The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13

In tho ordinary course OF exploration
work to keep twcnty-stamp mill busy
q year, and that half years blocking
out work will disclose sufficient orc to
keep l00-stamp mill busy for five years.
The average value of the ore opened
up on the Rush property SO Tar is
SIS per ton. A mountain Of it is
revealed If the veins have ordinary
depth, and there Is no reason to be-
lieve they have not, then there are
hundreds of thousands Of tons of ore
that it will pay to mill In Bullfrog
Rush Mining Company ground, and
the output cannot be computed.
II has been pointed out that all of the
veins on bonanza mountain have i'm
proved in value as depth has been OBJ
perience proves true on the Rush an
enormous tonnage Of high-grade milling
will be opened up on the Rush prop
erty at depth as soon as the sinking OF
SHIFTS and wines has been accomplished.
Tho conservative men at tho head OF
the company. however, prefer to base
their hopes and calculations on the lowest
possible average values OF the orc bodies
rs revealed on the surface. and, momen-
tarily discarding the practical guarantee
OF the engineers that the ore at depth
Will be found to be lncomparably richer
thnn on the surface, they are confining
their calculations to profits that can pe
realized on ore that averages Sl5 per ton
only.
Mining and Milling of Rush Ores.
Prof Gilbert E, Bailey, one of the
pioneers of the Black Hills, former pro-
fessor of metallurgy In the State School
OF Mines of South Dakotn-the State In
which Is located the great Homestake
mine-later superintendent of tho Harvey
Peak Mining company In the Black HIS.
tI,ot ,,fnr tr.l nor 11N n c
and other experts on the ground, with
whom the officers of the Bullfrog Rush
Mining company have consulted; all OF
whom are conversant with the history OF
the Homes take have supplied facts and
figures from which a comparison may be
made of the Homestake with the Rush,
as regards ore bodies. location, proximity
to railroads. nearness TO water and
fuel supply, and future profits In the
The Homestakc mine Is now grinding out
n profit OF over million dollars year
on ore from which the net recovery Is
from Sc SO to $43 per ton. and the facts
apparently warrant the belief that tho
BuIlfrom Rush has a tremendous ad-
vantage.
Estimates as to the grade of orc that
be mined and milled at a profit In
Bullfrog vary from $40 to s. per ton.
and the concenSuS of opinion OF the
great mining engineers now In Nevada
who have been consulted on the subject
is that 81 ore Will be mined and milled
in Bullfrog within the next twelve
months at a profit and this Is believed
to be Conservative statement. The cost
of mining and milling the ore of the
Homestake is from A.l5 to 81 per ton.
The ORC Fino Mining company in the
Black Hills. mines and mills Its ore at
a total cost OF 90 cents per ton. The
Alaska Treadwell mines and mills its ore
at a cost OF 81 to SIPS per ton.
In tho Homcstake mine they are milling
iCpo tons of ore per day, and drop loo
dcnds OF 81, 100000 per year The company
is Incorporated for S22.O0O,coo. The .par
and they sold for s1O0. The company Is
paying dividends at the ratio Of So per
share per year. or 600 per cent per yeer
profit annually on the original Invest
ment of the stockholders,
When development work on the Home
stake was commenced 1t was found neces-
sary to ship supplies for the mine by
wagon and mule team S26 miles, from
Cheyenne. At the start II cost the Home
stake 81 90 per stamp per week for water
Water was later located, 80 miles away
from the mlne and piped into the mills
on the ground at tremendous expense.
There was no wood at FIRST to be had ex-
cept from a distance OF y miles.
Water can already be had in Bullfros
aGeady T9m piped iT into Z the town e by three @ df
ferent companies. and can be had ct nom
inal cost. Wood is expensive and brought
before the Bullfrog Rush Mining com
pany's ore bodies can be blocked out and
mill erected. which 1t is expected will
be within half year. railroad, already
surveyed. and now being built Into tho
town from Las Vegas, New connecting
with Salt Lake and Los Angeles. Will
arc at present engaged in surveying and
building Into tho town. promising three
roads In all within year. Low rates are
promised for crude oil with which to
run the mills and the tremendous supply
of water being at hand, 1t Is believed that
milling can be done at from so cents TO
slJ0 per ton. and ores of even lower value
than those now treated by the Homestake
mills can be mined and milled in Bullfrog
n
To give an Idea of the reasonable cost
of water now supplied on Bonanza Noun
tain the following fact Is submitted:
Water for &c miners and horses Is now be-
ing delivered by wnter wagons at the
Bullfrog Rush mine at total cost of S25
The property of the Rullfrog Rush Min
Ing company contains a number of splen-
did milling sites. and the crest of the
mountain on which the Rush group OF
claims Is situated Is at an elevation OF
1000 feet from the desert fiat. The center
of the group is 5000 lineal feet from the
desert fiat The fall OF the mountain to
the desert is such that any amount of
without cost. The sides of the mountain
make a perfect toboggan slide A mill
can be erected along the west flank of the
mountain at such a point that water can
be plped and orc be delivered by gravity.
Delivering BY gravity makes the hand
ling OF II practically o5nI, automatic' ,Stt n,u
Rush ore can be mined and milled for
as low 81 5 per ton. provided a mill
This would cost $4,000. and within the
next 90 days when development work will
have proceeded epace. the question of
what capacity of mill shall be erected
and the site for the mill Will be determ-
ined upon by the directorate.
4 telephone line is now being installed
on the west side OF Bonanza Mountain.
connecting the Bullfrog Rush Mining
company's works with the town OF Rhyo-
lite half a mile distant, which is the me-
tropolis OF the Bullfrog Mining District.
Future Mine Development.
Future Development work on the Rush
propcrty includes the immediate sinking