The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-06
THE KEY TO THE SITUATION

= , oTABLE in thu development of the mines of Nevada lis going to be the
N outpu. and influence Of the small. independent mill In the greatc camps
by absorption q the small companies in the immediate vicinity of thu con
sondatcd plants, and in this manner n total cost Of production will be lessened
and a greater percentage Of profit achieved in mining and milling Ores This
profit, however, will be practically all absorbed by stockholders who reside dis
tant from the mining camps and who do lot add to it's business life.
outside of the consolidation zones, however, tn small producer is going 20
tic Swing which comes % Tim through the small. independent mill, Of from
tie value of his ore Il tn teams and the railways which haul it to the melter,
and that the smeltr then charges him at a rate which is above the cost at which
lower tor cost than cal he, but tn smersr not only charges hm the costcf mill
ing but a very substantial profit beside.
There are hundreds Of properties in thu state Of Nevada which, working a
comparatively small force Of men. dispensing with ore haulage, and milling heir
ore in their W MILL right At the mine, would give their operators most enviable
worked G TIE MISUNDERSTANDING basis a q positive and constant loss to
the operators, this eventually ending in the closing OF the property and lossto
further confidence in tn state Of Nevada as a rich hhd for mining Investment.
A very few years ago-the interim short enough to be reckoned by months
out m the desert away rom u or fuA acihnss. Now ho~sver' ne
deserti is becoming crhsc crossed with electric power ines. which originate in the
districts ant isclased mines Thanks TO tn automobile many OF the eene
engineering minds a v been devoted during the last three or four years to the
perfection Of the combustion engine, and this engine, which up to then was N
certain, feaksh, more or es OF a mystery 10 tne engineer namseH' las
been Brought to a degree of perfection which makes CT it n OF the most 70
liable power devices nov available for general use In its various adaptations it
burns gasoline. gas. dstilate. crude Gil. inc yer leone II com nearer apply
ing fuel energy unit direct TO the crank shaft than any power save electricity.
The combustion engine is nov adapted to all forms of mine machinery, in any
size, and nj district is SO remote that keeping . small min supplied with gasoline
power is a serious problem.
The records q some OF the mines in Southern Nevada which arr equipped
with as small as . onestamp mill are startling from a standpoint 4 output as
compared with mining n milling expenses. High salaned. omcers and expensive
clerical force are . minus quantity, and every man in the employ Of these prop
critics figures in the actual output of the property nsome phase or other. Therei Is
wheels within wheels % absorb a large part II the anime output.
It is properties such . these which are going to play the greatest part in
the development Of thu riches Of the great American desert, n the sooner the
investing public sees the right road 10 legitimate RETURNS the better II win b for
the state and for the investor With the small mill and the small force, the
greater min is beingd developed, for the mill is making the mine pay its way
And when mining for the small min shall have developed a property 30 as to show
that it is really a great mine. tho public viii not be sow to step TN and help
erect tho plant for the larger mine, and be milne for the resultant profits, 1t is
the mann min which points tn ray to the big mill; IT il the small mill which on
ables development work. which shall make o the man min a great min. Let
NJ v many Of them.