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I The MercAjr Miner. I H VOL- IX. MEKOUK, UTAH, AVEDNEgDAY, JAXUAKY (17)04. N0.1T I B OUR NEW VOLUAIK. H We bogln tills tHfiic our ninth year. H During Hint period Mercur has under- H gone many changes, ns has uIfo the H .Miner. Wo are here, however, not to H complain at fate or fortune, but to work, H ns It the past, for the bent good of Mer- H cur. We hope to better pleane them H than In the past. H We hope our frlendfl will help us by H paying up their nrrenniKes and thUH j jjlve an Impetus to the paper that will n enable us to do more good In our Held H than Is possible without u cash reserve H on hnnd to draw from. There In pulll- Hk clent due us to ense us of the few oull- W gntlons.wo owe and glve-us a small sur- f plus. Friend, w'on'UjomkliHlly r'enum; B ber this next payday?" A few dollar H each yoii will not miss and the iiKKre- I Kilted amount will help us materially. Hfl We shnll make thin volume as much better ns our friends will help us to HH not by giving us anything but simply B paying us our dues. HI A glass or two of water taken halt nn hour before breakfast will usually B keep tlio bowels regular. Harsh ca- H thartlcs should be avoided. When a purgative Is needed, take Chamber- laln'B Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are mild and gentle In their action. M For sale by H Mercur Drug Co.. Mercur, Utah. H M. 12. Drown, Stockton, Utah. H MINER BRIEFS. VI The Miner begins n new year with this ftl number. H The school nt Sunshine Iiiih closed too few pupils left in that camp. Hj Principal Van Hoose of the Mercur H schools spent part of the holidays In Halt H Lake City. M Mark Wicks, who sklped his crcd- itois here, Is working for the Slant Line H In Salt Luke. H In consequence of the discharge of o many men at the mine a number of H families have left Mercur. H Mr. Tied Wlttlch took his family M home after the holidays and Is now 1 spending a few days In Salt Lake. M We are all pleased to learn that Mrs. H Alf Evans is Improving t-o lapldly and M will soon be out again with her friends. H Last evening the old City Council m went down and out and the new one H took thglr places. AVe hhnll wy more of H thinitxtseTl).ji.ji., M Mr. Joseph Lee has returned to try H and Interest capital In hlH bonanza H property In Arizona. The gentleman 1 has good holdings there nnd we hope to B see him mnko a fortune out of them. H The Hoard of Education. J. W. Lee. C. AV. Corileld audi Charles Connor, are to B bo commcudLd for the ihteiest they hnve taken In the schools and for their geu- :rous expenditures for all things ntedid. H Miss Cudalmch. a very popular and J highly esteemed young lady fiom Sa- linn, was among the Xraos visitors to 1 Mercur and wuh the guest of her sisters, 1 Irs. Nelson nnd Miss Uuntshan. The M young lady N tenchlng the third nnd B fourth grades In the Sallna district school and W n great favorite with her pupils, as well ns with the people of the H A COSTLY MISTAKE. M niunders nre sometimes very expen- slve. Occasionally life Itself Is the price M of a mlstnke, hut you'll never bo wrong H If you tnko Dr. King's New Life Pills H for Dyspepsia, Dlzzlnesn, Headache, 1 Liver or Bowel troubles. They nre H gentle yet thorough. 2pc at Mercur M Drug Co.'s drug store. H THE D1ST1UCT SCHOOL. M Several iiujiIIs from the schools en- H Joyed their vacation In Salt Lake. B There will be full day sessions In the m primary room nfter January 4th. the nd- H dltlon of another room making It possl- H K School opens on January 4th and will 1 continue live months longer, four il months having been completed befote Blf Christmas. M Mrs. Olldden will remain in Salt Lake j for the l'nttl concert on Monday even- f Ing, January 4th. and will make up the PI day lost on the following Saturday. . The Janltress has scrubbctl the rooms KM and furniture and has In many ways Q worked during vacation for the comfort H nnd convenience of teachersi and pupils, H Her work has been most gratifying to H all concerned. H Tliare were nly three families having ftH children or s. l age left In Sunshine, H Mr. JnckMn. .ii Householder nnd Mrs. H IleynoldK. The schoolhouse has been se- H ( urely closed, to await more prosperous H days for the camp. H3 There will be another teacher to take Hl charge of the room fitted up some time H ngo. The school nt Sunshine will close H on account of the few pupils remaining IH there, and Miss A'nn Hoose will take H ohnrge of the new room at Mercur. H The pupils ranking highest in general H , average Itv the prlr 'it's room for the Hi month of Decern! r were: Edith Atz- U bach, James S' love. Delpha Seren, HB Mny Tlmnilr iul David Peterson. I Edith also rniiKed first In November. HA They nre present every day nnd on time. M? Hjflj Hofore acatlcn Mr. J. W. Lee, presl- H Oput of the Hoard of Education, visited K the different rooms nnd gave the pupils H ii very Interesting account of his trip to the Orand canyon of the Colorado. The pupils were so much Interested In the narrative that they voted unnnl mous for Mr. Lee to continue his dis course through the recess period A FUIGHTENED HOUSE. Running like mad down the street, dumping the occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every-dny occur rences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy and there's none as good ns Ducklen's Arnica Salve. Hums. Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles disappear quickly under ItM soothing effect. 23c nt Mercur Drug Co.'s drug store. REDUCE THE FORCE. Salt Lake Tiibune. Last night's arrivals from camp le port a steady i eduction of the forces employed on the properties of the Con. Mercur Mining company, and tiat the new year has begun with the payioll reduced to about 300 names-, the output of the territory, which has added near ly JIO.000,000 to the nntlon's supply of gold, to about f00 tons of ore pel day. Until such time as a solution has been found for certain dilemmas, snld a miner who came In from camp to seek employment elsewhere, the manage ment has decided that retrenchment Is the better policy, and It Is this, It Is said, that has Inspired the i eduction of the foices underground. The trouble has not originated, It is claimed, with the quantity of oie now blocked out, but with its composition, the sulphides or niftnlcnl ores having materially In cunsed during the past year. How ever, assurances of relief aie coming from a new chunnel which Superintend ent Hrown has been opening up, nnd with this conditions should Improve. At the mill. It Is said, hut four of the battel y of nine toasters are now being operated, and that this will continue until the volume of oxidized oie Is In creased. Theie wh n story on the curbstone during the afternoon that the earnings or sixty days have been less than the cost of operation, but this Is dh( ('edit ed by the more prominent among local Intti ests, who Insist Hint tho report oilginntes with those who have shoittd the company's shales. The latest llg ureH to which the public has had access were those which showed that In JU03 the gioss earnings, amounted to $1,019, .100. Iteports f i out the animal meeting recently held In New Jersey will be for warded' to the shareholders in pnmphlet form nt n later day. FIGHT AVILL HE HITTER. ft-JTliosG, who wlll.perslst,luio&sU!K,th.clr ears against the continual recommend ation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles. If not ended enrllPr by futnl termination. Read what T. R. Reall of Uenll, Miss., has to say. Last fall my wife hail ev ery symptom of conmimptlon. She took Dr. King's New Discovery nfter ev erything else hnd failed. Impiovoment enme nt once and four bottles entirely cured her." Guaranteed by Mercur Drug Co.. druggists, Price, COc nnd $1.00, Trial bottles free. MINING NOTES. Superintendent George Dein was In camp Saturday. The Geyser people have had some trouble with their water pipes. The pipes have been frozen up and lequlred a great deal of labor to clear them. With the opening of next spilng the "Dip" will probably be booming again nnd seveial piospects In and around Mercur working, and then, "Hurrah for our town" once moie. It Is Hild the prospects at the "Dip" nre very fluttering nt this time. With the opening of the Daisy again If suc cessfulwe may expect to shortly hear of the Helvetia and Snowstorm being operated. The Ingot has run up fiom 1 to U cents a share. The natural conclusion of those who know anything about the surmundings of the Ingot If that It will jet be a good stock, and piobably run above par. It Is said the prospects at the Golden Gate nre betu than they have been for somu time. good body of ore has re cently been uncovered. The "Gnte" Is liable to be the best of the Con. Mercur proptrles yet. With a good market for Its mercury and the development of newly prospect ed ground, the Sacramento should' boom ere long. The company hns been handl enped for want of n market for the quicksilver, but they have finally suc ceed ed. The following from The Tribune evi dences the fact that ex-Superintendent Edwards Is busy nnd that his knowledge of mining Is being put to account. "George '.. Edwnrdfi hns submitted the. results of his recent examination of the Orient of West Tlntlc to President Pow -ers, nnd additional work will be the pol Icy the piesent season." Mr. Springer Is In Salt Lake, having gone after a brief visit to his mining properties nt the "Dip." Mr. Springer has great faith In Mercur. He believes If the company go down nny depth, they will develop a bonanza even greater than what they already have. The gentleman understands considerable about mining, nnd as he has worked In the mine a great deal we must put some confidence In his Judgment. May It be so. REVOLUTION IMMINENT. A sure sign of approaching revolt and Mrlous trouble In your system Is ner vousness, sleeplessness or stomach up sets. Electric Bitters villi quickly dis member tho troublesome causes. It never falls to tone tho'.stomnch, regu late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the Liver, nnd clarify, the blood. Run down systems benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches vnntsh un der Its searching and thorough effect iveness. Electric Blttets Is only GOc, and that is returned If it don't give perfect satisfaction. 'Gjiflrantced by Mercur Drug Co., drur'1"! s. UTAH'S GREAT LD CAMP. 