The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-09
CONSOLIDATED IS
GROWING GREATER
Ore Reserves Are Being Added
TO as Development Work
Progresses.
FLORENCE MILL IS
NOW BEING ENLARGED
Leasers Are Getting Very Salts
factory Returns From
Their Operations.
special to Tho Tribune.

Special to Tho Tribune.
GOLDFIELD. New, Nov. S.-Al.
though the production of the Gold
field district is still less than normal
owing 10 the abandonment of the Com,
bnation mill and the suspension o.
company operations ON the Daisy, IT
is still wc!I ~ cNctss OF 100000 week.
~. and by the first of the year Will
lie materially augmented by the addi-
tional machinery 10 he Installed in tho
l00-stamp mill Of the Consolidated
Mines company, which Will bring the
capacity OF that plant up To minimum
of 500 tons daily. Besides this there
is good promise that several leases now
sinking deep shafts in proven ground
will be shipping orc by the cud of
January. Final returns for the Con"
solidatcd company's October production
arc not vet available, but conscrva-
tive estimate shows that it has been
maintained ut nearly The amount put
ont while the Combination mill was
operating, thc new mill having treated
lately an average Of GI5 tons daily
An official statement shows that in
September this company produced o..
5il tons OF ore, with II recovery Of
S552, 2,2.33.52 and an operating expense of
SlUlsI22.99, leaving I net profit for
The mouth 8 operations of approximate.
~ S390,50O, With an increased ton
mage capacity 10 from $50 TO 800 tons
daily, il is readily seen that there viii
DC no difficulty in maintaining the
present rate OF dividend payments at
~ cents per quarter, or total Of
H,2G00O0 annually. Orders have been
r!aced for six siX.fuot Chilean mills,
"hich VIII be installed early IN Dcccm-
bcr. together with additional Dcister
-ouccUtratUrs mud tanks, and VIII be
'apable Of treating 3 large portion of
the tonnage, saving much work i'm the
!eeund and cypod!t!ng the handling Of
!hc crushed orc by making possible The
Ise of mnch conrscr screens.
Orc reserves in the Consolidated mines
arc being constantly added to al nu-
meroUs points. The workings of the
Continuation, near tho caved area Of
The Hampton stope, are being prepared
for . large extraction but the southern
part Of the vein, which is opened by
slopes four sets wide near the Flor
cucc boundary, VIII not be opened 10
the surface until after the additions 10
ihc mill are completed. This vein is
also being stopped at the fifth level aud
- Welding a large tonnage of excel
lent ore. 4 small force of miners is
employed in taking out some rich ore
from a tunnel driven into the Jumbo
hlll from near the line of the Cor
nlshman claim and connecting with the
old workings of the Zinn and other
early bonanza leases.
The deeper Clermont workings con
llnuc 10 disclose u vast amount of cy.
cecdlngly rich orc and this vein, opened
at the COO. 30 and 500 levels. is easily
thc most valuable deposit on the en-
aus Hampton Stopc VEN of the Com
hinJtinn
The Florence mill has been treating
from l25 10 100 tons daily. but this
will be Increased TO about l60 tons
shortly as tbc company is now install
ing gyrntorV crushcr OF larger capac-
ltN. capable of crushing over 200 tons
daily, and with this crusbcr the work
formerly requiring the services Of
three men viii be performed by one
Au cight-Dch pipe line has been LAID
from the mill around the Florence hill
and TO the hat pear Milltown and the
,ailin9s from the mill arc being pumped
through this pipe. There is ample room
for the tailiugs for years TO come and
they can readily be kept within bounds
with hardly any expense for retaining
walls. y large tonnage Of good mill
prc has been developed in driving north
toward the old Reilly workings from
which over 100000 IN rich ore was
taken within a period of ninety days
aud all above depth of go feet
These workings viii be extended to
greater depth and the ground thorough.
ly explored.
Eighty tons daily is Tue output from
The Combination Fraction mine. the
ore running from S2.j 20 $40 per ton,
and high extraction Of values is be.
ING made hy the twenty stamp leased
mil! a male north nf town Occasional
seams of high grade orc carrying free
gold, arc encountered in the big vein
opened some time ago al the i2:5 level.
\ seam of good ore from three 10 SIX
inches wide is exposed i'm the cast cross.
cDt OF The Stonehnm- Moore Griffiths
lease on The Combination No . al tho
bo0-toot level. There is q GOOD show
ing IN fhe main workiogs of the Mcr.
ger Mines company. which arc now bc.
lng operated under lease by William
HaclNay and associates Work will
shortly he resumed an the Combination
No. by the Lincoln Goldfield com.
ulnY and on groUud where IL is be.
llcxeI II portion OF the Florence vein
VIII he cut. Drifting is in progress
ON The Nancy Donaldson mt a dopth Of
10 icct and some rich ore was found
near tho surface ou this ground. which
: iu ]bc eastern part Of ,he dis.
trict.
On Columbia mouDtain The Thomas
lcHsc has some excellent ore iu n strong
vein opened at . depth of 10 feet
IN the ineline shaft and when the din
OF the vein shall have been determined
4 raise will be sent 10 connect with
tins shaft from the old company tun.
nei that was driven over 100 feet
into tho base of the mountain. The
ore occurs between porphvry and gran
lie and ln ihis respect is uniaiie in
tins district 4 wide seam of white
tale accompanying the orc gives it some
Of the characteristics of The Red Ton
orc. Work is still in progress on the
5sndstGrm and Kendall at tie hands
OF local operators who have performed
large amount OF development work
oil their lease and have au cncoura gip g