The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

tBy w. Il. lie WOLF. Specfaf 1epfessnta-
tive of The News-)
Manhattan. New, Dec. 10.-Extraction
of ore at the great Consolidated mine
continues without abatement in the face
of tight money and suspended banking
institutions. In fact the stringent
financial situation Is acting as an In
centive rather than as a deterrent to
operations. the management being
moved to increased mining energy by
the necessity OF meeting the pay roll
from the proceeds of ore shipments.
Work Is centralized at this time In the
slopes at the 100-foot level where the
ore body Is showing 25 feet in width and
Is high grade milling rock just as brok-
en- from the ledge. Much of this ore
shows free gold in quantity and by care
full sorting a considerable tonnage OF
high grade shipping rock could be con-
served. No attempt is made. however.
to s~egregate the higher from the lower
grade as the entire output is to be
treated at the plant of the Manhattan
Ore Reduction & Refining company.
AS Indicative Of the value Of the
quartz at present going to mill from the
Consolidated mine the following incident
is cited. A few days ago as a wagon
load Of ore was being hauled from that
property to the plant the driver became
impatient at the slow progress with
which the six horses were covering
ground. Reaching behind into the
wagon he picked up a piece of quartz
and hurled 1t at the leaders. A by
stander picked up the fragment thus
carelessly thrown and was considerably
surprised to discover nat 1t was plas-
tered over with free gold. Assay dis
closed The fact that 1t contained about
81 worth of the precious metal.
The contract of the mill people with
the Consolidated management calls for
the treatment Of 5000 tons of ore. 1000
tons of which are to be reduced imme-
diately. A portion of the first consign-
ment has already gone under the stamps
and the remainder is to be handled as
rapidly as circumstances will permit.
At present the stamps are dropping reg-
ularly but there is a bare possibility
that the difficulty being experienced i'm
occurring carpenters to complete the
cyanide end may result in the cessation
of operations. The predicament in
which the company finds itself is due to
the fact that it's funds are tied up In
bank. Pending the time when the money
is In sight the carpenters are not in
clined to get busy.
The Importance of keeping this. the
first local plant to treat Manhattan ores,
in operation is recognized by nearly
every business man in camp and in
order that 1t may be completed most of
them are prepared to volunteer their
services in place of the disgruntled
knights of the saw and hammer They
are now organizing with that object in
view and it is not unlikely that they
will begin their labors within the week,
always provided. of course. that the
regular working force cannot be in
duced to resume operations. The ma
terial for the cyanide portion of the
plant has been at the mill for more han
two weeks and it will require but COM
paratively little space of time to get it
in place.
There is every prospect that the plant
of the Nevada Milling & Ore Purchasing
will make it's initial run or ore
prior to Christmas. All of the machin-
cry Is now in place and most of the
cyanide tanks are set VI. Work is also
being pushed to the limit on the tram
line connecting the ore dumps at the
lessee workings on Gold hill with the re-
.ceiving bins at the mill. There is little
question but what the track will be laid
by the time the stamps are in readiness
to begin their labors.
Charles S. Lemon, manager of the
plant. ~nnounces that it is the intention
to Immediately take steps looking to the
increasing of the milling capacity by
the addition of 40 more stamps. He an