Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-09-18
Method of Treatment of the YeringtOn
Ores Gradually Leaking Out

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l. en-, head Of Valley succeeded in interest
np the Guggenhein1s in Cumberland Ely and Nevada
Consolidated Ely. Up that time little was known OF
Ely forty years prospectors choded he small gold LEAD
and silver deposits but overlooked the copper few miners as
side issue took upper of the valley and did their
ansua work on the precious They scofed when was
learned that Guggenhms took hold and the sentiment OF the
,ea,,e until twenty ago. would failure
and in inquiries that the claims taken over by these
would scarcely trace to the acre IN anything
Enormous reduction plants installed by the Guggenheims
and heavy capital the but even then people
were SLOW 10 believe other than experiment
invested by the Guggenem the
cess Of treatment by M Gum aud Requa thor
on,,v tested Tons of crushed mesh BY means
Of washed leaving the concentrates cop
er iron sulphur The residue of several tons OF ore was then
roasted of and reverbratory furnaces
converted copper BY this method many tons OF low
grade rock are trivial cost ton and
ton of seter for the price would
cost 70 treat a of as it comes from the mine
For years has generally conceded that Yeringon had
surface showing in the world Engineers have con
snty eulogized wonderful possibilities in fact MI Batteran
a large stakeholder and formerly the engineering
s of w. A. Clark death urged his friends to
stick to Yerngon through thick and tbn because he argued Yer
sg.on destined eclipse Butte Mr. Demar after the death OF
Nv Batemau and has blocked out in the
neighborood million tons OF commercial ore Three years
ago Thompson Om and Snyder took over
other Systematically developed them ever since
Although the developed unusually hghgrade have in
sisted that high freight expensive coal and railroad ac
ties would eat profit these old warehouses
in the copper game partially perfected system dry
snv which gave promise being cheaper than the
u a Ely
Mc A. Week the originator this dry concentrating
has recently perfected apan which conveniently fifty tons OF
day device from cent of the eoncen
crushed receives slight roasting sufficient
too
All the copper camp smallest PARTICLES carries iron
The pup then passes system by of cleo
cy The just saving
and costs Ely and those who have recently
seen it, method still in its infancy and will not
only greatly improved but cost of operating will gradually
reduced Considering that the Yengton are exceptionally
ggae reduced concentrates will make an exceed
ngy grade product the total OF production and
treatment compared the cost in other
camps given but little publicity Nume
late and the has given
pe given publicity when late for us to
reap the benefit y,
In editorial question asked What
families should they suddenly
midst with only sufficient funds them for period
months! Were the people of the State familiar with
Yerngon its surroundings could be opened to
easily wedge thousands of families Reno papersn fact the pa
pes every camp speak glowing of the future
Of Yengon still neglect take hold and apparently
waiting several bankers buying at their price,
reaches corking figure you
that within another Yengton mines alone would produce
100000 month"; would think worth while investigating! And
yet figure by four Of the strongest
per 1t would that their opinion
should investigation Such production will support
large enterprises among likely will be an
electric railroad Yengton through several fertile val
ys and of barren desert productive simply
requires intelligent appropriation Of various