The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-05
NEvAoA's NEED FOR SHELTERS

Ever since metaliferous rock has
been mined in Nevada the ore r..
duction problem has oeen seriou,
one. While free milling ores pre-
dominate in many of the camps tn
percentage is less than that of thos
that are rebeious and millions O
dollars have been list because OF
value that escape the plates, settling
pans, conce ntratOrs aud cyanide o"
potassium plants.
Rich mines have been shut down
and promising ca ps abandoned b,
cause the matrices would not yiei,
their precious contents when treatet
on the ground by the free milling
process. nor would they Withstand
the shipping rates to distant poln,s
with the smelling charges Their,
added.
Reduction corporations and Ill
road companies have fattened off
Nevada ores, while the men VII,
mind them received but a moietN
of profit.
This is particularly true since th,
discovery of Touapah, the ores OF
which are highly silicious and tn
values occur IN form that rel dc =
it wasteful to apply the milling
mode of reduction.
The out put from this wonderful.
camp, which has thirty years of as
sured production without another
pick thrust in development, has al
ready fooled the smelters of the
west and the output of the mines
has been restricted for the reason
that, even with the advanced smslt-
ing charge, faxes could not be Sc
cured in sufficient quantity.
1t appears to Progressive West
that the solution of this problem
which affronts Tonopah in particu
lar aud the state OF Nevada in gen.
eral, ia the establishment of smell.
ers within the borders of this state.
The requirements for a smelter
1
that handles silicious ores are SUP
plies Of cokiDg coal, line, iron and
lead. 1t has been clearly demon.
| str ted that within few miles OF
! Tonopah lie almost inexhaustible
measures OF coal, which even on the
surface, Where 1t has become deoxi-
diced aud laden with bone" prom.
ises to be p rfectly adapt,d to smelt
er uses. These coal measures / a
between shade anG san stone and
dip at Angles uf l. IS tuan thriy de.
gr es from the Lorlznntal, r, ndering
them easy 10 worA 10y means of en.
cliDes, while the angle ensures
depth and consequent comprt ssion.
which neans Improvement in quail
ty.
| Biologists say that this forma.
ton, which extends from Coaldalt
to near Miller Siding. is duplicated
in veral other parts Of the state,
part cularly in Elko and western
Was oe counties.
| The faxes are all found in abund.
anco, only few of the localities be,
ing named III this necessarily brief
srtiSie. Iron exists in quantities
measured by the hundreds of mil,
lions of tons, in Lander and Hum.
boldt counties PARTICULARLY. and
in every other section Of Ne.
vada. 1t 10 frequently found in the
form of pure hema.ite. practically
unacCOml anied by quartz aud al
most invsrian y carries enough gold
aud silver to make the noble metals
WORTH considering in SINE tier use.
Lead is found n scores Of local..
ties and iu some mines, particularly
in the Rocco-homea ks, it is the
metal which pays the dividends.
Lime 10 very plentiful in Nevada.
occurring in unreasonable quantities
in blue or lliocene limestone and
not infrequently as gypsum, some
shines as chemically pure selsui,e.
One great source Of hms 10 toe AAsa