The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-26
MORE THAN TON
COLD PER MONTH
This Is Average Production of
the Great Goldfeld
Consolidated.
NEW ECONOMIES
ARE NOW EFFECTED
COmpany's Experts Go Over the
Country to Secure New
Ideas.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
GOLDFIELD. New. Dec. oi.--Ths Con-
solidated Mines company continues ship
ping S1ld bullion TO the mint at the rate OF
| over a ton and a quarter monthly. The
yellow bars are brought from the re-
fnery at the mill by automobile. heavily
guarded TO Insure against loss, and are
consigned TO the Wells Fargo Express
company for transfer TO the mint al san
Francisco, The bullion is reduced in the
compeny's refinery 10 high degree OF
fincness and all products of the mill are
reduced TO this form, thus eliminating
The usual heavy cost OF shipping such
products to the smelters and samplers.
The new refinery, which has been re-
Gently completed to replace the old one
which was damaged by the fire at the
mill has already proved its efficiency
and Is counted on TO effect saving of
fully $4,000 monthly.
Since the construction of the company a
stamp mill was begun experts In
every department of ore treatment have
been employed in experimenting with d
view to reducing the costs of reduction
and the present process OF treating con
centrates, which is saving the company
hundreds of thousands annually. was per-
iected by j. w. Hutchinson, supe rinteu-
electrical engineer, l.. T, Mcrwin, was
sent throughout the country TO make
study of large electrical plants in cities
and at the largest mines and mills For
Two years he has been conducting tests
In the storing and equal distribution OF
electric power. with the result that the
battery and power cqualizing plant that
has proved itself invaluable in its first
emergency test and will save the COM
pany, under ordinary conditions, not less
than $500 monthly
In other departments the same condi-
tions have prevailed and now all new
construction is completed, with the cH
ceptton OF a new compressor at the mill
ana there Is no more efficient or per-
feet plant for mining and reduction
In the world. One important feature OF
the recent installations is an elaborate
fire protection system with storage tanks
of large capacity on an elevated posi-
tion on Columbia mountain, from which
An ample supply can be had under power
tul pressure at all parts OF the mines and
buildings. The company carries no in
surancc against fire but the inflamma-
hle material about the mines Is no long
er in danger with the present complete
fire system.
Developments on the deeper levels OF
the Consolidated mines continue TO yield
the most gratifying results The most inn
Dortant ore shoot on the 100 foot level
of the Clermont has been exposed for a
distance OF sixty feet and averages
twenty-five feet in width, making one
VI lHe pcSl ore Dn0le3 exposed III The
territory Mine assays have been rum
ming around five ounces per ton in this
deposit but the manager states that the
entire body will probably average not
vember over 800 tons of ore taken from
this ore shoot, entirely in the course OF
development. made returns Of b.oi
ounces per ton, or over 500 per ton The
large vein is accompanied by deposits %
exceedingly rich material, occurring in
seams in the main deposit. and some Of
VI yellow with free gold and as rich
as the most spectacular product OF the
early Mohawk leases. Other parts OF the
mines are making an excellent showing
and the north drift on the so0-foot level
from the Laguna shaft following the
Red Top vein, is nearing the third ore
body exposed in these workings near
the north end Of the Red Top claim. This
ore body was worked on upper levels by
the Consolidated Red Top lease and made
large production of excellent orc for
the lessees.
The incorpora tiou Of the Sandstorm-
Kendall Consolidated Mining company
has been perfected on the assessable
stock basis. and notice has been sent
to stockholders of both old compsn
and the new merger of the levying OF
an assessment OF ! cent per share. paya-
BILE 10 w. II. Howe or Cioldficld. the
secretary and treasurer. at once The
funds thus raised will be employed to
Sandstorm and Kendall have produced
large quantities of rich ore. chiefly as
the result Of oDerat tions by lnssees anc
from comparatively shallow depth. The
Sapdstorm was the first mining location
made In the Goldfield district. II was
located by Harry Stn,ler. who WAS sent
to what was then known as the Grandpa
district and grub staked' by Jim But
Ter, the discoverer OF Tonopah. III is OF
record that the first shipment of rich
ore OF considerable volume from the Sand
storm. coming from the LOTUS Davis
lease. was seni 10 a small mill al Soda
Vile for treatment and the taiines from
The mill run on this orc assayed over
$500 per ton.
Good progress is being made on the c.
o. ID. Consolidated. where the new drift
on the level Just above depth OF 500
feet has been seeking the ore shoot lost
through fault displacement on the $50
level. Manager koontz has returned
from the east and is enlarging the scope
OF his company's operations. particular rly
from the Victor shaft. large tonnage
Of excellent milling orc has been ey-
posed at various points on this property
and i'm the event thai the Iessees work
ing on the Gold Bar claim fall to erect
mill within a reasonable period the
holding company viii proceed TO build a
reduction plant FOR the treatment OF this
ore. Three leases are I'm operation on
tho property. two of which are working
from the 60o-foot Sills shaft which viii
later be sunk 10 the 1000-foot level when
the G. o. d, Consolidated company will
proceed tc explore it's reserved territory
from the deeper levels.