Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-09
SMELLING NEVADA ORE.
Increased Changes by American OF 81 q
Ton II Now In Effect

on the list inst. tho announcement
made by the American Smelling 4 Re-
inning company Of 81 Increase I'm
working charges on Tonopah ores. won't
INTO enect The United states company
which Is competitor II has
been learned from Manager Fitch
has made no raise I'm It's schedule of
working charges from any source.
The fact is, with the present facilities
on the American, II does not desire a
very large quality Of slHcious ores
from Tonopah and tho mine owners of
the camp who have not entered into a
contract with the American. can only
lhduce the latter TO buy their ores af-
Ter considerable persuasion, or perhaps
win the understanding that IN the fli-
lure, when the Garfield plant is COM
pleted, the American WIN get their
business.
The yards OF the American company
at Murray are fearfully congasted AZ
the present time; thousands Of tons OF
slllcious ores are piled up there waiting
To he treated a some future time.
Inc United states company. on the
other hand, IS pretty well supplied with
silicious ores from the CeutenniaI-Eu-
reka mine ana Is not in the market for
Tonopah and Goldhcld ore for ts Utah
plant but IN a short while IL viii be
able 10 handle 1t at IT'S Mammoth
plant IN California
But this temporary lack OF smelling
Facilities. and excessive charges as a
matter OF self protection, is going To re
SUIT In the building Of more mills In the
Nevada dictrct.
The Tonopah Miner estimates that
a
stockholders Of the various mining
companies that have been shipping
ping from thar district and Golddeld. I'M
snelter charges smelter percentages
railroad and wagon freights expense
or sacklng ores. etc., over and above
what 10 would cost To mill the ores on
| the ground, rs approximately 81 600 GOO
This drain sun continues, and the ln-
crease NJ rates by tho smeltor-com-
bine viii stll further increase the
! drain ON the mines that are producing
/ ln that section OF the country.
Prior to tho advent NJ the railroads
| great many mines We're worked
/ throughout the state of Nevada and
produced immense quantities NJ bullion.
/ IL beingh absolutely Impossible 20 shin
/ the ores the long distances over tho
[ desert to reduction points the p.uple
| compelled 20 devise ways and means for
| the treatment OF their ores Tho low
/ values of the enormous piles of tailngs
| lcft by the old reduction plants from
| the ores of raudelari7, Ophr Canyon.
/ Austin. Phoebe. and other milling plants
/ about the state show how closely they
| wore worked No the carly days. even
! under adverse conditions and with "a
comparatively limited knowledge Of the
! various processes,
The ores of Touopah arc practically
! the same 1s the C0mstock ores and
| quite 1s amenablo 20 treatment. and IN
| view OF the marked Improvement u
/ many lines ~ metallurgical practise. a.
/ is safe tu say that higher savings can
| De made now than were made zoo the
! oarly days
/ I'm fact &c is freely predicted that IN
/ treating the high grade ores of the
/ ronopah district saving equal 10 Us
| per cent can readily bo made. at q cost
/ Oar below that of shipping and smelling
/ In addition the tailngs from the opera
] t.0n of milling plants in that section
] would bo lott Tor rotreotmcnt and in
/ nearly all cases sufficient values would
I remain 10 give "a profit
| The establishment of milling plants
! AZ Tonopah for the reduction ~ ores
means the employment of more men
| and the building up Of more staple and
! prosperous communities, as we'll az the
| prompt treatment OF ores OF very much
! lower grade than can be successfully
| mined and shipped under the present
| system IN the history Of an mining
camps their greatest success has come
! from the ability 10 treat low grade ores.