Weekly journal-miner., 1911-08-16
From Thursdays Daily)

to a JOurnal-Miner representative yesterday, just before he boarded his train for Colorado Springs. From Colorado Springs, MT. Von Rosenberg will proceed to the GOIdfield district of Nevada. He will return to Pres eott within two weeks to make ex- aminations of other properties in this county.
 Some qualifications of this state ment. however, is necessary. The fact is, that old habits must be shaken off. New methods must be introduced. Every miner should be producer, contributing tonnage to- ward the mineral output of the county.
 'Waste and extravaganza in man agement and in the handling and re- duetion of ores must be eliminated, if success is to ensue. The Ameri- can nation is the most wssteful, ex- travagsnt nation in the world. Sup pose, for instance, this rich mineral storehOuse of Yavapai could be trans planted to Germany. France or one of the other continental countries The frugal German would undOubted- ly make handsome profit by the economical handling of the ores, while here without this careful man agement loss is often entailed.
 "'Tbe brains are here to do the work as well as the German can do it; but our habit of wastefulness and extravaganza is what causes the diff ference in the results obtained.
 "Mining is not science, but a business; science is only an aid. but, if rightly employed, a very powerful aid.
 {" 'HOrse Sense is the most neces- sary qualification for success and this applies especially to mining. It seems to me remarkable that so many unqualified people are pitehforked into positions as superintendent of mines and mills. Such conditions would not for an instant be toler- ated in mercantile life.
 zone solution of the problem in Yavapai county, it appears to me, would be the abolishment of small mills; instead, each district should have a large mill, in which the var ious ores of the adjacent properties could be treated advantageously and cheaply. This mill should be appor- toned into sections or units, whereby each class of ore might be treated separately. in order to obtain the maximum price for the various metals
 "The ore from the neighbOring mines could be milled either at set charge a ton, or parts of the mill might be leased by mine own CTS. The practical way. perhaps, would be for the mill owners to purchase the ores outright.
 cores could be brought to the mill by wagon or wire trans as here tOfOre; however, very efficient method of conveying ores to the mill. would be by pipe line, the water from the mines to be utilized for this purpose.
 "For this conveyance, an average grade of about three per cent would be sufficient. In this manner, large quantity of ore could be de livered at the mill through a four or six inch pipe for any distance where the grade permits. The ore would have to be crushed to a suit able size at the mine before being fed into the pipe. This expense could be charged to reduction.
 "Several hundred tons could be delivered to the mill by this means in a few hours. The cost per ton of lh4S Nou' duONS ohNs b"chby -AA'O miles, would amount to not more than fourteen cents and for, say, five miles, five cents. These figures in cIude operation. amortization and in terest on the investment. The cost of the pipe line might vary from s6.0OO to s1O,OO0 a mile.
 "Mines cluster in Yavapai county in the several mining districts, in such a manner as would make prae tieable the use of main pipe line, from which branches might be con strueted to each.
 "As before set forth, the idea would be to use the water from the mine as the conveyor of the ores. Should the supply of water at a mine be insufficient, it would pay to pump water from a distance for this use.
 "That the establishment of several such milling plants in Yavapai county