Show This Lit Little c Pig dig Went 1 I en t to fo a a Bank I S I 1 f n yi ti al D J f r K J t s r rov- rov No this little pig was not taken over oyer by br the bank in a foreclosure but he lie is in a bank 1 as this bank was turned into a pigpen No the bank did not go broke- broke it went out of existence honorably when the old town of Mercur ceased to exist when the camp closed down downIn In about 1912 The old bank building walls that enclose the pig are one ono of the few remaining monuments that bear testimony tes tes- testimony of oC the thc busy days of Mercur more than a quarter of a century ago when the thc mines of the district supported a community of or approximately approximately matel 2500 persons a bank post post- and a fair air sized business dis dis- Today the old district Is coming back The Thc dum dump scarred hills that were deserted for more than a decade are again agnin dotted with cottages cottages cottages cot cot- of or miners who are working in the district Under the higher gold price and improved gold metallurgy metallurgy met met- old dumps of the district are again being treated and old mines are being worked for ore that was worthless In other days |