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Show APRIL 2, 1937 VtT?nv ""Lftl cuuisi i y mm .i p5 - ft Mercur Canyon ' Boon Days' W. SNYDER By GEORGE " x P&iz. ..rrr9" C' metallurgists by the diversity and complexity of its ores. Mercur, one of its subsidiary camps, has been a veritable test tube of mineralogy. There nature outdid herself in deof vising obdurate combinations metallic elements and the miner countered by working out no less Ingenious solutions of her metallurgical and mechanical problems. It was the lure of Mercur's gold which led to the general use of cyanide in leaching, to the building of the first long distance electrical transmission line and to the development of vacuum filtration. Discoveries began in 1896. Find ing of a vein or antimonial silver in the Sparrow Hawk brought farmers and prospectors to Lewiston canyon. Exposures of cinnabar (sulphide of mercury) and gold added to the excitement. One Capt Shaw built a mill in the canyon in 1872. Some silver was The gold, however, was saved. elusive. Assays were good, but the claylike ore containing .it would not yield to any known method of treatment. Mill changes proving ineffectual, Capt. Shaw gave up the struggle and the little town became a "ghost" camp. i.i uVt .wa.iua doubled. Two years later Cant. J. L. tp1. amar bought the Golden Gate group, next to thfi Merni.r Pynte, sulphur and carbon in his ore made trouble. Two years more, and experimentation proved that with finer grinding and roasting the base ores could be Delamar built the Golden Gate mill in 1897-and, in 1899, ,1,. cya-nide- 8 effected a consolidation with the Mercur company under the name Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Co. The two companies had produced tons of ore at a profit of $2,190,901. During the 11 years following, Con. Mercur milled tons with a gross value of $10,245,175 and paid $1,235,000 in 1,045,138 Qawson Department jackbura spent Saturday visit- Oviatt and small son, visited in Clifton Blackburn, who Is in the home of Robert Riley Satur- hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tucker id daughter Jo Ann, of Hiawa-fa- j, spent the week end in the me of Robert Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Blackburn lent Sunday visiting relatives in - Christensen has moved iWillard family here from Helper. and Mrs. Lawrence Barney family and Mr. and Mrs. Joe ckSson and baby, of Feron, were tests Sunday at the home of fson Barney. 'Mrs. Luther ITatton and small fildren, are visiting in Helper. fMr. fbo, !? and Mrs. Ralph Erickson of visited relatives here Sun- - Mr. and Mrs. Kirtley Tucker id Isabelle Barney made a busi-fs- s trip to Price Saturday. Mrs. Helen Turner and family are visiting rela Wellington tes here. . " -- rr.. ii - ' AVrr ; rr ifiirn i 1 ? i .4 j j . Mr. and Mrs. Arvon Snow and children returned from Mayfleld Sunday, after spending a few days visiting relatives. Mrs. Clara Robertson is home from Mayfleld, suffering from a painful burn. operated on for appendicitis. Mrs. Art Conelly and son of Salt Lake City are guests at the John Cox (home. Mrs. Delpha Lukfc entertained the Ladies' Improvement club Mrs. Bessie Snow visited relatives Friday. Mrs. E. M. Humphrey Monday afternoon. An educationprogram was given. returned to Castle Gate with her. al Asel Scovill is on the Mrs. Orson Peterson and young D. C. Gibson homeworking at Helper. daughter aTe guests at the Miss Merle Anderson entertainReid home. ed 20 little friends at a birthday Mr. and Mrs. Ray Curtis' son party Wednesday. A missionary party was held Robert, and Mrs. Wallace Mbffitt, were business visitors at Price Tuesday afternoon after Relief Ter-ran- 1 w I dividends. Extraction was at the Snyders and associates built a rate of 76.7. plant at Manning to leach the old After the closing of the Golden Manning and Mercur dumps. The Gate mill In 1913 the camp lan- issue hung in the balance when the guished. In 1917 the mill machin- increase in the mint price of gold ery was sold, houses were moved from $20.67 to $35 an ounce