The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-27
REVIEWS WORKINGS
Of CONSOLIDATED
General Manager Mackenzie
Makes Report to the
Share Holders
New Combination Ore Treating
Plant With 100 Stamp Mill
Well Under Way

The work that has been done since
land including last January on the
various properties Of the Goldfield con-
Isolidated mines company has been re-
fported TO the stock holders By j. II.
Mackenzie, the general manager
The plant for treating ores in the
Combination milling, Including a 100
stamp mill and cyanide plant capable
OF treating 500 tons day, Is well under
way. The erusher plant Is complete;
the cyanide plant is half constructed;
there is reason to believe that the en-
tire equipment will be ready for oper-
alton on the LIST of next January. A
methop has been discovered by the
management by which the concentrates,
which were formerly shipped TO salt
Lake for treatment. can be treated by
1.-THE company, saving $250,000 a year.
During the past IL months $1,000
| feet of development work has been
done on company account, mostly in
the Mohawk and Combination mines
No stopping has been done except in
the Combination mine, where an aver
age of about so tons per day has been
extracted to supply the Combination
mill.
SHOWS 20 FOOT ORE BODY
| On the 500 foot level, the downward
extension OF the Mohawk ledge has
been crosscut showing an ore body of
about 20 feet in width 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 600 level to connect with the Cler-
mont shaft
On the $50 level, profitable ore has
been opened up several hundred feet
northwest of the older company work
ings. under the Kalfus workings. A
drift from the Combination has con-
Injected with the old Frances-Mohawk
slopes, and will be driven to connect
with the first level, Mohawk.
On the $50 foot level the Combina-
| tion ledge is being opened up and a
drift TO the south has exposed the rich
Reilly ore shoot. A raise proves the
ore is continuous to the ESQ foot level.
On the upper levels workings have
been extended southeast TO the Reilly
and west to the January, and a very
satisfactory amount of good ore has
been exposed in both directions as well
as in the central part of the mine. Re
cent Developments have made very
great Improvement in this property.
Although very little development
work has been done on company ac-
count during the past year. the future
prospects of these properties have been
greatly improved by lease operations.
Near the northern end of the Red Top
claim, about 500 feet north of the near
lest workings from the Red Top shaft,
good ore shoot has been opened up
in the Consolidated Red Top lease; and
| in the Mushett lease, which cuts the
Red Top ledge on it's dip. small ore
shoot has been proved to extend to =
depth of $50 feet below the surface
and 100 feet below the lowest level
of the Red Top.
The clermont shaft has been sunk to
a depth of $50 feet, and will be con-
tinued TO cut. the Mohawk ledge on its
dip. A crosscut is being driven from
the Mohawk to connect with this shaft
| at SEQ feet, and another level will be
started from this shaft at 500 feet to
tap the Mohawk ledge. The vein out
dropping on the Jumbo property can
be conveniently explored from the Cler-
mont and Mohawk shafts. A small
amount of work only has been done on
THE Jumbo property during the past
year.
jCONNECT WITH JANUARY
The fourth level, Combination, has
lbeen connected with the January work
Iings. as it is intended to work the jan
Iuary ore bodies through the Combina-
ton shaft. A small amount of drifting
/ has been done on the January claim
with good results.
The sixth or $50 level. Combination,
has been extended west to the February
claim and a raise started to iRterseet
an ore body exposed in the old Febru-
larry workings.
/ During the past IL months 80 leases
loperated at various times on the prop
lerty, performing in all 1925 feet of
underground exploratory work. These
LEASES were located on the outlying
land unproven parts of the property,
and were for the most part unsuccess-
/ full in developing pay ore. The COM
pany has profited by large amount
of exploratory work at almost no ex-
lpense.
The total profits from November /,
1907, TO September 80, 1908, were $685.
1929. The cash balance October l was
s923,903, including bullion in transit.
THE estimated cost of the mill is $780,
1000. which has been all paid except
Is24S,445. The company will begin the
inew year with a cash balance of $780,