The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-06-18

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resembles the soapstone of the LAX
Superior region 1t is very hard whe
first uncovered, but rapidly decompose
by atmospheric action, which occasion
close timbering. While the rock is i'm
pervious, a considerable amount of wa
ter finds its way through the cieavages
which leads Manager Ralph to believ,
that he has at last reached the waite,
level.
Copper production at the Stepto,
plant for the month Of May was about
5,5OO,O00 pounds. The mill has beer
running ahead of the smelter and a Bis
reserve stock of concentrates is being
accumulated.
The installation of the milling plant
by the Amalgamated Nevada Mines
company in the Black Horse district
promises to cause a revival there, and
A.. G. Burritt of hat section, who has
just been making a visit to his various
gold property interests there, says that
all the equipment for the plant has been
received at the mill site. Among the
properties there now at work, and with
gold ore tonnages available for the
mill, are the Black Horse, Mabel, Green.
horn, Smuggler, White Jack and the
o. Hava. Mr.. Burritt being in charge
of the latter.
Increased activity for the Good
district, is f~orecasted by a
deal closed in Salt Lake City, in which
an option to purchase the Milford mine
in that district was turned over to
and New York interests by
James T. Hammond and j. B. Jensen.
The prospective purchasers have obi
gated themselves to inaugurate extern
sive development work in the property
the next 60 days, and the past
record of the mine, together with its
present showing, indicate that results
will be obtained assuring a long period
of steady production.
The production of the camp of Ton
opah for the week ending June IL. was
7,017 tons, of an estimated value of
$175,425. Of this the Montana of
.Tonopah produced and milled in it's own
plant 923 tons, the Tonopah Extension
put through its new mill $40 tons, the
Belmont company 100 tons through its
mill, and the other companies sent their
IRE to the mill of the Tonopah Mining
company at Millers. The Tonopah Min
-ng produced $3.50 tons, the West End
204 tons and the Midway 100 tons. The
of the Mcnamara for the
week was not available.
The Tonopah Extension company,
which has taken over the Red Rcck
md McKane groups Of about 200 acres,
S cutting l~aterals from which to
prospect it's new ground. A
lew sch. p. electric hoist is being in
to replace the steam hoist now
n use, electric power being more
economical where water and fuel are so
scarce. 4,
The 60 stamps of the Belmont mill
At Millers are all dropping now, hand
ling 22O tons of ore per day, with a
high saving. On the 10th of the month
~ bars of bullion valued at $4,000,
md % tons of concentrates valued at
$4,000 were shipped. As the mill was
May 18th this represents less
han a month Is run. The ore bodies ex-
posed at HOO feet depth in the Belmont
time ago continue to show up
and better with depth.
The mill of the Tonopah Mining com
pany continues a steady output of some
$S5 900 per, week. 1t averages hand
ling 3,400 tons of ore per week, with
an extraction of 90 per cen on ore
averaging about $22 per ton.
The Wiswell process mill at Beatty
in the Bullfrog district, is soon to re-
operations, after a shutdown of
weeks due to the breakage of
castings in the crusher plant. The WIS
we'll plant has a new method OF cyanide
.lixiviation that is claimed by It's IN
~ventors to shorten the time of eyanid-
ing by fully IS per cent, and as tins IS
the first mill to be equipped with the
process its operations will be watched
with great interest. The plant IS OF
so tons per day capacity.
The leasers of the Indian Mines
property in the funeral range are con
structino a 25-ton mill, using conceh-
tration and amalgamation processes.
The Keystone Mining company IN the
r-.,+ miniry disfriet not 1ar