The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-01-01
MINES SHOW INCREASE
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about 1900 tons per month the ear
ly part of the year and subsequently
nearly doubled this output. The At
lanta and Florence Goldfield also
shipped considerable gold ore. Gold
field district produced approximate
" 40 per tent Of the total gold OF
the state.
The Nevada Wonder and Nevada
Hills properties in Churchill coun.
ty contributed, though less than in
1914. The output of Round Noun
tain in Nye county was also some
what less, due to the installation OF
a pipe line for placer operations.
There was a great increase in the
Seven Trcughs district, where the
Seven Troughs Coalition added con-
siderably to the gold production.
The National mine in Humboldt
county increased it's output. but
nothing was published concerning
the property.
Aurora Production Larger
Though the plant of the Aurora
mine was closed part o. the year
or alterations to the mill, the bul-
lion shipments were far in advance
of those in 1914.
The Pittsburgh Silver Peak com
pany at Blair was treating nearly
1000 ton Of ore per month and the
mines at Rochester produced ship
Ping ore and bullion which contain
ed some gold, though principally
silver. The output of gold from
the Tonopah district decreased from
~12S,137.32 ounces in 1914 to about
$4,000 ounces in 1915, giving a
production of over $2,335,000 in
gold, though the district is primar-
lily a silver camp. In Clark county
at the Quartette property ore was
treated at the Cyrus Noble mill as
formerly and a new cyanide plant
was reported operating at the Colo
rado Nevada mine.
In Elko county the Buster mill
ct Jarbidge and the Rex mill al
Gold Circle were active. There was
much activity at the new camp Of
Willard, nine miles northeast If
Lovelock. Various lessees were
shipping gold ore. In the Manhattan
mine was the principal producer, the
mill of which was treating $50 tons
FER day by am~algamation the lat
ter part of the year Four other
mills were operated to smaller ex-
tent in the district, the Whitman
and Kane, Manhattan Milling "
Ore company, the Associated mill
and the War Eagle mill.
Falling OFF in Silver
The silver production from Neva-
da mines decreased from 1~5,455,491
in 1914 to about 14,47S,00O unces
in 1915. The decrease was at Tono-
pah, where the mines were affect
the Comstock district of Storey
county, the production was also de.
creased and the idleness of the Ma
son Valley copper smelter to a small
extent lessened the silver output.
The greatest silver producers in the
state were the Tonopah Belmont,
TonOpah Mining company, Tonopan
Extension, Jim Butler and West Erd
at Tonopah; Nevada Wonder and
Nevada Hills in Churchill county,
and the Rochester district in Hum
boldt county.
The mines in the last named dis
trict were active, but particularly so
after the advent of the Nevada
Short Line railroad. The 1OO-lol
cyanide custom mill was operated,
producing gold and silver bullion,
and a small mill was active on the
Lincoln Hill property. There was
considerable activity in the RAND
district of Mineral county, where
unusually rich ore was shipped from
the Last Hope, Gold Pen, Queen
regent and Eag.e properties. In the
old camp Of Belmont in Nye coun-
ty a 200-ton mill using flotation
was being constructed to treat dump
ore containing silver.
Growing Copper Production
The mine production o. copper
increased from 60,9S6,450
pounds in 1914 t. about SASS, 00O
pounds in 1915, an increase of 100
per cent. The total value OF the
output on account of the high aver-
age price in 1915 increased from
$S,111,19S to approximately SILL
5000. AS the Mason Valley
smelter was idle during the year, the
greater part of the output came
from White Pine county, where the
Nevada Consolidated was particular
ly active toward the end of the year
on account of the price of copper,
which increased to nearly 20 cents
a pound.
During the first three quarters of
the year 2.251,3 1867 IONS of ore We're
milled from this property and over
100000 pounds Of copper pro-
duced. The rate for the last quar-
ter was greatly increased. Orc
from the Giroux was also mil,ed
and smelted at the Nevada Con-