White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-18
Ely.

10, the principal operator III the Ely
district, mined nearly three million
tons of ore in 1913, having an aver
age content of about 1.6 per cent
copper. In the later part of the year
the tonnage was about equally divid-
ed between the Eureka and Liberty
pits, though a small proportion, I to
10 per cent, was obtained by under
ground mining from the Veteran
property. The company had a pros
porous year and continued its drill
ing, 3 drills being employed in De-
cember, at which time 5 steam SHOW
els were working on ore and the re-
mainder stripping. The company di-
rected much attention to metallur-
gical improvements. The CONSOLE
dated Coppermines Co, which is a
consolidation of the Giroux and 9th
er properties. had an active year,
and in the latter part. the operations
of the Nevada Consolidated's steam
shovels disclosed ore in the Ora
claim of the Giroux property and re-
suited in a directing of greater at
tention to the steam shovel mining
and away from underground mining.
The loose ore from the Ora claim
was sent to the Bechtel mill.
Eureka.
Mining in the Eureka district con-
tinued to be restricted by the high
transportation charges for ore. The
Nevada Transportation Co, which
leased the old Eureka & Palisade
railway. and changed the name TO
the Eureka Nevada railroad, placed
its rates so high that the largest min
ing the Richmond Eureka,
has made formal complaint to the
Nevada Railroad commission request
ing a reduction of rates. This COM
pany ceased mining, and the only ore
shipped was high grade that would
stand the cost of sacking and the ex-
cessive freight rates. There were
several shipments of high grade sill
ver-gold-lead ores from Hamilton in
White Pine county.
Tonopah.
Tonopah produced In 1918 about
120,1S9 ounces of gold and 1873
$40 ounce of silver from 551,71o
tons of ore OF a gross value OF w.
721,727, as against an output In
1912 of approximately 1882
n of gold and 11.027,736
ounces of silver Cor about 2.49 per
cent and 17.3 ounces of the silver
produced in the United States and
Alaska for the same period) from
474.521 tons of ore of a gross value
of s~9,110,955. Dividends paid IN
1918 amounted to $3,353,4S2. as
against s~3.331.55O in 1912 and So
O60, 624 in 1911. The Tonopah Bel
mont Development Co., paid $1,650,-
900; the Tonopah Mining Co., of
Nevada, 100000; the Tonopah
Extension Mining Co., $165,000, and
the West End Consolidated Mining
Co.. paid sss.40O In dividends.
The total profit earned in 1913 by
the producing companies was about
$~4.350.O00.
Manhattan and Hawthorne.
Manhattan had a fairly active year
about one-fifth of the production be-
ing from placer operations. The gen
eral trend is toward mining low
grade ores on a large scale. The
most important operators were the
Manhattan White Caps Mining Co.,
the Big Four Mining Co, the Riley
Fraction. the Wittenberg & Mushett
operations on the Big Pine and May
flower claims, and the operations of
Mr.. Brady and associates on he
Union No. 8, the Jumping Jack and
the Earl claims. Most of these prop
critics are operating on free-gold ore.
The latter part of the year was quiet
owing to pending negotiations for the
consolidation of several properties.
The treatment of the low grade ore
bodies offers the best field at present,
and 1t is expected that these will be
exploited in 1917.
The Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold
Mining Co., continues TO be the lar
gest producer in the Silver
paak and Rod district.
The company milled about $4,000