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Show PROGRESSIVE OPINION - ITS STORY GOLD HILL Nations Fair Their Objective TIMELY METHODS ROUT MERCUR GHOSTS gyj. "vr'ZJryr i , Efcwj By GEORGE W. SNYDER FLOYD, an early military post In the Oqulrrh mountains, six miles south of Great Salt Lika, gavs ita name to 1 district which has never ceased to astonish metallurgists by the diversity and complexity of its ores. Mereur,' one of Its subsidiary camps, has been a veritable test tube of mineralogy. There nature outdid heraelf In devising obdurate combinations of metallic elements and the miner countered by working. out no leu Ingenious solutions of her metallurgical and mechanical problems. It wu the lure of Mercure gold which led to the general use of cyanide In leaching, to the build- doubled. Two years later Capt. J. L. ing of the first long distance electrical transmission line and to the bought the Golden Gate development of vacuum filtration. group, next to the Mereur claims. Discoveries began In 1896. Find- Pyrlte, sulphur and carbon In hia ing of a vein of antimonlul silver ore made trouble. Two yean In the Sparrow Hawk brought more, and experimentation proved farmers and prospectors that with finer grinding and roastto Lewiston canyon. Exposures of ing tha base ores could be Delamar built tha Golden cinnabar (sulphide of mercury) and gold addel to the excitement Gate mill In 1897-- 8 and. In 1899, One CapL Shaw built a mill In the effected a consolidation with the canyon in 1872. Some silver was Mereur company under tha name saved. The gold, however, was Consolidated Mereur Gold Mines elusive. Assays were good, but the Co. The two companies had produced claylike ore containing it would not yield to any known method of 1,045,138 tons of ore at a profit of treatment Mill changes proving $2,190,901. During tha 11 years Ineffectual, Capt Shaw gave up following. Con. Mereur milled If the struggle and the littlo town 137,757 tons with a gross value of became a "ghost camp. $10,245,175 and paid $1,235,000 In V'lAMP I . By GEORGE H. SHORT Mrs. Vincent After Wtnthrap W Aldrich fights, NEW YORK (Special) Mrs Vincent Aitor, society leader and civic worker, has been appointed Chain man of a National Women's Advisory Committee ter ) New York Worlds SALT LAKE LIBERAL MEETINGS THE LAW OF TITIIING lYhat do you know about the indent Israel taxation law of tithing for the Government of God; and the question of the poor being with us always ? Nothing, except the traditional bungling of modern ideas, Mr. Keen Polk will discuss ;his ancient tithe law as it ought ;o be practised today. Come to 5alt Lake Public Library lecture room, 2nd floor, Saturday evening ft o'clock, May loth. Free for everybody. The Masses in the Pover age, g will b. the subject of the Sun-Ja- y the at Op?n Foruin, May IGtli at S p. m. Mr. Alkc T. Diamont will be the speaker. Forum meets every Bldg. Sunday cvening;City-Co- . evc-ain- Technocrats meet every Mon J:y night at Room 206 City and County BIJg. Townsend Club No. 1 meets every Tuesday evening, 8 p. m. it 235 East Broadway. Dance same place every Friday night. The Workers Alliance meets every Tuesday night at 323 12 South State street milling venture, INDIAN from polion and wealth a single-hande-d gold mining operation are some of the colorful features In the history of Gold Hill at the western end of Tooele county, Utah.' Officially the area Is the Clifton Mining district Its metropolis Is a "ghost" town, of about 30 inhabitants, 190 miles west of Salt Lake City and 43 miles south of Wendover, with which it is connected by rail. Prospectors, heading toward California, were Intrigued by gold specimens In 1853, but It wss not until 1809 that white men subdued the Indians and began real mining. A district was organised in that year. By 1880 some 500 claims had bean located of which about 50 were being worked sporadically. Shipping being precluded by distance and poor roads, smelting was undertaken on a small scale In 18T1 and 1872. The combined efforts of the promotors resulted in the recovery of a few hundred tons of lead bullion containing silver. From 1877 little wss doing in the new camp until 1892 when Col. J. F. Woodman, with a fortune made at Tintic, came looking for gold. Acquiring the Cane Springs and Alvarado groups, he installed a small amalgamating mill With an average recovery of $10 a ton the mill saved in four years. It Is reported, shout $300,000. Woodman's death in 1397 halted operations. The copper boom of 1905 focused attention on the red metal Obtaining several properties near Gold Hill, Duncan MacVichle and associates organized the Wet tern Utah shaft Copper Co., sank a and procured the building of the railroad branch from Wendover. 