Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-05

9iI ounces silver were obtained from
amalgum. besides u ounces gold and
i5s ounces silver from mill residuea
were sold. There were - tons Of ship-
ping ore sold. the returns being tt8.i2L
a summary 81 the returns on - tons
ore sold ana i6.J3t tons treated In mill
-i0.aos tons in all-wna; Shipping ore,
ii3f2lj milling urc.fi1J.s3S. migccllnuu-
Gus, sl,kit, total, giglUtG. or t92b "a ton.
Mlll cleanup returns were &20.it2,
bringing the total up 20 f4,.jis.
The cost % operation was carefully
calculated. ns the mine. since the mid
DIE Of 1891, has shown strong tcn-
dcncy ln the direction ~ lower values,
Ho that the most gk'llful management
was required 90 pay dividends on the
shares. ln the annual report the gon-
Urul milling cost H placed nt S221 per
ton, Including cost u experiments. To
this must Boz added 3 cents per ton Tor
handling the mill residue. The total
average cost for all Items Including
Office 100 London aud prospecting for
now mines, shows an average of $3.50
per dry ton. which On By mo- means high
in Idaho. The figure shows a reduce
ton Of tiG6 per ton below that reported
BOO the lt1s summary.
Total earnings for the year reached
sia-il0l, while the costs ail told were
la.'.aab. leaving q profit offlG5li. To the
latter was added gsi.225. the balance ~
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A0Hr The company paid % dividend %
t.1u0l, coz z pence per share. and cN.
u'uuUl a-lsltl ln conjunction. leaving
taltt.H Zoo the treasury How wcll rlt.
inlHl tho directors are with the present
condition % affairs be- ln part revealed
200 cue Following extract from their re-
port.
100 order TO cope probably with the
nl.IlIIt decreasing value uf the ORC
available Tor treatment additions have
been made DURING the yulr TO the
teaching plants. and Uiunt Tor tho
treatment Of the taillngs has also leyu
erected ln the vicinity ~ the tuiliuFH
beds. which viii be- ready COR operation
THIS season Prospecting has shunn
Vigorously prosecuted during tho ycnr
ln the directions outlined iu the last
report IL ~ matter lot great regret
that none u the main points uf attack
have yielded RESULTS ut nll UncuurhFlnr.
and that such small fresh discovcriea
u have been made have been confined
90 the old center or the mine down 60
the elFhth level and among the old
workings.
undcr these circumstances. and ~
u might possibly become q question
whether the orr imitation of the come
ptny might not Boz more pfontably d.
ructcd toward the acquisition and do
NolppWynt Of another property. the
board authorized Mr. iiuutIey TO pros
l"'t 10 other quarters. ana ula uttOus
ton has boon specially directed Co what
Dr. known locally aH the Bunllu Hump
hrld. recently discovered mluUrailEed
district ln northern central Idaho.
options have been tukou up there un
several locations more OF less highly
spoken or which viii be- carefully "a
umlupd
We have thus summed up the not re-
suits or The most extensive experiments
With cyanide treatment fur rpld-silvcr
urra, ana while the showing o. Gar from
'ruHy. 70 may properly De- Clussed 40
promising This may be- added. with
cyanide treatment the ur In Mar Idaho
group paid $4,000 90 itH shareholder
last year without cyanide the mine
would have ceased 90 Operate. MS 10 ~
too FAR from the smoltOra co permit the
concentration ana shipment uf low
grade material 4 saving uf Isl Der
cent of the gold and 2lt per cent of The
SILVER IN the ores viii not be- rated as
high. Upon this phase Of the subject
the report throws no light.