The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-05-14
New Mining Co. Starts Work
FARMERS riinnns company to Operate Famous Old Silver Con-
nor Property Through Prospect Mountain Tunnel and
commence Construction of a New MILLING Plant


works the ores Of this district has re
suited In the opening up Of another
mine here that bids fair to become one
OF the largest producing gold mines o.
the State.
At one time the mines OF thi 9 district
made Eureka County rank not only
first Of the counties Of this State In the
production Of precious metals, but Eu-
reks produced bullion Of more value
during this period than any other dis.
trict in America. excepting only the
famous Comstock lode.
This record 10 the more creditable
when it 10 considered that ore Of Q less
valuation than $50 per ton could not be
treated BY the shelters. and was dis.
carded ~ waste.
The high cost Of fuel and other con-
ditions detrimental to smelling forced
the di~scontinuance Of smelling here,
and the only means Of working the
ore then necessitated shipping it by
rail to Salt Lake City, Q distance Of
several hundred miles.
Since the general adoption of the
cyanide process for the reduction Of
gold ores, the class of pres susceptible
to treatment BY this process has con
tinually widened, and the low cost OF
treatment with this process in a local
reduction works allows of the profitable
working Of very low grade ores. AT
Mercur, Utah, at the Homestake mines
in South Dakota, and at many other
mines ores are proftably treated that
contain q total value Of not over s3. so
per ton.
Realizing the possibility Of there be.
ing other large deposits Of ore suscept-
ible Of the same general treatment as
the Windfall ore, George L. Kaeding,
who constructed the Windfall mill.
made an examination Of the district
and selected q the most promising Of
the mines the old Silver Conner. This
was over . year ago.
Waiting only for . practical demon
stractiou Of the success OF che mill he
Immediately endeavorsd to enlist the
aid Of capital in opening mp the
Silver Conner. As stated la the Eu-
reka. SENTINEL Of June 10, 1909, Mr..
Kaeding was satisfied that he could
cyanide the ore from other mines OF
the district.
The first actual tests were made by
Charles d. Kaeding in October, 1909,
and these were supplemented by an
examination Of the mine and further
tests by Brsyton P. Campbell. head
metallurgist Of the Windfall Mining
Company. Further corroborative tests
were made by the California Ore Test
ing Company. and all three of the
above tests showed . highly profitable
extraction.
As Q result Of the above work. and
after exhaustive examinations OF the
mine, II. NJ. Cooper undertook to form
q company among his Chicago friends.
and succeeded to the extent that the
company IL now about to commence
the erection Of . mill. The company
IL called the Farmers Mining Company,
and Mr.. Cooper explained to the editor
| Of the SENTINEL that the reason for the
| selection Of this name was because
| there were no farmers connected with
the enterprise.
The cripplina Of the railroad was a
decided solar plexus blow to the mines
Of this camp. but the Farmers Mining
Company are going right ahead with
their mill construction. freighting their
machinery In from Palisade. q distance
Of IS miles. While this freightins Is
expensive. the company will be inde'
pendent OF the railroad as o "a the
mill 10 finished. to the extent thai
while they viii have q great deal oil
freight to come In from Palisade con-
tinuslly. the amoun will not be sum
cisns to makes great difference In the
working costs Of the ore.
The mode Of operating the mine will b
a. follows; A raise will be started NJ
from the Prospect Mountain tunnel. This
tunnel, which the company has pur'
chased, cuts the ore bodies at q depth
of 100 feet, being. next to the sutro tun'
mel on the Comstock, the deepest adit
tunnel In Nevada or California.
Levels will DO started OF the raise
every 30 feet and the ore dropped down
TO the tunnel level, where 1t will bt
loaded In cars and hauled In trains o.
six to eight cars each to the mill. Al
soon o the raise has reached q heign'
Of 100 feet . small. portable gravity
winch will be installed. and the orr
lowered down instead Of dropping II
down. The weight Of the oaied skii
going down will hoist the men ano
timbers in the skip on the other emo
and vice versa. Thus all men, tim oers
tools and supplies will be landed at any
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