turned away and the railroad torn up. the scale. Snyder & Sons immeMercur was a ghost town again. diately closed a deal for the purAdjacent properties had been chase of the Con. Mercur propoperated for years with varying erties under a lease and option success. The Sacramento, just contract. Incorporating the Lewis-to- n south, had paid $308,000 in diPeak Mining Co., they arranged vidends, chiefly from profits on its for the removal of their Manning ore. quicksilver The Geyser and plant to Mercur. Leasing operaMarion mines had united in 1897 tions in some of the Mercur claims to form the Geyser-Mariocom- were very profitable and, with the pany. Until 1900 their respective prospective recoveries from the old mills ran to capacity and about tailing dumps, another period of $100,000 was paid to stockholders. prosperity for the twice d Thereafter little was done until camp could be foreseen. 1933-when a cyanide plant was The recent era of activity has completed and a steam shovel seen the payrolls of the district turned loose to scoop up low grade rise from a few hundred dollars in gold ore in quantities. 1930 to approximately $15,000 per Four miles south of Mercur the month, which Is steadily increasSunshine Gold Minine Co.. with a ing. This means about 130 men mill was operated with in employed on company account, different results. The Con. Mercur with 75 to 100 lessees also productook control in 1908 and inr.nrnor- - ing. Food iind minine simnlies to ated the company. the value of around $6,000 month i ne mm was remodeled and in the are procured locaiiy ana irom sail 14 months ensuing $19,500 was Lake City, while electric power at paid in dividends. The nearby a cost of $3,000 a month is conOverland DroDertv treated 12.20 to sumed. Insurance and taxes of $2.40 gold ore in a 600-tomill, but various kinds, together with miswas unable to finance its nnara- - cellaneous exDenditures. account tions and closed down in 1902. for another $3,000 monthly. It is Beginning In 1933. new life was estimated that $35,000 to $40,000 infused into the Mercur area bv a month is haine nut. into nircula- the W. F. Snyder & Sons Co. The ! tion instead of nothing at all. Miss Afton Peacock was rushed to the Price hospital Friday and ce Monday. Society. PEERY HOTEL mm, SALT LAKE'S POPULAR PRICED MODERN HOTEL Broadway and West Temple RATES: $1.50 to $3.00 n ghost-haunte- FREE GARAGE 4 ' 50-to- n Boston-Sunshin- e n as new Relief Society president to take the place of Mrs. Mary Tat-towlho has resigned. Relief Society was held at the home of Mrs. Edith O. Jensen last Tuesday. Mrs. Florence Gardner and Edith Jensen were chosen as counselors to Mrs. Cox. Little Betty Mae Blackburn entertained her little friends at her birthday party Friday, Marclto 26. Fame Price, of Castle Gate, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Price Sunday. There are several new cases of mumps in town. Word was received that Don Jensen in the Ferron CCC camp is down with the mumps. Mrs. Nora Turner of Wellington, is visiting here with her daughter Mrs. DarreH Jensen, and iher mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Price made a trip to Price Wednesday. day. Tuesday night the young men entertained the young ladies at a peanut bust in Mutual. Robert Dahle and Mrs. Peterson of the Stake officers were present. Mr. Dahle encouraged the people td keep up their good work and keep Mutual going until time for closing for summer. Mrs. Peterson also gave a talk. The evening was spent in games and dancing." It was the first social to be held in tfce rew church. The new church is well under way for completion. The (men of Clawson are all very interested and are doing their donation work well. Kirtley E. Tucker is supervising the remodeling of the buiding. They have a race auditorium and five nice big class rooms, a1 Bishop's office, and a An appropriate Easter program community kitchen in the buildwas rendered in Sunday school ing. Mrs. Tinea Cox has been put in Sunday. Many families took their lunches and went to nearby hills and the canyon in spite of inclement weather. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Peterson are parents of a baby girl, born Saturday niglht. It is their first child and the first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Jensen. Mrs. Annie Jorgensen and her mother, Mrs. John Soderquist, and Mrs. Jodie Christensen visited friends in Price and Elmo Saturday. Day will be celebrated by the schools Thursday. Dan Killpack and Lyle Bryan were home from Cedar City from Monday until Wednesday. Miss Iris Snow entertained a number of friends Sunday even- - Jane Pettey, of Ferron, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reid, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. FrankJ Blackburn Mrs. and children spent Easter at the big bridge on the San. Rafael. Rulon Blackburn has employment at Greenriver as truck driver. Darrell Jensen Mr. and Mrs. were in Price Monday on busi- ness. Hyrum Seely expects to start work soon or a big dam he is going to put in the Ferron creek to supply water for his Paradise randb. Ted Nielson has equipped his ranch with a tractor. Francis Rasmussen and brother, of Castle Dale, were in town on business Tuesday. Miller & Viele's agent was in town one day last week on business and looking after their land interests. Ferron Department play called "Smokje" will be presented next Tuesday night under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Berkman, with the following cast: Wanda Worthen, Emma Bea Killpack, Mrs. Pauline Snow, Lloyd Pettey, Don Huntsman and Seely Peterson. of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cook, Logan, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cook. Mrs. Lawrence Christensen was a Castle Dale visitor Tuesday. The Senior Hop comes off Friday, April 2. The M Men entertained the ladies of the M. I. A. organization, at a social Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served. Marble tournaments are being organized among the boys of school age, by Mrs. Lois Funk. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rasmussen of Kenilworth, were Sunday visitors here. iner. Sheriff and Mrs. Leonard Olsen daughJewel, the expect to leave the last of this ter of Mr.and Mrs. RuVon was operated on for ap- week for a trip thru southern to Boulder Dam and into pendicitis at the Price hospital Utah, where the sheriff will atArizona Mrs. Mr. and Killpack Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. a conference. tend have spent the week in Price. of Howard from the plan to Huntington home was Neal Wilcox go with them. CCC camp the past week. o Miss Marva Joy Zwahlen, was FOREST RANGER MAKES a parat honor of birthday guest COUNT OF DEER ON ty Saturday afternoon. been (has Snow E. P. THE MANM FOREST Bishop confined to his bed the past sevOn Match 9 Ranger Thursby, eral days and Mrs. Eva Conover has been taking his place at accompanied by Messrs Lewis and school. Costley, made a count of the deer Mrs. Henrietta Killpack and in the Denmark Cedars lying beGlenn Killpack accompanied Mr. tween Spring City and Ephraim. and Mrs. RuVon Killpack to They report it as most difficult for a small crew of men to see Price Saturday. and the deer in that type of country. Mrs. Harold N. Peterson Mrs Gardell Snow were Salt Possibly not more than 10 per cent of the deer on that range Lake visitors the past week. reStudents of the L. D. S. semin- were actually counted. Their three shows six yeardoes, at port a program ary will present on Sunday lings, and four bucks as identimeeting conjoint fied and counted. It shows, also evening. unclassifia total of forty-eigfrom was home Black Therol At the same time of ed animals. Ephraim over the week end. this count more deer were found A new baby boy came to the to the west of the highways than home of Mr. and Mrs. Moroni were grazing in the cedars. This Frederickson last week. may be due to the fact that east Mr.and Mrs. L. P. 