The herald., 1898-08-10
MINING IN THE RAND
THE OUTPUT LAST MONTH
AMOUNTED TO 100000
A MILLION FOR THE YEAR
Remarkable Progress and Prospects of
the District-Notes Of Mines
and Miners

RANDSBURG, Aug S--The output Of
gold In the Rand district for the month of
July was about $4,000. The total output
thus far for 1898 is close to $780, 900, and 1t Is
confidently expected that by the end of the
year the s1,0O0.OO0 mark will have been
reached. July made an advance of about
$25 900 over the previous month, and at least
5000 over March, the banner month of the
FIRST half of the year. August should do still
better, as many of the smaller mines gave
their men leave of absence during July
and some of the larger mines did not have
their ore cleaned up at the end of the month.
There is every prospect that with the ad-
vent of cooler weather new prospects Will
be opened up.
There is a superstition among miners that
year ending with 9 Is sure to be a lucky
one for them, and great things are expected
in 80. There is every chance of this hope s
being realized, as already dozens of claim
holders are thoroughly prospecting their
claims, with the result that every few
days one hears Of some ones finding rich
float on uncovering stringer which may
develop into a paying ledge. The boom
days of the district are past and claim hold
properties they must have something In
place.
Outputs and Cleanups
Last week the Yellow Aster company
made the second cleanup for July at the
Barstow mill. The total output for the
month was over $4,000. The dividend for
June was $4,000, while that for July will
be s25 ,000 A few weeks ago development
work In the Kleist & Faris we'll, recently
purchased by the Yellow Aster company
was stopped on account of the large flow
Of water and the inability to handle Il
without proper machinery. Yesterday the
engine which will BE used for hosting and
pumping purposes was taken from the cars
to the wells and will at once be put in place
The ground has been surveyed for the
stamp mill and the eating and bunk houses
were moved the latter part of the week, te
make way for the new mill.
The new shaft to replace the one recently
| broken at the Little Butte, is daily expect
ed. AS soon as it arrives work will beg.E
at both the mine and the mill.
| A recent run of four tons of Gold Coir
ore at the Eureka mill went s20S per ton.
| A 2l-ton lot of ore from the Sunshine
mine miled at the johannesburg reduction
works cleaned up $2400.
| A new strike was made few days age
at the Blackhawk mine in drift at the TO-
foot level. A one-foot ledge, running $50 &c
| the ton, was uncovered.
At the Eureka mill the foundation Is being
laid for the erection of n cyanide plan.
| There will be three tanks. with capacit,
| of ten tons each. to receive the talings
| Just above them viii be the tanks holding
the cyanide solution, and below Will b'
tanks containing zinc chips. One and t
quarter pounds of cyanide are used to q to.
of tailings assaying from $40 to $50. higher
grades requiring more. Usually failing.
require four or five days submersion in thu
cyanide solution. but it has been found
| that sixyt hours submersion is sufficient
for the ores of this district. From Kinyor
and Wedge talings over 80 per cent of Thu
| gold can be extracted. From the averag:
ore of the district from s. to 30 per cent is
recovered.
Randsburg Brevities