Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
GOLDEN CYCLE MILL AFTER
NEVADA BUSINESS
LITTLE FLORENCE ABOUT TO
RESUME
EsneraIda County Prepares to De-
veIop Coal Fields-consolidated
Decides to Erect MIL on
Columbia Mountain
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reduction plant known as the Goluen
Cycle. where no complaint Will be mace
of excessive high-grade. either Any ore
that will bear the cost of transportation
will he taken. and there will be no delay
In getting cash settlements for the ore,
as soon as the quartz is sampled at the
plant.
The Golden Cycle is the largest custom
cyanide plant in the country, and propa-
bly in the world. At the present time the
daily capacity is 450 tons, and by the
middle of next month the capacity VIII
be doubled at a cost of $l,0OO,ooO. Nearly
all the ores that are being treated there
come from the Cripple Creek district.
F. +. Smith, manager of the plant, mas
heen in town several days and has sue
ceeded in securing some contracts from
shippers.
The management of the Little Florence
comnanv has made arrangements with
the American Smelling and Refining COM
pany for the receipt of all the high-graue
ore that can be shipped over the Ionopah
& Goldfield railway, and thence over tne
Southern Pacific to Denver, Inc compa-
nv has over 1000 tons of ore piled on the
dunn and according to the mine assays
IT will average, gross. fully $3.50 ton.
Owing to the strike situation the God
field Florence extended the time to the
leasing company for the days closeu
down. Just when shipments will be
started has not been definitely fixed, but
the first shovelful of ore that is thrown
into the car marks the time of the life OF
one of the bonanza leases of the district.
when the work of loading that 1000 tons
Of ore is started the company will be
ready to begin working the underground
ore bodies, with probably four shifts OF
men. as it is a hurry up case, the lease
having on.y about seventy days to run.
At the 4O0-foot Level there IS plenty OF
ore in sight and 100 feet below crosscuts
and drifts have been extended close TO
the ore shoots, and it will be the endeavor
of the company to stope out all the ore
possible in the limited time. The COM
pany has been given every assurance
from the railway companies htat all the
cars necessary will be furnished. and an
endeavor will be made to rush the ore to
market The smelter trust people have
also given assurance that prompt settle
ments will be made.
On the Florence Annex, on the Cornish
man, which adjoins the Atlanta, the dump
rock is being shipped to the Western Ore
Purchasing company.
Developing New Section
A new section of the Goldf1eld district
is to be developed. A drilling plant has
been set up on the Pocahontas estate and
the bore is already down 125 feet.
The intention of the owners of the
property is to send the drill down to 500
and possibly 1000 feet AS soon as the
wash is passed through an assay is to
be taken every foot and the nature of the
formation closely studied. AS soon as ore
of profitable grade is encountered the
company will send down a shaft.
Work has been resumed in the Pollard
lease on the Florence. A contract has
been let to sink the shaft $50 feet deeper.
after which extensive lateral work will
be done. The Pollard is very favorably
situated with relation to the Little Flor
cnce and the formation at the bottom of
the shaft indicates proximity to ore.
Through the efforts of ]. e. Barsness
and Judge Langworthy of Chicago, the
company has ben amply financed. The
shaft is now down $40 feet and consider
able prosecuting has ben done on the
upper level.
Word has reached Goldfield that
strike has been made in the
Elder sase on the Boulder No. 2 claim
of the r .irview Eagles. The lease is op-
Grated by the Fairview Eagles Leasing
g. Development company.
This lease has hitherto been producing
$3.50 ore, but sacking ceased when the
smelters declined to receive any more
sinking the shaft fifty feet deeper and do
ing lateral development work.
The strike was made in the shaft and
the assay ran 1850 ounces of gold, valued
at s1504, and 2525 ounces of silver, worth
$1575. making total valuation of SSO7g
to the ton.
Fuel Problem Solved
A few months ago the principal mines
~ oil xuar tclr loxya
dicate headed by Louis X. Koontz
Within a short time, as soon as the
United States patents can be secured OF
made pending, development work on
big scale will be undertaken there and
the fuel problem for Southern Nevada
will undoubtedly be solved.
These coal measures range from twelve
inches to six feet in thickness on the
surface and improve with depth, where
there has been less contraction through
the Influences of the air.
Even on the surface tho coal mined will
burn freely and leaves little weight,
though considerable bulk. in ash. This
''bone," as 1t is called, consists principally
of lime, which has infiltrated in the form
of gypsum and occasionally as spar
Although the claims have been casually
worked for many years, no considerable
depth has been attained and, although
considerable improvement IN the quality
of the coal is noted, it is not yet of high
enough grade to be merchantable pro-
duct.
The Consolidated mill is to be built on
the west slope of Columbia mountain,
and close to the Sandstorm mine. The
selection of the site for the mill was made
after all matters connected with its opera
tion were examined Work on the mill
win begin soon after the first OF the
year, and will be rushed to completion
with all possible speed. The work will
be done by contract. The plans for the
plant have not yet been completed, but
will be ready in few days. When fin
ished the mill viii have involved an out
lay of fully 100000, and be the most mod
ern reduction plant in the world, as all
of the latest ideas will be Incorporated
In its construction.
The company has made elaborate tests
of its methods of handling the ore in
transit to the mill Careful surveys have
been made to insure down grade haul
from the mine to the mill The selection
OF the site comes as surprise, as it was
generally supposed that It would be close
to Jumbotowr. burt, owing to. economic
condit'sn the site two miles north OF
town was selected.