The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-13
BELMONT PLANT
RUNS SMOOTHLY
TOnOpah Interest Center Now
in Position to Create
Fine History.
MILL TREATS TWO
HUNDRED TONS DAILY
Company Completing the Work
of Machinery Installation
at New Shaft.

The first melt Of cyanide precpitatcS
since operations were resumed In Tho
Belmont mill was made this week. but
as 1t represents less than half the
months run, the shipment OF bullion will
not be very large, says the Tonopah
Miner. Quite a tonnage OF concentrates
has been gathered together which will
he sent out In day or two. All future
shipments OF bullion and concentrates Will
represent the full rum OF the mill and
will amount TO quite n large sum in dol
lars. Everything is running smoothly and
good work is being done in all depart
ments OF the big reduction plant. AZ
present the average daily tonnage treated
amounts To a little over 200 tons, but this
Will be increased by the installation of
-oarser battery screens until the daily
average reaches 2iO tons.
Things are moving along nicely on the
surface plant AT The new Belmont shaft
ana every day secs good advancement
made. The excavation for the foundation
of The big electric hoist has been COM
u'ctcd and Workmcn arc busy oXcavatIng
Tor the foundation for thc forty drill com
pr"ssor rs soon as tie water pipe line
has heeD completed so that water can
he obtained AZ ;hc shaft work upon the
foundations Will he started. which will
he within the next few days. as the pipe
has already been laid 10 the tank site.
distance OF 500 feet. The rails for the
spur track Ia The new shaft have beer
shipped. and the Toadhed has been
completed. IL will to n small Job To lay
The rTlils /; Is hoped TO have the spur
completed before the heavy machinery
and materials arrive. so that the same
can be apGed directly at The shaft. or
dsrs :or all equipment having been
place. ETeryth!ng is being pushed ahead
as rapidly RS possible. as the underground
work has reached a point where opera
lions through the new Belmont shaft are
badly needed. the present working shaft
heing taxed 20 it's limit. The shipment.
ot orc 10 the mill continue IN average
over zoo tons a day while about fifty
tons dajly are being forwarded 10 the
l-eltcr
Underground the conditions continue TO
he most satisfactory. and al every point
who're work Is being done on orc the ore
body shows great strength and good val
ues, ana in no direction has The ltmi,
been found The east drift on the 100
loot level, the face OF which is the far
thest easterly of any OF the workings
shows the vein to ne continuing strong
beyond the new shaft. with every indica-
uon ~ the vein continuing to the east
endiine Of the property. fully 800 feet from
the present face. The vein maintains
strike OF from % To 80 degrees north OF
east The different raises and winZcs
which have been sent on the vein have
fNPosco from llftccn To twenty feet OF
ore Tor over 800 feet above the li0O-f foot
level and loo feet below that level. with
The ore still continuing. In the face Of
The east driit on the 1000 foot level. I1O
teet distant from the stope raise In cut
ting out 10 prepare for Stopping, the vein
was FOUND 10 he from eighteen to twenty
rect wide all carrying good values In
tsct. the showing today is greater than
ever, and the tonnage of ore practically
piocked out Is enormous. and this is bur
one vein. ''
The new vein cut In the Belmont shaft.
which showed a width OF fifteen feet is
another source OF supply that has NOT
even been calculated. but which promises
10 furnish tonnage equal TO the cele
prated Belmont vein. For the present M
Work VII! be done upon the new discovery
pccause the ore from the DEVELOPMENT
work on the Belmont vein alone is taxing
mo present equipment 10 the utmost
win the completion of the Belmont sbaf,
and the Immense new surface plant In
stated, the new vein will be dcyeIoped
together with other important work in
the eastern portion or the companies
ground With the new shaft I'm commits.
sion The Belmont can keep two or threo
pacity. "a