Show rebuilding A COMMUNITY vol wms A K ae I 1 V i to i MOWN 2 F t f f NN higher gold price and scientific achievement of private industry have combined in breathing now new life into the old ghost town of mercur in tooele thoele county storing tor for tho the state a a huge and profitable industry five years ago mercur was a ghost town its huge dumps miles of tunnels and a few remaining building walls were the only m mute ute evidence ot of days gone by when the district supported a ot of 2500 persons today mercur Is well along the comeback trail mines and mills are humming a town to la being rebuilt and approximately men are finding steady employment in a camp which was considered 1 I through tor for many years yeara the accompanying pictures show tho tha huge dumps ot of the old consolidated soli dated mercur mining comp company any and the geyser marlon marion together with new cyanide plants in which the ore la Is being treated the consolidated soli dated mercur dump contains approximately tons ot of ore which it la Is planned to retreat tor for tho the small amount ot of gold remain ing this has haa been made possible by the increase la in the pries of gold to 36 35 an ounce compared to 2067 when the district was vas in its hey day and tife the advancement in gold metallurgy A method of counter current decantation has been employed in the mills with a gratifying degree of success after the expenditure pend iture itura of approximately in machinery equips equipment ent development a and nd supplies in adal addition tion to the tailings several million tons of ore have been blocked out in the mercur JIM hill golden gate cate brickyard and geyser marion properties the ore was exposed in reopening several thousand feet of old workings in these properties hugh pillars and blocks of ore were opened up that were too low grade grada for handling under the old price of gold and crude methods of treatment much experimentation peri Is still being conducted and eveia every effect Is 13 being made to keep the di district strict going on a permanent basis the mercur district known in the 9 early aly days daya as camp llpyd if hafl teeming at the beginning of the silver excitement in 1870 only to bea practically abandoned until the discovery of 0 gold ore a few years later records ot of the united states geological survey place the value of production from the district at only a small traction of 0 which was ever paid in dividends owing to td the low grade character ot of the ore most moat ot of the production went for labor supplies equipment and taxes with little left over for distribution the greatest period of activity was from 1901 to 1007 when such mines as the consolidated Ater mercur cur marlon marion sacramento delamar sunshine daisy tind and LaC algle were e producing gold power and water has been an important factor in reviving the district disi the utah power nd I 1 light has rebuilt its lines into tho the camp at a cost of approximately and water Is if pumped into the desert camp from ophir ophar canyon 8 miles awny IV W F snyder and sons ani an the bothwell interests both of salt lake city have taken tho the leading part in placing the district back on oa taa th comeback trail |