The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

Reno. New. Dec. Nevada was the
last state TO fee. the recent strinSency
ana while TIE storm was not so severe
As IN some OF the eastern states. by rea-
son Of It's lark o. manufactures. its re-
,cvc~y h1s b=sn slow, and up to two
months ago "a CIR stnas outlook was
.1aamy. even 30 ne most sanguine mine
+auerS ana n'=reharys. All this has
-.-.--ed away a3E'.Gnf observers feel that
SD, ..lfc Is coming into a prosperity
.tt wi't Do rc1te~ I'm every activity
f..l III IN r. - '-laGn before.
er-e mot % --0-ts ~ industries is min
and 0ll. 49, .onaagc has not been
-Ic1tta r1tcv properties. due 20 the
;iV'cs sri t.i' low price OF silver,
suo tGt''a, improvements have
.c ,'atr = ,npre money put into
80 rome i1 any other period Of
-ltC's = - s. T'lc most remarkable
~ pr is rAe Increase in the
.7fb y % sn.t'l nils for the treatment
n wee Wiilius ores l;etwcen forty and
e. ur02er.ies lave been equipped to
f-tsl thair ostn o-cz. and almost ali
a"r~ 3:oval 5ntHci.r successes.
An'le ihc prbic pr-its are fun OF ac-
,"iirts oC big s;rjlJes. sensational values
.btai4cd frors streaks of ore running
from knife-biade seams TO stringers
several inches or even foot wide, the
news OF The big veins and lodges run +,
" ~ AlbiI 1tU 10 A1U 40 INC ton scarcely !
ever gets beyond those in the imme- |
dia.c vicinity Of the discovery Many !
mines OF SO ore many miles from the 4
railroads are now being actively de- !
vclOped. and the ore that is taken out /
oS the tunnels and cuts is being put l
through The mills on the ground. with /
the result that the pay roll, cost of ma
chinery and even dividends are being |
met without outside aid other than the /
first cost of the mill
Since the present year opened Neya-
das mineral area has been extended !
until the adage. "Gold is where you
ind II, =" IS being translated, "GoId is
everywhere. Some of the most unlike
ly regions are now yielding more min
eral than those which renewed activity
in Nevada mines.
comstoek's Regeneration.
Under new regime the Comstock is
showing something more than demands
for assessments against its stOckhOld-
ers. Ophir is the only real producer
but now that the Ward shaft has been
drained for the first time in fifteen
years, other properties whose lower
levels are believed to contain bonanzas
equal to those found by the Mackays.
Fairs and O'Briens in the palnv days
will be discovered. The output of the
lode has been increasing steadily for
seven months. and has risen from Sc. 900
10 almost $4,000 a week. Ninety per
cent OF this has come from Ophir. Con-
solidated Virginia and Mexican.
Ionopah still keeps up its stride, de-
spite the discouraging state of the sill
Yer market. The output has run about
SlS0.OOO weekly. with here and there a
Jump to 100000 or more for seven days.
Everywhere throughout the camp de- :
Veiopment work is being pushed. and as
more improved methods of mining are
coming into use the cost of output de-
creases rapidly, while the tonnage is
being maintained at about $500 tons as
q week 5 work for the camp.
To enumerate the work done on the
various Goldfeid mines during the year
would necessitate writing a book on this
camp alone. Official reports made By
the operators to the sheriff of Esmer-
aida county for the fixing of the bullion
TAX shows that nine months production
OF the district is well toward 81 900 900
and at that these figures cannot be said
20 give the full amount, since every
thinS that possibly could be charged
against the output has been deducted
While some have understated their ont
put despite the penalty for perjury
me Consolidated. Mohawk. Alpine and
silver Peak properties together re-
turned S3.SS6,25O from 142, 100 tons of ore
mined The net output Of the district
Tor Inc year viii be well above $4,000
no. sirce considerable laxity in returns
were found during the first quarter of
! ne year, as well as a long period of
depression.