The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-26
G0LDF|ELD CON-
STATEMENT ISSUED
Manager Mackenzie Gives Facts
About Great Gold Mine
in Nevada.
LITIGATION IS NOT
FUTURE PROBABILITY
Each Property in Combination
Is Described Fully as to
Development.

4 report has lust been completed by
Manager John II. Mackenzie OF the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company COW
erlng the period from November /, 1907,
to September 80. 1908 aud dated Ocso-
Der 20, says the Nevada Mining News.
Some information regarding the proper
ties OF the great merger which has not
heretofore been published IS included iB
the report which explains that the an
nual report or the management will not
reach the stockholders before January.
and that this Is but n brief summary OF
the work performed since the last meet
ing. Referring to the new mill the cir
cular says
After exhaustive tests. together
with the experience gained by treating
Goldfield ores at the Combination mill,
plans were made for l0O-stamp mill
about 600 tons per day. on account Of
the ndvanta ges of slope, room for tall
ings, and accessibility by railroad, the
site was selected on the west side OF
Columbia mountain.
On January 1S grading was commenced.
and at the present writing the crusher
Plant. belt convey9r' nil ore ore bins, bins,
and classifiers are complete and ready
20 operate. The concenLrators are being
put In and tho cyanide department IS
about two thirds finished and the Ameri-
can Bridge company promises TO COM
Plete the building by November l5. We
have every reason 20 believe that the
mIll viii De finished and ready for opera
ton by January I, 1903.
on January "a, 1908, grading for n
mines and mill was commenced. This
road is about two miles IN length and has
been completed and In operation for some
TING: 1t Is equipped with our own loco
with q capacity OF fifty tons each.
Treatment Of Concentrates.
The concentrates produced by the Com |
binatlon mill have formerly been shipped |
10 the smelrers In Salt Lake. the freight !
and treatment charges ranging from s35 |
covered q method by which we can sue
cessrully treat our concentrates. The
extraction by this method IS equal to
that allowed by the smelter. while the
cost OF reduction will not exceed one
sixth of the freight and smelter charges.
The saving to the company by the To-
ca! treatment OF concentrates will amount |
10 about s250,000 per annun.
The greater part OF the concentrates
produced by the Combination mill du-
ring the past year have been treated in |
is being installed in connection with our
new mill.
New Development
During the past eleven months i6 900
feet Of development work has been done
on company account, mostly in the Mo-
nawk and Combination mines. No stop
ing has been done except In the Comhi-
nation mine, where an average OF about
eighty tons per day has been extracted
10 supply. the Combination mill.
In brief, the principal results OF de-
Nelopment work, besides placing tho
mines IN shape for ore extraction on the
scale required by the new mill, are as
follows.
Mohawk.-On the 6O0-foot level ,be
downward extension OF the Mohawk
ledge has been crosscut. showing an ore
body about twenty feet wide. This level
has been connected by raises with a
winze from the $50 level on the same ore !
body. a crosscut is being driven on the
500 level 10 connect with the Clermont !
shaft On the $50 level profitable ore has
been opened up several hundred feet
northwest OF the older company work
lnSs, under the kalfus workings. 4 DRIFT !
from the Combination has connected with
lne oio Frances Mohawk slopes, and Will
Mohawk.
Conlbinatio On the sso-foot level
tae Combination ledge is being opened
t6e rich Reilly ore shoot. A raise proves
the ore is continuous to the 2S0-foot
,evei. On tho upper levels, workings have
been @ extended southeast TO the Reilly
satisfactory amount Of good ore has been
exposed IN both directions as well as
IL tne er,,5 central part OF The mine. Recent
improvement in this property
Red Top and Laguna.-Althoush
very little development work has been
zone on company account during tho
past year, the future prospects of these
properties have been greatly improved
~ lease operations. Near the northern
md OF the Red Top claim. about 500>
gst norln o. tne nearest workings from
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