The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-16
Mines and Mining Stocks

I development work has not yet been done
/ to class them as mines. The Prince Con-
sOlidated is d fine mine with tremendous
bodies Of ore in which there Is no zinc
Some of the principal mines, however.
carry ores in which zinc IS a prominent
factor and the problem of separating the
zinc from the lead is. in my Judgment
one that viii have to be solved before
they can be depended upon to give tine
results their magnitude suggests they
ought to give"
This statement is in brief what Captain
Duncan MacNichie. the widely known
mining engineer and expert thinks Of the
Phoebe New, district, or at least that
portion of 1t Immediately surrounding the
camp. II does not apply to the eontigu-
Gus Bristol and Jackrs bbit districts, be-
cause the captain did not have time TO
visit them during the few days time at
his disposal on the trip that he has been
making through the southern portion OF
the Sagehrush state He will likely return
TO that region by and by and continue his
Investigations into the districts mentioned,
as he considers the country a most in
teresting one and one that is going to cut
no small figure I'm the matter of mineral
production from now on. No amount of
persuasion would tempt the captain to
describe any of the mines in specific
terms, nor would he discuss the purposes
Of his pilgrimage. II is believed how
ever, that his mission was to secure data
concerning the future prOductiVeness of
the region and il was probably made in
ton He says the country is full of life
and energy and that there is no doubt Of
its future.
From Phoebe Captain Macvichie went
through to Rhyolite and Goldfleid, and
also into a district forty miles from the
latter camp which he declined to men
ton With respect to Goldfield he be
lieves that the big smelling companies
have killed the goose that LAYS the gol-
den egg" by the manner in which prodrc-
ers have been mulcted in getting their
ores treated.
1.-THE day of ore tonnages from the camp
OF Goldfield,' said the captain, us prac-
tically at an end. The mines from now
on will treat their ores on the ground
and, for mosrpart, they will ship moth
ing but bullion. The Goldfield Consoli-
dated company's plant Is the finest mill
/ ever say in my life. One hundred stamps
are now dropping and it is figured, I un-
ders,and, that S1S,Q00 a day, net, can be
realized through the treatment of the ores
supply for an indefinite time. The mines
are magnificently equipped and splendidly
opened / see the company is promising
dividends of 30 cents share per quarter.
believe that 40 cents q share will be
easily earned The big milling plant is as
nearly automatic in operation as it IS
possible to make it. There is not single
elevator in the works. The ore goes
through by gravity and tho amalgamating.
concentration and cyanide processes en-
ployed are effecting a splendid saving of
the values. The mill product is converted
into bullion, so there Is nothing to ship
to shelters"
At RhyoIite, in the Bulfrog district,
Captain MacVichie found much to inter-
est him and, while he does not pretend
to be much of an enthusiast on gold min
ing under any conditions, he says the
camp is going to make a good record.
In fact, he says there are some things
in the district that he would not mind
taking a crack at himself, notwithstand-
ing his aversion to gold mining on gen
e1al principles. The Bullfrog Pioneer com
pany. he says. is shipping ore from an
looks good to him. The Montgomery-Sho-
shone also looks good and he believes
now that the ''wildcatting'' days of the
region are practically at an end. there
will be lots of good. honest money made
down there.