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Show REBUILDING A COMMUNITY COMMUNITYI i Ii I I I 1 QF I Higher gold price and aclentUlc acienttfic acienttficachievement aclentUlcacbleyement cientlflcachievement acbleyement achievement of private Industryhave Industry Industryhave ! have combined In breathing new newlife newlife newUfa life Into the old gho ghost t town of Mer Mercur Mercur Mercnr cur In Toocle Tooele county thereby tbereby r re restoring regtorlug storing for the state atate a huge and andprofttable andprofitable andprofitable profttable profitable Inilustn Industr industry InilustnFive industryFive ) Five years ago Mercur Mf'rcur Mfrcur ' was WIU a aghOtlt aghost ghoat ghOtlt ghost town Its IL8 huge dumps miles milesI milesof milesof mileoof I ' of tunnelB tunnelll tunnels and bnd a few remaining remainingbuilding remainingbuilding buDding building walls were the tbe only mute muteeyldence muteevidence muleevidence eyldence evidence of day days day a gone by when the thedistrict thedistrict thediatrlct district IIUP1 aupported supported > orted a population popoulalioD popoulatiion of2600 of 2600 % 600 pt > pergona persona rsonll Today Mercur MeTcur Iswell Is to Iswell towell well along the comeback trailmines trail trailmlnee trailmines mlnee mines and rnlllB mille mills are re bumming humming a atown atown atown town III is ( being rebuilt and IIppr01ll approzi IIppr01llmately approzimately approxlmately mately 260 men are flnding finding steadyemployment IIteady steady IIteadyemployment steadyemployment employment In a camp which wasconaldered was wascoDstdt"red wasconsidered ' coDstdt"red coDstdtred considered " 'through through "through "througb througb " ' for many manyyears manyyeara manyyearaThe years yearsThe The accompanying accompany accompan ) In Ing I ( : pictures plcturt's plcturts ' show showthe ghowthe : the hugeHdum1 huge "dump dump Hdum1 "dumps dumps " > a of the old CODeolMated Consolldated Con COD ConolMated olMated eolMated solldated Mercur Mining Companyand Company CompanyaDd Companyand aDd and the Geyser Geyeer Marion Marlon together togetherwith togetherwith togetherwith with new C cyanide ) anlde plant planta plants * In which whichthe whichthe whichthe the ore III is ( being belng treated The CoD Con CoDaoUc1ated Consondated COBsolldated aoUc1ated sondated Mcrci'r Mcrcir Merc"r Mercr Mercer " ' dump contains contalne ap ap- approximately approximately - proximately proalmately 4 000 000 torr tons tone of OTe ore orewhich OTewblch orewhich wblch which It ( t Is le I . planned to retreat rf'treat rftreat ' fortb tor for torthe forthe the Bmall small mall amount of gold remain remain- - - . , ing big ingThia IngThIs bigThis Thia ThIs has been bef'n befn ' made possible poSlllble bythe by bythe bythe the Increane IncreaR8 increase In the price of gold goldto goldto goldto to (36 36 136 $36 ( $ mi an ounce compared to (20 20 no $2067 2067 $2067when ( $ 67 67when 67when when the t.he . diatrlct district was wall In Ita its It * hey heyday heyday heyday day nnd Rnd and the tbe advancement adyancement In cold gold coldmelallurlty goldmetallurgy goldmetallurgy melallurlty metallurgy A method of countercurrent counter countercurrt'nt countercurrent currt'nt currtnt current ' recantation tlecantatlon decantation hag has been bePD em employed cmployed 1 > ployed loyed In the tbf ' mills mlllll with a gratify gratifyIng gratifying gratifying Ing degree of aucceg succes success * . after the ex expendlture expenditure exp pendlture penditure ndlture of ot Sfproximately a.vrodmately avrodmately a.proalmately aproalmately . , . 