Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-07
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS.

TELLS U CONDInUNS
AT NEVADA CON- mine
Il. N. Skinner Makes Report on Prog
ross OF Mine. Smcltcr. and Con-
ccntrntor of Consolidated.
From the Copper Flat pit Of the Nc
vadu Consolidated, roughly, zoo, 900 tons
of ore per month are being sent to the
reduction works ut McGill. This pit
resembles huge quarry, being 1900
feet deep at its deepest point, More.
than 100000 tons OF ore and 100000
cubic yards Of overburden have been
taken from this excavation since
operations began. In this pit ut the
present time two steam shoveis are
working on ore and three on over
burden. To give one an idea of the
capacity done by these steam shovels.
1t may be said that one OF the machines
does In a day the equivalent IN work
OF 800 men working underground.
These shovels mine the ore Tor less
than Is cents per ton, says y. n. Skin
,ner in his report prepared lor lhoInl'-<
son, rowlc & Co.
The three shoycls which are now
working In overburden at the copper
Flat pit. will IN 30 days time have
three 60-foot banks OF ore WORRYING
along the line porphyry contact, wnere
there II being encountered u og-ioot
zone OF good looking ore, running hiSn-
,,,., n uGauVinR
proba X 3 per cent copper per ton.5Ihls
discovery il a most important one ana
adds greatly to the prospective value 81
the extensive limc-porplyry contact
Which, is found on many Of the proper
ties in the Ely camp.
At.the New Liberty pit. which IS SIT.
uatcd at d distance of probably 2,ooo
is working on the stripping of over
burden. This orc body. while POSSIBLY
no. averaging quite as high AS the
C,oppcr Flat. IL admirably situated ior
steam shovel operations. The work OF :
cutting through from the Copper hgias
to the Liberty Is now In progress, ana
when this connection has been made,
these excavations will resemble
horseshoe in, shape, with the Copper
Fiat occupying one side and the Lioer-
IL tho other side of the shoe. near
Tho coppcr Fiat side ~ zone OF low
Grade material. possibly 200 zee, N
Width, must be passed through, ms NJ
may be worked with the ore or re-
moved as stripping me ore "a, pony S,;rt how
Il" Tie westward, beyond the. point
where the Liberty pit shovel Is no"
working.
ORDER NEW EQUIPMENT.
Tho company has ordered three more
65-ton locomotives, and Is ls-yaru ca as.
10 he used In working this new ois
body. After the first OF INC yen ai u
esfinutcd that not so many stripping
.hnvels will be needed, and from ti ~.
ti,,c IN more will be available l2r
n,,crntions on The ore. Five shofeiisS
iii ne necessary for carrying OF WIN
NJ the Copper Flat. three IN oTeroui;u .,st
and two in ore. a new shoSei l,i ~, 49,,
arrived on the property ana VII s9 81,
be placed in the Liberty pl ,,; t af ore
months time the aGtual inl' ,lIils - .,at-
should be unusr way ~ 800
ton. ,,,;ch 80 conf
,,l ~ sou,. units, having rateu c"
nacity Of 400 tons per uhlt' o''.s . ~
fn,,rths OF the plant IS III opei a ...;,.,
namely. three units These thrse u,',i.
:nrs now handling about .hoVV eo,.I 20 !.
". The capacity OF al ioul an ui dav.s
around 10. 500 tons per Day o ., w. ~,
n .oN''ts ,,,,,or vas made at the Iatc
- -, soo Ton. which is the greatest ~
"a, accorded Several simprovenle.t,,'.ss
49,. 49,, hninr made at the conccntratoI, Wy
a,,,nst ;n,nortant being the chahslas =.
~ nnv-shcet by the installation 0, az
aa1;tional set of rolls, lhx3o 'lciies'
,,rhcse rolls will relieve the me siua
no department and increase the. calrn
l,ty of'ithe mill. It. Is also eApoI
that the change VIII result -, w. thcre
.,.e In extraction and tnat t1iei ,t
ply ,,,,s ,,n' lass sliminG than II the ore -
W., With Huntington'si and Ghilian u
,y,,iis This change Is Inexpensive ui,u
~ tast,np. OF one section VIII pe i n,I..
~ the present month. WIN .lu,sa
,.s.,'rn,,aments in operation, q Poss. ,,'.
i i.sra 90 in capacity of 500 tons per IVY
y. ,anGod for In the concentrator 10 saS
=, o,,,,,s, Of the additional SAVING Wiz
Mi nrobably be made. IN NY IVA I,
onntrnto,. under the present ,net ~, ora.
saving Of 70 per cent IS me- ,nus oonccn.
Of 2 per cent. ana We 80 i MI.
t,,t,nn Is 10 tons Into one.
I ~ ,osINc4 DOWN MILL.
IL tho ,ntention OF the management.
!. ,, - down one unit of the mn ~
" .,,ss,, and while not operating "
n,,crhnul TINT part thorousn!s:. Il,
NJ. ~ - ,,.asent time, the concentrates -
.I.,,, n ADVANCE Of the smcltor, hayit,s !,
, WI - MD Of concentrates stored anu
waiting smelling. This IS soou p nnd
a,,,tion' MS winter Is coming on an..
,,.b',hiy some delay will be caused ps
ttraay,ns of ore and hauling to tnc con
n ,, At the smolter, when !,
eon,nosca Of FIVE reverberatories, anu
necessary roasting plant, one nlas. am,-
mare and four converter stamas' -osS Wy,
,,,inr IL running 3srnoothly,,lh'is siilei'er
,,,i,irb IL admirably laid out IS one ~
tha most up-to-date and cofnpleto ~. y
Tho ore now coming to the Gnnceh-
ira tn from the Copper Fiat PIT is prop-
,h1y averaging slightly over PEI
oent on the basis of 1000 tons per
5,y, ar 100 600 tons OF ore treated MONTH
u. niiowing for losses in concentration
aud smelling, Nevada ConsolidatGd y
nr , turning out from the mill at
trn present time between 5,I5O,ooo and
/ ooo 600 pounds per month 1t Is I'M
nnysblo TO say whether this production
Vii, he reflected at the smelter IN tho.
mnnr future or not owing to the large
amour. OF concentrates awaiting s ltl'
ing
CURTA1LMENT.
The July production was IN the ne
ln.ighborhood of 100000 pounds
Il TIN n tho pgtim