Show the camp eloyd gold district J H bennett Bennetto of the ithe R G W has sent out the following follow mg lewiston utah better known as aa the camp floyd district ane scene of the recent gold discoveries is developing into a veritable bonanza camp the tha district is ab located about fifteen miles from lehi a local station on the Rio Grande western railway main line but most of the travel is coming to salt lake elev the camp is not a new one as underlying the gold bealine rock which is ia generally conceded to be a sedimentary formation is found a silver bearing yein vein iron from which a number of years year a 1 ago large quantities of bifia bl h ore grade do silver ore were mined and shipped the gold Pup supposed posed to be mainly of a chloride ch lorida state is found in a blanket vein of lime lima and shale which has baa been already traced for a distance of ten miles enthusiastic experts and min mm ecologists claim that the belt extends over to the wasatch range and too within a few miles of lehi city the correctness of these statements can only be attested by future developments suffice it to say herein that the gold eol d vein has bus been found in unlimited quantities throughout the belt extending from ophir to camp floyd by the use of the tha cyanide process the gold is ig extracted at a cost coat of to 30 per ton including all expense of labor and milling and when considering the fact that tat tae ore ave averages 1600 per ton lon a handsome bet profit of from 1300 13 00 to 14 00 accrues to the pro lucer incer this is is the greatest gold strike of the age and aheu heu taking into consideration that the area of the gold cold field is ia entirely problematical waiting awaiting the investigation of prospector and triner niner n iner the natural result must be a boom of gigantic proportions and latterly a wealth to the early corners comers the camp is now in its infancy the mercur mine ald aid ai d mill chic h recently sold to a Oo Jo lorado syndicate for is ia turning out tons of ore per diem which means a profit crofit of to per month by actual measurement at the rate ra to of tons amr day the mercur p property can produce the same quality of ore for twenty years but bat as I 1 said before nothing but future t ey ev elopement can say bay but that the ore body will tax the capacity of 0 tha mercur mill lor for fifty years ore even years yeara |