Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-21 | Page 12 | Native Mercur in Utah Place

NATIVE MERCUR IN PLAGE Nicholas B Crawford Salt L La mining engineer Dr J. J E. E Mort and their associates in the new formed Hermes Mining company c to take out a flask of nati quicksilver daily from a placer erty near Granddaddy lakes in t Uintah mountains by simple grou sluicing When the water on which they ha filed is piped to the enriched gras graj beds they hope to increase product immensely Tests by Mr Crawford indies Indico average values of samples from 30 p and cuts to be 55 cents gold 28 oun silver and 4 27 pounds to the cubic yard An area of 1340 square yards of placer ground hair available is estimated Allo Albo Ing 30 feet of depth the pay gray gra would total cubic yards Preliminary estimates of the ava able gravel in the lower which require some work and further sampling indica an additional area arba of squa yards of placer This locality is one of the few in the world where mercury is low lowin In its native state Erastus Peters discovered it in 1921 staked fo placer claims and kept up work but did nothing more As a result of their Crawford and Morton took an option on the Peterson claims and located more claims of acres each they turned in to the Hermes coi cor pany The Hermes filed articles June setting up a capitalization of in cent 5 shares John E. E Morton wi named as president N. N B. B Crawfor vice president E. E L. L Crawford U c treasurer rotary Ellen M. M vL Morton an as T. T W. W Stevenson directors Mr Crawford is organizing a tonof ton forc of men to begin operations at once