'Ralphs and of the road the juripers are Miss Evelyn Oveson spent the much more dense than on the west side. first of the week in Salt Lake. A one-ai- ct PRICE BUSINESS DIRECTORY A PATRONIZE THE FOLLOWING PRICE MERCHANTS WHEN DOING YOUR SHOPPING. THEY ARE TAKE THIS DIRECTORY WITH YOU AND BE GUIDED BY IT. PROGRESSIVE, UP-TDATE, AND MERIT YOUR SUPPORT, OUT-OF-TOW- N O THE PERFECT TRIBUTE COSTS NO MORE FLYNN FUNERAL HOME PRICE, UTAH 58 No. Carbon Ave. AMBULANCE 24 CARBON FLORAL CO. Flowers for All Occasions The following merchants will take your orders: Castle Dale Sfrlfn Garage, Orangeville, Ware Huntington Huntington. I Merc, Drug, H. M. DAVIS, Flrice, Utah N. Carbon Ave. Phone 349 THOMAS-DESERE- I D TTfD UD CD DDtAll DU I I til Midi UKLMU Carried in All the Best Stores LESTER'S BAKERY Price, Ut. - SUMMIT MONUMENTAL WORKS CO- - Inc. Established in 1878 Designers and Builders of Dis- tinctive Granite and Marble T MflPTITAPV MEMORIALS ABOVE ALL" "SERVICE four-year-o- MAKERS OF GLASSES W. W. LEWIS, Optometrist We ak a complete muscu- - DR- Florsheim Shoes Dobbs Hats Boyack's Men's Shop Frice' Utoh WALLACE MORTUARY a. n. Wallace, Mgr. Ambulance service and use of new commodious dhapel. New Address 41 N. 1st East Price, Utah PRICE SHEET METAL .WORKS J. W. Holden, Manager EVERYTHING IN SHEET METAL Estimates given on Hot Air Furnaces and Air Conditioning. Phone 124J Price, Utah HELPFUL ' 11111 j - ' ,",. nf ' mmimmmmn - I REDD MOTOR CO. I ONE STOP SUPER SERVICE Gas, Oil and Accessories-enj- oy ACCOMMODATING Three Reasons WHY YOU will doing business with the Certmed Used Cars-Ag- ents Ior Chevrolets and Olds. Price, Utah CARBON EMERY BANK Price Utah Member Federal Reserve Sys- tern and the Federal Deposit In- surance Corporation. r , SMART and TERRAPLANE INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS HUDSON Enna-Jettl- TONY BRYNER'S Half Block East of Postoffice PRICE, UTAH Varro C. Jones R. A. Bryner 1 For Fall Prices FOOTWEAR Winter-Pop-ular Shoes for Women ck at $5.00 and $5.50 DEAL SHOE STORE Next to Lyric Theatre - Price ' ld ht ' - lar analysis as well as a vision test ' Price. Utah ana -- 1 221 ; LEWIS OPTICAL CO. FEATURING FRIENPLY Phone PRICE, UTAH SUMNER FURNITURE Kill-pac- k, J East Main 156 Day or Night Ambulance Price, Utah Telephone 164W 15 W- - Phone 29 HOUR SERVICE USE All-Foo- ls' "Mainly SI Orangeville Department f' n, Mr. and Mrs. Thdmas Sheffield pr. aind Mrs. Frank Blackburn, p. Albert Blackburn and Floyd- and daughters and Mrs. Harvey Price Tr - North Of Canin FW,i and smelter spran Mer !!Tbeed- - The. in 1890. some -- cU.asa tanners were induced to invest in the gold bed. The Mercur Gold Mining & Milling Co was organized. Less than 20 of the 6U1U. was saved by the small pan mm installed at "muB. Lyanide saved the This chemical was being tried day. ex perimentally at Denver. Tests of small samples from Mercur es encouraging, a carload ofprov the ore was forwarded. More than 85 of the gold Was rernvnrn1 A Kn ton cyanide plant started at Man ning m isaa was able to show a profit and in 1X92 ih o0n0i( J f " MERCURSom --. -- .i r3lyaA AMP FLOYD, an early military post in the Oquirrh mountains, six miles south of Great Salt Lake, gave Its name to a district which has never ceased to astonish A PAGE FIVE ' TIMELY METHODS ROUT pry- . PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE, UTAH EXPERT SHOE Repairing ' and Shining A trial will convince you. "Where the Best Cost Less" PRICE SHOE SHOP & SHINING PARLOR (Next to Star Theatre) ---- Price ctah phone 175 - CO. SPROUSE-REIT- Z ---. "Say It With Flowers" X For All Occasions incorporated utlh WARREN'S FLOWER Place orders with local agents Phone PRICE, UTAH CO. Two-Two-- Oh j QuaUty JLW Priced ' A Merchandise ' WESTERN AUTO CO. STUDEBNTiac BUIK WHEN in PRICB TRY OUR JL PLATE LUNCH, Drink and dessert included. Something Different Each Evening for Dinner SPECIAL PRICE 35 A WflUen Quarantee wlth A11 USED CARS Sales, I phone Service, 45 Accessaries Price utah SUNDAY SPECIAL SALADS chicken PIES SANDWICHES Southern Fried Chicken Ice Cream Twisters something new and delicious. PLATE LUNCH 25c A. & W. LUNCH BOOM --' DINNER 50 JACK'S CAFE SggS 00 |