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Show _ _ _ _ Pay Dirt F - - ; : ' . ' , : 4 % , ' ? ' , ; ' . 4r : r 4 . \ ; " 4 ' w & ; ' : " 'g g ' ' I . ' tf tfc . ' . . c ; T't Tt ' ' . T , . / t .4 4 - - . The above picture la is 18 not that of ofa ofa oa a road crew or an excavation e\cavatlon e cavatlon ecavatlon ' \ crew crewbut crewbut crewbut but a raining mining oltl o 0 itfit itilt t operating at atthe atthe a.the athe . the huge dumps of the old Consoli Coneoll Consolidated Coneolldated Consolldated dated : Mercur property in the Mer Mercur Mercur : Mercur cur district Tooele county UtahThis Utah UtahThis This ! Illustrates 1lustrates how the old dls dis dlstrlct district district trlct trict Is being revived and showsthat shows showsthat showsthat that large scale operations are nec necessary necessary neeessary essary in order that the project may maygo maygo mago ? go forward The old dumps ot of the theConsolldated theConsolidated theConsolidated Consolldated Consolidated : Mercur are estimatedto estimaledto estimaled estimated to contain approximately 4 4000000 4000000tons 000 OOCtons 000 000tons tons ot of tailings talngs ! from former mlJlng milling mlJlngopera millingoperations millInEoperations ! opera operations tlons The tailings It has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been estimated contain trom from $3 3 $ to tc$6 tc6 $6 6 $ per ton in gold that escaped earl early earlyday earlyday ; day milling mlJlng ! operations operationsThe operationsThe The ore Is scooped up a & ton at ata atS a atimo < a S tIme timo by bythehuge hv the thn huge hngfl power nnwer shovel- shovel shovels - and shipped to the cyanide canldo canido ) plant planta a short distance away tor for treat treatment treatmeat treatment ment meat : Much sc entifie entlfic entific work on met metaUurgy metallurgy metallurgy aUurgy allurgy " was "Was necessary and engm engin engmeers engineers engineers eers spent several years of study studyon studyon studyon on this project before it became a areal1ty areality areality real1ty reality It can read readily fly be seen that thatthe thatthe thatthe the margin of profit is $ small mall and andthat andthat andthat that only by emplo employ employing ) ing large scaleopeiations scale scaleopel scaleopeiations opel opeiations atlons ar ard d the closest coopera cooperaticn cooperatien cooperatien ticn tien of o ( everyone concerned can such sucha a project prolect be made to payout pay out on onIts onIts onIts Its Investment investmentw "lth lth w " ith the cooperation ot of science sciencelabor sciencelabor sciencelabor labor and the state the old ghost ghosttown ghosttown ghosttown town of o ( : Mercur is being beIDg reborn rebornApproximately rebornApproximately rebornApproximately Approximately 2o0 200 2a0 men are findingemployment finding findingemployment findingemployment employment in the old camp th'lt thlt that th'ltwas thatwas thitwas ' was once virtually abandoned as asworthless asworthless asmirthless worthless _ _ |