The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-25
GOOD PROGRESS At
THE COMBINATION
Report of Strike Is Denied,
Though Big Production Is
Maintained.
EXTENSIVE TONNAGE IN
CLERM0NT WORKINGS
Cyanide Department of Mill to
Be Enlarged and the
Process Improved.

Special To The Tribune.
GOLDFIELD. New. Oct 2i.--ln th,
Combination Fraction mine vein ol
!arse proportions and carrying uniformly
good average values iS being developed
and yielding Il large and even production
This vein was opened by the Littlc-h Flor
cnCe Leasing company several lnontIls
ago but ut a point where the N.llnrs were
low and the paying orc was nor luuhu
until after the lease was forfeited when
the company workings followed IN" lead
INTO the territory formerly included IN
ibe lease. Reports which have been CIV
II n currency in the local press To tnP
effect that II new and important strike
had boen made within tho past Few days
uu the Fraction arc cmphatically contra }
dicted by the management and II is
stated bv the companys CHIEF engineer
that while good progress AT al points ls
being made aud satisfactory output IS
being sent 10 the leased nill lnGEs Is -
nothing i'm recent Development 10 JUSTIFY
any sensational reports OF tins nature
The mill is treating eighty tons da!iy
Of orc averaging $2j To $50 per ton ana
IS making u satisfactory saving OF the
mineral output.
Lat, developments in the Clermout
workings oi the Consolidated company
havc resulted in exposing ore reserves
ri vast magnitude. The Mohawk umho
OF Macmillan re-shoot has been penetra :
ted al four levels. tho go, 500, 40 ana
SEQ and AT any time II IS expected ma
IL will he cut by the l000-(oo level. ThiS
dcposii Is now classcd by mining men as
"v"U superior To the great Hampton sloPe
Ncln OF the Combination and preparations
arc now under way FOR Stopping on 81
ganti. scale aI the I3O-foot level from
which point u raise is being driven 10
the 500 lovCl where the h1Gh-srade orc
Is In evidence in large quantity ~ tue
80 level The cVoss-cuJ from the CIernont
shaft entered tho ore and owing TO the
turning 10 the west Of the vein, became
= drift In ore Tor over 80 feet, the ol"
throughout being OF shipping quality
\ crosS-cut was sent through the vein
tor II feet all the way in rich ore. We
headings samplins from 5000 10 $1,000 per
At the SEQ level drifts are being driven
both ways in the same VEN ~hich SHOWS
at least eight feet OF niSh-Stad" orc
although its iuli width has not oeSn ds-
tsrmined This point is about ll3O i@el
below the apex OF the vein on It's dip
Ia The east and the vein follows the same
irrn 10 the west aS shown above. render
ing IT possible 10 follow the ore Tor a
considerable distance in driving toward
the Mohawk vein on the original sur
viewed course. The only production from
tbis s,roai orc-shoot thus far has heen
comparatively small tonnage taken on, III
tlic course OF development but rInninS
from $500 to $500 per ton. orc nlhs
of 500 tons capacity have bocn cohSltuC-
ted al the collar OF the Clcrmont Shati
and extra watchmcn are now cmploycd
TO guard the rich deposits against the
operations Of thigh graders.
Tint such precautions arc stll ne'cS-
sarv was shown n week ago when threc
men employed in the Consolidated min
wcrc arrested hv The company d"lectlye
fov stealing rich concentrate from Tn"
tables in the mill. ~ Is believed tndt
other arrests will follow on the same
rharSc AZ II * apparent that more OF
-h,. .plploNCcS worc involved in IN" thsftS
which were affected by the employment
ul an ingenious device consisting OF
eruan- shgrrd niece of metal attached 10
rhc .,lr,. al the table I'm such manner
- tn divert tho almost pure gold over
h, edge and into small sack hidden
noncs th the rim, Of the table; hy llus
means II is Alleged that the thieves
ri concentrate within the past Few
months.
With the cousummation Of plans now
bojpc carried ont IL Is intended To In
crease tho capacity of the .ConsotidateG
Mill TO goa tons daily within The EcNt
ninety davS This increase viii inyolNc
the installation OF six Chilean mills OF
the six foot patt"rn together with addt-
tjo,Ial tanks and Deistcr concentrating
tables. With this equipment II WIN hr
possible to feed n larger tonnage 10 luc
stamps and by the employment oil coarSrr
screens "A large portion Of the grinding
will he expedited and much oil Ihe ore
now passing through tho tune mlils VIII
20 directly from the Clhl"anS TO INC
Ia blcs The capacty Of the cyanide de-
partyucnt will also he materially Increased
and beside tho added capacity IN tnc
treatment of ore OF milling grade IL will
he made possible TO obtain better re
suits from tho tr"atemnt of the higher
grade sulphidc ores Of the property. Th"
,ompany's output OF bullion has been re-
Iuccd by nearly SG0. o0O MONTHLY owing To
the cavins of the Hampton stopc and the
wrecl<ln@ ard consequent abapdonnent
nf the Combination mill. but with th"
now equipment liz operation at the hig
mill tho capacity Of the compaur's re-
ductiou plant will be a least l30 tons
daily greater than that OF both mills
under former conditions,
Al the southern extremity OF the Com
hination workings the slopes at The
fourth level arc now opened Tor Il width
If twenty feet and at the fiith level
drifting i in progress. From the work
incs Of the Combine tinu Fraction nj the
500 leN-cl The Consolidated is driving
:rosS-cut la the west. across the Com
binainn claim and toward the old work
iucs Of the January. THIS work WAS
started by the Fraction company in the
hope OF picking UP the lower extension
II the Hampton stopc vein but failing
In this the drive was continued by the
hlz merger company for the purpose OF
exploring the Combination at depth and
avoiding the expense OF StrEiny another
deep shaft in This territory.
\ force II miners is stilI employed in
searching FOR the bodies ot the two men.
Rertsch and Matt, who were buried An
the caving OF the Hampton stopc over
three weeks ago