1600 $600 600 ( $ (600000 600000 000 In machinery macblJ1ery equipment deyel deadl deyelopment deadlopment development opment and Riippllea mppllell supplies RiipplleaIn mppllellIn suppliesIn , In ddltion addition to the tht ' talllQRB talllDlIs tailings : lIeyeral several lIeyeralmillion severalmillion geTeramillion ) million tOln loos ( oas of ore have hf'en hfen been hf'enblocked beenblocked beenblocked ' blocked out In the Mercur JlIII 11111 JlIIIGoldf'n 11111Golden HillGolden Goldf'n Goldfn Golden ' Gate Gatt ' Brickyard nrlckyard and HeYller leyser HeYllerMRrlon ( GeyserMarion leyserMarion MRrlon Marion propertied propprtlell properties Tbe The ore wa waexposed wall was wallexpolIl"d wasexposed exposed expolIl"d expolIld " In reopening r.openlng ropenlng . several lIevt'ral lIevtral ' thousand thou thouland thousand land sand ! feet f.t ft . . of old workings In thl'll thlll these theseproperties thesepropcrllpB ' " 1 > ropertiPII properties If Hugh ugh plllara pillars and blockl blocklof blocks blocksof blocksof ! of ore wt were > re opt opened > ned up that tbat wprt were weretoo weretoo ' too low uraile grade for handling under underthe underthe underthe the old price prkp of ot gold and crudemethod crudt crude crudemethods ' mt'thooll mtthooll methods ' * of or treatment Much experimentatton ex experlmeDtatlD expertinent perlmeDtatlD perimentatton at Ion ( ) in III is .tlll tlll still . (111 111 ( being conduct conducted conducted .d d ed . and every effect ef'fect ' Is beln being " mad made madeto madeto to keep the tbe district dlstrlt-t dlstrlt t - & , going olnl ' on a apermaru apermanent ' permaru permanent Dt baals basis baalsThe basisThe ba ls lsThe The Vercur Were-ur Were ur Mercur - dl district trlct known know . In 'he he the 'heearl theearly ' heearly earl early ) ' dav dare days . as ( rmnp ramp amp ' Ployd P'toyd Ptoyd Floyd waa wu was teeming teemingat teeming tbeml : & ; at tbe the ( he beginning of ff ) thesilver theIIllyer the theliver liver IIllyer silver excitement In 1870 1670 only tobepractically to tobe.pracUcally tobepractically be.pracUcally bepracUcally bepractically , . abandoned abandoDE'd abandoDEd ' until unUl thediscovery the thedlecovery thediscovery dlecovery discovery of gold ore a few 'eara eara 'earalater ) ' year yearlater . later Recordo Recorda Records of the tbe United States StatesGeological State StateaGeological . Geological Survey place the tbe yalue value yalueof valueof valueof of production from the tbe dictrlct dlctrict at(19 at19 at $19 19 ( $ $ 093 000 only a 8 small fractionof fractloDof fractloD fraction of which wan wall was ever paid In divi divI- dlvi- dlvi dlvidenda divIdends dividends - - dends denda Owing OwlDg to lo the low gradt grade gradecharacter gradecharacter > character of ot the ore most of ot the theproouctlon theproduction theproduction proouctlon production "t t " went > nt for tor labor supplle8 supplies supplle8equipment suppliesequipment aupplteeQulpment * equipment and snd taxes taxell with , . Ub littleleft littleleft little littleleft left over for dl dialrlbutl-n dialrlbutl n distributir trlbullrll ' - , , The great greate.t greateat greateat e.t et eat . period of activity waa was from 1901to 1901 1901to 1901to to 1907 19)7 197 ( ) when mich such mines aa as a tbe the tbeonlloJldaled theI ( Consolidated onlloJldaled oneolidated onlloJldaledfprcllr Mercur \fprcllr fprcllr fprcllrtar ' \ \tar tar \ Marion Ion Sac SaC- SaCrampnto Sacramento Sacramento ) - - ramento rampnto Delamar Sunshine Sunsblne Dal Dalay Daisy Dalaymd DaisyInd yind md Ind I J aCaigle aCalgle a'aigle aaigle ( ' were producing roduclng 1 > gold goldPower goldPo"er goldPower Power Po"er Poer " nnd rind water has haa been ao aD an 1m tin tiniortant 1mtiortant . iortant > < rtant factor in rev reviving lylDC the d di- di diinch dis district . . - trict trlct inch The Utah Utab Power and Llcbt Light Llcbthu Lighthas Lighthaa hu has rebuilt Its Ils linen lines Into IDlo the camp campat campat campat at a cogt cost of approximately appr lmately $150000 150000 $160000 160000 $160000and ( $ (150000and 150000and $150000and $ and water Is 1 pumped Into loto the desert desertcamp desertcamp desertcamp camp from Ophir Ophlr Canyon 8 mile miles milesaway mile'away mileaway * . ' awa away , . W F Snyder and Sons and andthe andthe and'the andthe ' the Bothwell Bvtbwell Interest lotereat interests * . both of Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake City have baTe taken the leadlDa leading leadlDapart leadingpart leadingpart part In ID placing placlnl ' the district dilltrict back oathe on . onthe tbe the comeback trail traD . . |