Show STORY OF MERCURS MERCUR'S FALL AND RISE Mercur Is a busy mining town in the Camp Floyd district t. t sixty miles by rail southwest of Salt Lake City Auriferous Auriferous Auri Auri- ferous rock is found In abundance In Inand Inand inand and around the vicinity over an area co cohering ering about twenty-eight twenty square miles The Consolidated Mercur Gol Golden Golden Gol Gol- den Gate Sacramento and Ma Geyser non rion mines form a central hub central hub for or the district Mercur was orl originally a sliver silver camp Away back in 1871 there was wild excitement excitement ex ex- ex- ex over discoveries of this metal in Lewiston canyon silver sliver ore very rich was found in three measures or bedding plan planes s of the carboniferous that largely make up the formation in that part of Utah A A. mining district was laid out and called Continued on Page 6 6 It Mercur I Is Destroyed V Continued from Page 1 Camp Floyd it being adjacent to the site of Gen Albert Sidney Johnstons Johnston's military camp where that famous Gen General Geny eral remained with the army of Utah in inthe im the years 9 1858 and 60 The town of Lewiston s sung sprung up where the town of Mercur l now Is in the year 1871 and continued as a a. silver mining camp Clamp of consider considerable ble importance importance importance import import- ance until 1873 when the rich ores of silver worked out The mine owners became discouraged and gradually the place fell Into decay and by the year 1890 there was not anything of the once thrifty silver camp of 1871 save a single house that stood near a spring and the foundation of an old mill also a fe few fes abandoned prospect holes In 1890 the old Mercur l Mining company company com corn pany commenced d to work its gold mines and the Marion and Gey Geyser Geyer r followed In 1892 the camp of f Mercur w was practically practically founded and in 1895 Capt De Dc La Mar came in with his development of tha the Golden Gate which was supplemented supple supple- by the erection of the Golden Gate mill then the greatest gold mill millin In in the w wJ j and only now second to the Homestake mill in South Dakota Within a year past the old guard of the Mercur purchased d Capt De La Mars Mar's interest in the camp organ and the Consolidated Mercur l which is paying a dividend of 3 cents per share on on shares of stock and in its mine and mill affords employment to more than men Manager l George Dern went down to camp this morning and his report is 15 awalt awaited d at the local offices wit with i lety It is believed that the big mill was not within range of the flames and if it were It would take more than ordinary heat to endanger the the fireproof fireproof fireproof fire- fire proof structure Th The company's of offices of- of flees and other buildings were also lo located located lo- lo so as to be without the range of the conflagration The bank building building build build- ing of Co and the store of the Union Mercantile company company in which McCornick and Airs Alris were interested were the only brick buildings in the town and according to o. o reports they have been destroyed but Mr Aids Airis says that they were vere fully in in- S |