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Show I ! j Annual Meeting Next July Will Find Company in Splon- m : did Shape. Ir jjl : NOTED OLD PRODUCER . W GOOD FOR MANY YEARS -Company the Utah Pioneer in tfi; Bringing to Bear Close .9 . Economies, ft jj Secretary Reaves, of the Consolidated jlfiV', Mercur company, on Saturday Tras busy jlir' mailing to the stockholders notice of llio nnnual stockholders' meeting, to be held jli "I Sti Jersey City on July G. As far as is Hi! ' Imown at tho present time, no changes iTflilll ji in the official household aro contem- ' JJ jjl ij plaied, and, no doubt, the same directors IT t jj "who served during tho closing season jj l.' will be returned. muI j This trill be a much more sntisfac-KjK,' sntisfac-KjK,' tory annual session than the one held l last year, for conditions have been so li fi improved at the mine that tho stock-It stock-It Jjl V lolders have reason now for gratifica-gHfi' gratifica-gHfi' t tioni where a year ago was doubt and IH v trouble. At the present time the Cou-nl Cou-nl J solidated Mercur company is making a kflfffi very good monthly earning, producing jj Ail something between $60,000 and .'i-SO,-000 per month in gold bullion. The IMF's companj' is on tho eve of a very produc-Lre produc-Lre Perd. an thai raeans dividends 'RljEfl again as of old. ji few The Consolidated Mercur proposition . 'Ml is oue of tho most unique in Utah. The . iha. fc world hears a great deal about the close ill T earing and enormous profits incident .(nf 4) to tho operation of such great copper I ItjTl mines as tho Utah Copper, but those ! I HM achievements aro recent in date. The iHpIH Consolidated Mcrcar company is tho Ijn,-' pioneer of economical' operation iu the ' Mm4 mines of the State, although its pro- ifi duct is gold, nnd not copper. ' "When the Consolidated Merenr com- ' Urtn pany began to work on ils enormous Nrlait tonnages of gold ore. the rock ran about. ' ll jiliV $20 per ton. Today, with voritablc hllwi) mountains of ore to bo worked on, the PFhK-iI average value of the oro passing Jijf4l through the mill is only $-1 per ton in j Mijij gold. Tt stands to reason that equip-Ill equip-Ill JI mcnt making a fine saving on $J0 liiJ' ore would no' ordinarily make great (Knll profits on $J ore. so the company lias B I if had continually to keep up a hard study ft rSJ lo raise the value-saviug capacity' as w J thii ores gradually decreased in gold eon- i'f(ii,; "When George II. Dern took hold of rjlj jLj the proper!-, ' he began lo revive what m. 'M former operalors thought a worked-out (lj fiS proposition. To Air. Dern all the credit m il belongs for bringing the mine and mill iHEjH to the present .very gratifying condi-f)R condi-f)R t'j tion. In len years time tho Consolidated j(5 IJ Mercur mill had been ponnding away 11 11 St ntl 0,0 without a day's stop even for Christinas or any other holiday. Last : Inirali Hummer tho plant was closed down tor illIll tho irs time m nat Pe"0' to allow .11 If ff,' the new slimes plant to be installed. ,11 This plant is now a great operating suc-m suc-m X eess, decreasing the value of the tail-flJJ tail-flJJ B ings by just 50 per cent over what they "Hi ' contained heretofore. Saving gold vai-MBA vai-MBA ues has been brought down to an exact I I ff!, point, bv Mr. Dorn and his ablo staff. IfllJl; anl improved methods of oro treatment I have increased available tonnage euor-I euor-I mouslv by bringing rock into the cate-gllTl cate-gllTl gory 6f oro which theretofore Avas con-fll'i con-fll'i sidored waste material. I ; A. great tonnage of ore is now avail-nil! avail-nil! ablo for the mill, and thoso who have lift Tecentlv risitod the property state tho IjlEtj Consolfdated Mercur will havo majij'-' majij'-' prosperous years before reaching tho ;3yiRf4 point where additional economics will fMjpvf oe necessary, if a closer saving oyer B.jlfW will bo possible than that now being fi'ffiKs1 recorded. The property is splendidly It lh 115 equipped. The company owns its own jGI, lime kiln, using 5000 pounds of lime I nf; j daily; it owns its own. machine shops, jjjfjll; steam plant and foundry, whoro all sorts fJ)H;'l of castings can be made from coppor f t nr. on down. In the electric repair shop f j 1 1 f-J' every repair demanded, from rewind-IllyjIiV rewind-IllyjIiV iE of transformers on down can be HlllW done right on the spot. (IM71 Little ever is said about this com-iliUN com-iliUN Pftnrj yet stands as ono of tho min- Jiyfl tiig and metallurgical wonders of the ijlHl'Jf State of Utah and all tho "West. And. Vffllf from first to last, the company and its M Hi equipment ai-e now in better shape than VHB they havo been for years. |