'a What Others Have t'5:iy of Mercur, Utah's Johannesburg. Tho Salt Lake Tribune (Continued Froiijbur Last.) to treat' thm?Alimes. To nccompllsh this u process Improved by Gtorge Moore, whose genius hns been divided betweenflflho laboratory and the practical side or his profession lor a lifetime, and wliqHe process has been tried out with thefmost gratifying lesults. was appealed tff and with this now Installed the prodVlou plant Is ngain In full operation, Ith the "thief" being rapidly overcomes Of the means employed by Mr Moorg to nccompllsh this the gentleman himself has written. The advantages of tlft system are Flist, a saving of front 40 to f0 cents per ton In labor; second, a saving of a like amount In extraction.; third, a sav ing of. over CO per cen tj In the tost of Installation. The saving on extraction Is due to the feet thntjKwhllc the filter Is In the slimes tank, alijl the suction In operation Jin oqunllzlnglKctlon Is taking place, tendering all pitrtf of the cake of equal leslstancp to theNlow of solution and wnshwater, so thatjwhei) placed In the wushlng tanks, n pet feci displace mi nt of solution Is accomplished. For example, we might consider that It would be fxisslble for one spot on the 2W0 squat e feet of sllmfi-cnke to hn.e u ore of th coaiter slimes, or line sand, than the other parts, th'en there would bt less resistance to the flow at this point; therefore, the ifow would be brought up, and would ?over this point tnoie rapidly thnn the other parts, until, b. this Increased codtlpg, the resist ance to the flow ould.bcome the same as at all other olnts,'. ijThls equalizing Influence is, In fact, so'5-outlnuously In operutton that at no liwtnnce Is there nny less resistance to tjtie flow nt one point than nt nil, polntw Thus, when lifted out fiom the pllmislcoiiipai'tiiieiit, the entire basket or infers Is In condl tlnnfonkWuelilngandpractlcjwe eMrart nil of the soluble ;old. SAVING FROM THE SANDS. At the Consolidated Met cur mill all of the ore Is first passed thiough revoking ( yllnders, where the slimes nre washed fiom the sands. By this operation the benefit of the sands, as shown. In the extraction fully equals the benefit to the slimes; for, consisting only of the ennrse granular particles, percolation Is carried on rapidly, while better dis placements and washings are accom plish. The tailings from both the sands and the slimes assny from 40 to 4." cents, u saving of SO cents per Ion over the old system. This, on 1000 ions per day. Is a heavy Item. Each lllttr handles about seventy-live tons per day, and one man operates the four III tets, so the tost of labor Is about 3 cents per ton. With this plant now In successful op eration the earnings of Consolidated Mrcui with the mill screwed tip to Its maximum will be materially Inci eased the pretvnt year, while Its reappearance among the dividend-payers In a short time Is lelltd on by the management. IS PRODUCING MERCURY. At the Sacramento during the enr operations progressed without Interrup tion whatever, the mnnngenient earn ings from Its oies tr7( ounces of gold, which enabled It to pass around a $r000 dividend monthly, while maintaining a (Continued Next AVeek.) o Like Sterling on Silver g I 0 The word "Burl;nKtou" Is like ''ster- b M ling" on stiver. It denotes a high ft J standard. ' H Wo think our service. Justifies tho O )j O comparison. ' H g o ? fBHHBSI&I T,l tlC8t wnv through the moun- jj y IllfPHnlvVll '"'" srnery of Colorado nnd over tho J H O III rill 1 1 1 1' I III 111 "'""' "'"' fr"m Dr,lvr-tno Hurllugtnn. ffc H lltfnHWilf R' F" NESLEN. General Agent O H it hjuOIiIh ?g West secnd sutn street. Q il IsEHHSSilHi Salt Lake City. T? iH Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad immi H A. SWENSON CO., I I ( Next Door to tho Morctir Drug Co. ffl iH (n IIt Jot rrrrld and nra now dlipUyllur m beautiful tin of "UJ Wfi H m Fall and Winter Atillinery Goods, g m Also Ladies' Coats, Jackets, Furs, Skirts and Waists Jj H (AK The nbOTa sra ths fall atjlei. We) have no old M H Xj. (took left over from 1902. M M. Don't forget to give us your orders for FURNITURE, CARPETS, m T BLANKETS, QUILTS, Etc. X Our SHOE line is complete Jft H "I both in Style and Quality, Including a full assortment of jf. H GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, A: Leave orders for W GROCERIES AND FARM PRODUCE I.1VK AND mr UVC," li our motto, W H & CALL AT imm' H I ..6QLDEK 60TE BQSH STOKE., I i FOR YOUR H Christmas and Wedding Presents, t I Xmns Tree and Children's Toys and Supplies. Holiday H Ooods Already In. ... Men's Furnishing -of all H f Kinds. ... fllncrs' Clothing Supplies, H Such as Overalls, Jumpers, A H Boots, Ovcrshlrts, Etc. H Main Street, Mercur. Wm. BILLINGS, Prop, I ( Steinman's Dry Goods Co.'1 1 LEADING DRY GOODS STORE OF MERCUR, UTAH . d I "BaRRSiBaBasasiiMHaiBniBBBnBaBnaHBaaBBBaiBaanBiHH H X& TQEFORE LAYING IN YOUR SUPPLIES OF WINTER S H f fl Goods Consult us and we will save you money X If fuMm 1 Uzffifl- wc arc out anvtn'ng You want wciw'I sent and U MSp H r get it for you at catalogue prices and save you the expressie Vir H I W YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD W I I Steinman's Dry Goods Co. I