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Show UTAH'S GREAT GOLD CAMP. What Others Have tgfsay of Mercur, Utah's Johannesburg. .. ,. rl, (Continued Froriiour Last) Fiiiiii the Hernld I One year ago It wiij piedlcted that the advances being mnile In the cy aillHe tientment of jld oies would eventually result In immy of the abandoned aban-doned ptopertles of fjfiL .Mercur district being again broughti'ho piomlnenee The past twelve mon'tlm have not ben ban on of results In Uu5 direction mid the tevlval Is exiecle3l(to take on still gi enter piopoitinns dilHlig the ear to come. CIii'UiustnnceH over vVhleh he hud no conttol lesulted In cessation of effoits on the part of Gooigc- Moore to make a p'lctcss of the SunHhJne proposition nil when he was compelled to alum don that undei taking I he at onie ai-ranged ai-ranged for the iutiodliOtion of bis own patented piocess for Hie treatment of ores and slliuei' at the Consolidated Meicui company's mainmotli mill Th piactlcahlllU' of the process i.i flist woiked out In an experimental wa at the mill, and when ihe had demon-stinted demon-stinted to the satisfaction of the management man-agement that It would do th woik (lalmed for It, he wMs authorized to pioceed with the Installation of the l ii oe ess on a huge settle i ADJUSTING MERCUR MILL. i To pel feet the mecltanlcnl d-vlces and n aUe the neceujut changes In the plant to propel lyopernte the process pro-cess has requlied anient de it of time Th announcejnent Is made, however, that final adjustments have been made, and thatnUn addition to taking cau of the SpMtpiis of slimes which me dally nmdeJjTrT tho mill, the plant will,, nlsjj bg(faWR to tteat an rminlUS);ii.timuafoStUUtugaifciiWk minimum tost after the'wlnter i-ea-nn closes The mccess of Mr. Moore's proec-s means everything to tho Meicur dls-ti dls-ti let. as It lobs the tnlcy oies of the camp of their tenors and will petmlt of the ptofltnble handling of man properties that a few jeats ago hid to lie abandoned on ni count of the difficulties diffi-culties expeilenced In extracting the values. Dm lug the year Just closed the Shc-I'uuento Shc-I'uuento company has made a er successful run. Thiough the treatment of about KiD tons of oie dally It has been enabled to recover neatly $117-roo $117-roo worth of gold, and by th operation opera-tion of Its little fut mice for the rei lively liv-ely of quicksilver fiom Its meicutlul ore, It has earned $20,000. The company com-pany has paid $00,000 In dividends, met all of Its obligations, and still boasts a comfoi table teservo fund Evoiy-thlng Evoiy-thlng points' to an even bettei record dining 1(1(11. Within the past few months a company com-pany has taken a lease on the old (!e-sei (!e-sei -Mat Ion dumps and the equipment of the mill with new devices to handle the mulct lal has been practically perfected, per-fected, and c -Ing the year to loinc It Is expected 'lit splendid money will be made lit the treatment of the thousands thou-sands of tons of tailings which have been awaiting tin advent of methods to succef'-full.v tie.it them (Continued Next Week) |