0 When the boom subsided, only tons of copper ore had been shipped and the company was glad to sell its mine to Frank Rowley, s textile manufacturer of Rhode Island. Ignoring copper, Rowley went after scorodlte, an arsenic ore then in grent demand to supinvasion of the press a cotton fields. This paid well while the lasted. More arsenic wss developed In a property owned by Jacob Center. Ita tale brought him $50,000. The claims paaied eventually to the United States Smelting, Refining A Mining Co. Arsenic ceased to be profitable, but silver, gold and lead In the shipments were more encounging and may came the property, now 700-fo- 104,-00- boll-weev- il il REPAIRING SHOE Right Thinking Brings Good Results When you think of having your Shoes Repaired THINK 0. K. SHOE SHOP Jobs at Moderate Prices 414 So. State Street Idle, to be worked .gain by the smelting company. Smaller, but more remunerative were the operations of Leffler Palmer In a little gold mine known as the "Rube", near Gold H11L Palmer discovered It himself after hii return from the World war and, by himself, picked gold from a seam that was to bring him a mail fortune. It was spoken of as the "one man mine". The cars brought Palmer about $6,000 each from the smelter. Over a period of several years he la said to have extracted about $112,000 In gold at a total expense of $22,-00In 1933 Mr. Palmer accepted the bid of a Loe Angelea moving picture actor for the Rube. An attempt to Increase production by widening the cut diluted the ore to such an extent that deficits replaced profits and the mine wai doled down. The Cane Springs mine. Idle after the death of Col. Woodman, wai leased In 1931 by Salt Lake City operators. For two years the operation was carried on with success. Approximately 2000 tons of ore of an average value of $10.73 per ton wai shipped to a Salt Lake smelter. As depth increased heavier machinery was needed. A New York syndicate was Interested and formed a company to take over the lease and option. Water and other troubles made the work unprofitable and led to the failure of the company. The Cane Spring! has since been idle. The recorded production of the Gold Hill region up to 1930 has alow-ly-fill- 0. been: Ore (tons! Gold (ounces) North of Camp Floyd lead mines and smelters sprang up, but Mer-cu- r slumbered. Then, iu 1890, noma Nebraska farmers were Induced to Invest In the gold bed. The Mer-cu- r Gold Mining A Milling Co. was organised. Less than 20 of ths gold was saved by the small panr amalgamation mill installed at Cyanide aaved the day. Manning. This chemical was being tried experimentally at Denver. Teats of mall samples from Mereur proving encouraging, a carload of the ore was forwarded. More than 85 of the gold was recovered. A cyanide plant started at Manning In 1892 waa able to show a profit and In 1893 Ita capacity was 50-to- n Del-am- ar eya-nlde- n 50-to- Boaton-Sunahln- 8nyders and associates ball plant at Manning to lesrh the Manning and Mereur dumps. Issna hung in ths balance vhnt Increase in tha mint price of from $30.97 to $35 an ounce tar ; tha sente. Snyder A Sons las dlately dosed a deal for ths chase of the Con. Mereur ertles under a lease and o contract. Incorporating the Lr, ton Peak Mining Co., they am , , A for the removal of their Uu plant to Mereur. Leasing cm tlons In soma of the Mereur eUs ' were very profitable and, wlu i -prospective recoveries from then " tailing dumps, another period : prosperity for the twice th G haunted camp could be furetett' 0 Tha recent era of activity seen the payrolls of the dhtr. rise from a few hundred dollan:. 