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Show j. Mercur Mining Notes. i . Gathorod from Various Points for our Roadors. The Mctcur Mercury. Tlio La Cignie company nru mHcrlta-ing mHcrlta-ing fur bids for tlie sinking of u abaft. t. Tlic Meicui iittnu declared n dividend of (25,00.), tins week, payable on tlio SOlli. Surveyor Vtnuiin hero making patent EUrvcya on tliu Fast Golden (into mid May Bell jio:iH The Cannon company nre again In chiirgeof development on their property lying east ol tlio Mercur. Tin; Brickyard slmft In In what seems lo lie the top of 1 1 it- vein, and, expect to hear thai pay ore has been struck In tin1 tii nr future. Tlie Ai.ir ou-tieyacr into is still on tilal, the Geyser side being now on. It will be some dnys yet bo fore n decision is icndeicd. It is reported on excellent nntliority that Morehous liiolliervu have tliecon-I tliecon-I tract for doing 700 feet of work on n I group adjacent to tlio Cold l'olnt, ttio I name of which wo havo been "nuble to emu. Mi Irtffr milfoil. I.V .,. --- '- On tlio Hillside tliu first winze In the fl incline is being cjiitlnuid and recent W nswys from tlio vein, which it fourteen I or fifteen feci thick, Bhowa vuUica rang. Ingf o:n$2.10to 10 60. Tho lower tun- nel is also being continued and is coming I Into vein matter. Tlicro Is no risou I why tlio Hillside Bhould not provouB 1 . big n uiino us Mercur. K I 0. II. Schcii, one of tlio ilratoporators I of tlio distilct, whoso Intelligent work 1 lias added greatly to tho prosperity of 1 tho district, and nttlic sanio time placed H him on K.iy a. reel, wiuo out from town Monday, where for some tiiuo he has i been conlined lo his bed by Hickiicea, It la good to sec him again In his accustom- id liuunta. Tho thrcatoin.il litigation bdvein tlie Hillside and Sacramento companies iuvolvini; n cunllict einbaelng about u ten acres between Ihe Hillside, Hillside Nua. 'Juudli, owned by the llilliddi iniiipany, and the Lxolslur, owned bv Ihu S.ier.iinunlo people, was erased f-oii mining the po-wlbilltieiby nconipioiiiii- , which was effected this wee', the ;i giotind being divided. This Is mi cf " ! iimpl" tthich other companies in tin district might Mlow with prollt to H ithcuieches and the district generally. - - |