The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1893-11-02
RICH RO Y 4 l 6 I'D
Its Enormous Output of the
Yellow Metal.
WILLARD BENNETT INTERVIEWED
Ten and One-IHalt Pounds of a.Old
Hts Record for Last Month With
n Ten-Stamp NBiIl-The Isi-Me-
tnllic to Resume on Concen-
trates-Other Mining News.

In an interview with Willord Bennett
that gentleman informs The MAIL that
the output of the Royal gold mine this
month will certainly aggregate $4,000.
Not less than $4,000 per month are
taken out and retorted, besides the con
centrate,s which will average at least
$4,000 per month, making in all an out
put of about $4,000 in gold. This is
certainly phenomenal output from a
ten-stamp mill, and what is more the
gold is getting purer as depth is gained
1t now assays and the lucky owners are
paid for it at the rate of $17.30 per ounce
AS depth is gained a ste .dy increase
IN the assay value is noticed. Mr.. Ben
nett says that they have hundreds of
feet of levels in ore, and that they have
ore enough now blocked out to last all
winter. The vein will average five feet
in width as far as developed, though in
some places it has narrowed down to
two feet while at others it has widened
to over ten feet. Five feet, however, is
fair average of It's width
Ever since the first work was done on
the property Mr.. Bennett has had ex-
pl cit faith in it, and sank $4,000 IN
hard cash in it's development before it
had produced nickel IN return. He
now has the satisfaction of taking out
about $4,000 a week and adding it to the
wealth of the lucky stockholders of the
company. About five-s1xths of the stock
is owned by Willard Bennett and his
brother Nelson. Conrad Kohrs recently
bought out W. W. Turneys interest in
the property, amounting to about one
seventh, and the remainder of the stock
scattered
We doubt if there is ten-stamp mill
IN the country turning out as much gold
as the Royal, and what is even still
better the output is on the increase.
Last month the output Of gold averaged
about one to three pounds daily. This
month, from figures shown us by Mr..
Bennett, which are positively accurate,
it is shown that the daily output runs
from five to eight pounds per day in the
pure stuff. The banner day was the 26th
OF last month, when 1O15 lbs. were taken
from the pans. These figures it must
be remembered, is only what is taken
from the plates and do not inclrde con-
centrates or battery cleanups. Mr.. Ben
nett has to go down occasionally and
chisel off the battery.
No concentrates are..shipped now but
they are being stored until next season
when they will be sacked and shipped to
reduction works.
Mr.. Bennett is superintendent of the
plant and mine and deyotes all his time
and attention to the development of
that rich property and the reduction of
it's ores. He is ably assisted by Mr..
Taylor, who is thorough miner and
who acts in the capacity Of mine super
intendent.
Mr.. Bennett says 1t does not cost to
exceed So per twenty-four hours to get
the ore to the mill, as the company has
tramway. He also states that the mill
ing expense does not exceed 81 per ton,
80 it is easy to see what profit there is
in the operation of the mine by it's
owners
The Royal is certainly numbered
among the richest mining propositions
Of the west, and The MAIL will back it
against any of those we have read of in
the papers lately in Montana as being
the princes of the mining world.