1930 to approximately $15, ON , month, which la steadily lnct& ing. This means about 1M t-employed on company actoe' with 75 to 100 lessees also prat ' ing. Food and mining supplin' the value of ground $0,000 a nor , ara procured locally and Iron 9 D! Lake City, while electric Poseiv, a coat of $3,000 a month h n 4 aumed. Insurance and taxn: various kinds, together with 1 II cdlaneous expenditures, sets: for another $3,000 monthly. It estimated thn:;35,000 to lit) a month la betel' put Into die, A tlon Instead of nothing at all. , . ' . fc - tl This Store is Very t it k COMPETITIVE Saturday you may buy ..19,611 .20.224 j $' r n s'!f S ALL YOU WANT . Was. 4864 and place your order 1 for I Good Groceries, Fresh and Cured Meats, Vegetables, Fruits, Dairy Products Speedy Delivery will be made Used Cave for Glass Work The first glass maker in Scotland was George Hay He took advantage of peculiarly formed cave at Wemyss, on the Fife (1566-1625- ). coast, and set up his furnace Cooperative Store j j 860 South Main Street ALL SERVICE WITH A SMILE W.N.U. SERVICE Ctpyrifkt ty JGtfUtm, ffarit n Allred Sorensen Progressive A BRILLIANT NEW SERIAL We can serve you better than ever iaas b e n't n w Tais. I far UtJfo From S.1! SK't'i i Con' Vi to flirt!-rt or Ton Aid 53 xi . ftfttiAa' G stores, the doctor, druggist there in a moment, by telephone. berti wrttes youre 10 iteadW: UcWV,c nsa Friends homes, the I rrice-- . Jewelry, Watch, Kodak Repairing T5 East 2nd. South S3 Yean In Salt Lake You Are Always in Touch by Telephone VCH be60 1 es? Iwe Beautys Daughter'' SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE You Must Help in the Fight For Justice Rates: 3 Months 60c. 6 Months 51.00. One y Fill in for self or friend. Editor Progressive Opinion: "v 1 to-1- 0 u CaU v. O ii li Utah Consumers n j Ol 751.432 Silrer (ounces) . 3.185.944 Copper (pounds) 8,332.825 Lead (pounds) 10.997 Zinc (pounds) 75.000 Arsenic (tons) Value (dollars) $2,952,885- It la evident that a gross mineral production of around 83,000,000 la not a great contribution to the state's economic importance, nevertheless the region has given employment to many people at times ss many as 150 men and It has supported a few people at all times. In the writer's opinion, the arsenic deposits are able to supply a very large tonnage of ores If and when there la a market for arsenic. The gold deposits are numerous, though comparatively small and these can be developed into profitable small-scal- e operations that will last for many years. Wore Prince Alberta In the most nifty nineties, United States senators wore Prince Alberts. The frock coat was a symbol of statesmanship and a board was the mark of a man of maturity and substance. dividends. Extraction was at the rata of 71.7. Attar the closing of the Golden Gate mill In 1011 tha camp languished. In 1917 tha mill machinery was sold, houses wen moved away and tha railroad torn np. Mereur waa a ghost town ugain. Adjacent properties had been operated for yenra with varying success. Tha Sacramento, Just south, had paid $308,000 In dividends, chiefly from profits on its quicksilver ore. The Geyser and Marion mines had united In 1897 comto form the Geyser-Mariopany. Until 1900 their respective mills ran to capacity and about $100,000 was paid to stockholders. Thereafter little was dons until 1938-- 4 when a cyanlda plant was and a steam shovel completed turned loose to scoop np tew grade gold ore In quantities. Four miles south of Mereur the Sunshine Gold Mining Co., with a n mill waa operated with indifferent results. The Con. Mereur took control In 1908 and Incorpore company. ated the The mill waa remodeled and In the 14 months ensuing $19,500 was paid In dividends. The nearby Overland property treated $3.20 to mill but $2.40 gold ore in n 500-to- n was unable to flnanca Ita operations and dosed down In 1902. Beginning In 1933, new life was Infused into the Mereur area by tha W. F. Snyder A Sons Co. The 1 6? Enclosed find Amu Employee Will Take Your Order Paper to Address . pie |