be consented to This done the local officers of the company sent for George O Bradley representing the Tackling furnaces long in use at the Golden Gate mill and an order had been practically placed last night for a set of roasters with which to handle the sulphide ores of the great Mercur mine Tho Interesting feature of the story Is the manner 1 in which tho ore bodies have responded to developments while it ii i claimed that the very lowest assay I from a breast of ore over eighteen feet In height was 521 gold per ton With these disclosures the management did p not It is said feel Itself Justified in permitting negotiations to go any further fur-ther as It Is generally known that the dicker was on a basis of onethird lo two Gapl De La Mar to take the long end |