The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
PLANS TO HANDLE
HIGHEST GRADE ORE
G0ldfield District Expects Con-
sOlidated and Florence to Get
Sl,OOO,O0O a Month
Reduction Works to Begin Oper-
atiOns January and Rail-
road to Reduce Rates

During the year 1909 the mines of
the Goldfeld district will produce
s100O.00O month. This is the glitter
ing promise made by the Goldfield
News and January l is fixed as the
date when the mines will begin to
handle high grade ores on a wholesale
scale. The production says the
News, will be continuous and will not
be dependent upon railroads and smell
ters or on the contributions from the
various leases.
THE great bulk of the ore that will
represent s1.000.000 month will come
from the company workings of the
Goldfeld Consolidated mines and the
Florence Goldfield mining company.
The ores will be treated on the ground
in the large reduction plants that have
been in process of construction for
some time.
Coincidently, and perhaps as a re-
suit of the early operation of the two
big reduction plants, the freight rates
on ores have been slashed by the Tono-
pah and Tidewater railroad company
The cost of moving $40 ore has been
reduced from $6 to $3.50 a ton; on the
$500 ore cut of $3.50 ton has been
made, namely from SIS ton to $3.50.
There are large reductions on all the
intermediate grades Oh ore.
The Golfeld district will benefit
largely by the new freight rates, but
all southern Nevada will be placed in
better shape. The new rates will be
effective January "a. There is a great
tonnage of ores to be Affected and the
rate cutting has been planned evidently
to secure all the business that can be
made to use the railroad.
Coupled with the cut in railroad rates
story has been circulated that the
Teropa Consolidated mining company
has been negotiating for the control
of the smelter at Needles, S35 miles
from Goldfield.
Concerning the plan for the opera
tion of the reduction plants in
Goldfeld the Goldfeld News says:
These two plants alone win have a daily ca
pacity OF ESQ tons, or 30 400 tons month The
ore viii be graded to about $40 ton, making
the total value OF the bullion produced at these
two plants $4,000 month. This output may
be largely increased before the year is well ad-
vanced. as this estimate is based on the Florence
mill operating but 20 OF its 40 stamps. The
other 20 stamps will be put in commission as
soon as necessary, which, in view OF the enOr-
nous tonnage of already blocked out in the
mine, should be in few months. For that mat
ter there is plenty of ore in sight in both the
Consolidated and Florence TO keep the mills
grinding out bullion for indefinite period.
The Combination MILL with monthly capacity
of $50 tons. will not lie idle, as arrangements
are now being made whereby the plant will be
operated after ii is longer needed By the
Consolidated company
1t has been definitely announced that the Con-
solidated company's great plant on the north
slope of Columbia mountain will start up after
Christmas. Everything is in readiness and the
machinery is being tuned up for the initial run.
Vice President George Wingfeld. General Man
ager Mackenzie and number Of eminent mining
men will be hand TO witness the starting of
the mill and il is probable that the occasion
will be properly celebrated. although no plans
for the christening have been announced by the
management.
The Florence mill viii begin dropping its
stamps on the LIST of January, unless the man
agement changes its plans. The big plant Il
practically completed and could start up on the
first of the week il not for the fact that
the work of relaying portion of the pipeline
with steel pipe Is not quite completed. Another
week will this work finished however. and
then there will be nothing to necessitate further
delay but the will OF the manageme~t.