Show SUNDAY AT MERCUR su a jay in a mining camp to la eldom seldom ij if indeed ever characterized with the same regard for or the day and what it typifies ly pi flee as the occasion calls forth from communities whose struggles strangles for as a livelihood are along different lines line not that the tate people who engage in ID digging the precious motile cevile from the earth are necessarily lose less christian than their fe fellow fel luw but because their occupation training and desires aji in one direction the aqui acquisition eltion of wealth the hour bourot of tue day or the day of the week cuts cute little or no figure when there is ie a possibility poel bilty any minute of striking a pick into a vein of bidden rich neep of et leasing under an ironclad bond a claim ora or a group of them of disposing of a mine tr fr hundreds of thousands of dollars of selling no BO called building lots not much larger thao than a good food raided earlori and steeper by half than a toboggan slide elide for euma that would have made a salt lake real ral estate boomer of 90 turn gross ereen with envy of the hotel proprietor raking in a big bi silver half dollar tor for a plate of cork corn beef beet and cabbage a cup of coffee bud aud a pal of boarding house butter strong enough to stalk file over the the bills unaided of the tone tonsorial orial attlee att lei charging cents tor for a boratto and twice that amount oa for a hair mow of the sijoon man getting rich by dishing bearn over the bar to dry throated th of the pick prok pack mule 4 aal giant powder of in like manner quenching the thirst of the bolaza king and the tenderfoot mercur for it to Is of that camp I 1 intend particularly to writer writ le la a veritable hive of industry with its ite inhabitants inhabitant as an busy as aa real bees oi every daod are evidences evidence ot of intense activity and yesterday was waft probably the livi leet leat day in its history atory bl on the principle that asoh additional day eclipses any that bat has preceded it aud and all signs and they are substantial point to a continuance of abib condition every well developed is 18 paying dividends of a charac tor ler that will soon make their recipient wealthy those of them who have nol already crossed the threshold of money scarcity then viry atry many partially partial lp developed mines mine promise to do the same thing for their owners I 1 several hundred persons peranna thronged thron ged the at reetH hotels and business hea bou sest ot of the now new town yesterday day for three hours after the salt bait like lake mall arrived men stood to ID an unbroken line in front of the post poat office in expectation of re celtina loiters leters or newspapers this loans cene has baa become one of daily repetition A building ball ding boom la Is on with all the term implies the grist great difficulty after bucina a 1000 or 2500 feet lot to la to secure lumber or other material with which to build but this obstacle will be largely overcome witti increased railroad facilities at present earthe the little salt lake and mercur marcur railway is doing an immense traffic over its roadbed of tazy heights and a ad serpentine windings if art are correct bow how everit will have a formidable rival in the field ere the close oi 0 96 for it is said a d the rio blo grande bt coming aroused to the importance ol of the camp will be a bidder for its patronage while all the conditions incident to mining ml a i ng camp life as narrated and aad many more were witnessed yesterday there were no unusual or noisy disturbances disturbance the one that thai seem eema to be the cause of ill feeling more than all others to is the prospect jumping and blackmailing business that la Is being indulged in to a canger ous oua degree sei several eral orderly and reputable citizens teris said that the business busi uese had bad reached a litch when it wai wa necessary to resort to heroic measures measure Li and ills it is not improbable that something desperate may cecur COLONEL |