The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-08-15
KENNEDY ORES
TO Be WORKED
SAN FRANCISCO ENGINEERS TO
MAKE TESTS AND INSTALL
PLANT

S. L.. Berry, N. R.. Baylor and Z. II.
Foster, prominent mining, electrical
and mechanical engineers, arrived
yesterday from San Francisco, COM
ing overland in a Rambler automo-
bile. Mr.. Roylance has an option
agreement with c. E. Kennedy for
three mining claims, the Virginia,
the Hazel Bell and the lbs, in the
Kennedy district, and the members
of the party are going to Kennedy
for the purpose of conducting some
tests preliminary to the installation
of a new plant in the jenkins mill,
which has been purchased by Mr..
R~oylance. Mr.. Roylance and the
members of his party will be at Ken
nedy for about six weeks or two
months and expect to commence the
work of installing the new plant
about the first of the coming year.
Mr.. Roylance is a prominent con-
sulting and construction electrical
and mechanical engineer, with offices
in the Rialto building, San Francis
co. He paid a visit to the Kennedy
district early in May for the purpose
of ascertaining conditions there, and
says that he found a number of
mines sufficiently developed to fur
nish a large quantity of milling ore
averaging from $12 to SIS a ton. In
addition to this, he says, some of the
lodges of these mines contain streaks
of ore which, if carefully mined and
handled, would prove profitable ship
ping ore.
Mr.. Kennedy is shipping some very
rich ore from the Fourth of July
mine, some running from $3.50 to
5000 a ton. "Some of the ore which
| saw sacked and ready for shipment
runs from $35 to $40 per sack, which
means that this ore will range be-
tween 500 and $500 per ton, in
gold and silver" said Mr.. Roylance.
The Virginia mine is another
good property. There are fully 90
900 tons of good oxide ore in sight
which will average between So and
SIS per ton. The ledge will average
about foul feet. In this ledge there
is a rich streak, varying from one
inch t. about six inches in width. and
l have had samples from this streak
that assayed from $500 to as high
as $474.50 per ton. Mr.. Kennedy in
formed me that he has shipped con-
siderable ore from this mine in the
,oc% %hof boc -attaI hin, 3E0 nor ton
clear of all expenses.
Adjoining the Virginia mine is
the Hazel Bell. This mine is not de-
veloped as we'll as the Virginia, but
what development has been done
shows that the ledge is about thirty
feet in width; from samples have
had from this ledge the assays show
an average value of about $40 per
ton.
"Ir is my opinion that this mine
contains about 100, 900 tons of oxide
ore. While the mine in it's present
development does not show as we'll
as the Virginia, the possibilities are
that further development may show
it to equal the Virginia.
'In this district there are other
groups of mines that are in all prob
ability. equal to the Kennedy group,
and considering them as a whole, il
is my belief that with the proper de-
velOpment enough ore could be tax.
en- out of these mines to keep a mil
with a process such as I propose in
stalling there running continuously
at a capacity of about 500 tom pei
twenty-four hours. The mines I re
fer to, with their capacities, are as
follows:
Kennedy group, comprising Hid
den Treasure. Virginia, Hazel Bel
and Fourth of July mines, $50 ton:
daily; Gold Note group of sever
claims. rs tons; F. l.. Merrell grouI
of seven claims, 25 tons; c. w
George group of three claims, 81
tons: Imperial mine, one claim, 81
tons; Kearsarge mine, n claim, 81
tons; Cricket mine, n claim, 81
tons, giving a total of 435 tons daily
"In addition to the mines men
toned above, there are fully seventy
five claims in this district that show
good lodges, and with development
will in all probability prove to be as
good mines as those mentioned
above. These mines are all within
a radius of one-half mile of the town.
site of Kennedy.
THE ores of the mines mentioned
above will average throughout be
tween $12 and SIS per ton. These
ores have proven sc refractory thai
it is impossible to extract the colo
from them by any of the heretofore
known processes, such as free mill.
ing amalgamation, cyanide or chlori.
nation processes. Notwithstanding
this fact, it is possible to mine
enough high grade ore to make ship
ping profitable. as it is being done by