The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-09-26
ROCHESTER Mines
HIGHLY PRAISED

Having promised to write a story
about the Rochester Combined Mines,
to be published in the New York Mar
ket Review, after his tour of inspec-
ton of western mining properties.
l. s. Rogers, members of the broker
age firm of Rogers. Norton & Co. New
York. has nothing but praise for this
Humboldt county enterprise. He
writes:
In company with Secretary Nenzel.
Superintendent Aldrich and Engineer
Huntington, was privileged to ex-
anime 6his property on my recent tour
through the mining camps of the west
While there are numerous mining
companies operating in the Rochester
district. the Rochester Combined
Mines is by far the largest, both in
point of mineralized area and milling
facilities. The property is about two
miles long by mile wide.
Approximately three miles of under
ground development work has been
has blocked out only about 100000
tons of ore, it has revealed probable
ore of immense quantities. The de-
yelopment work has been confined TO
small section adjoining the Nevada
Packard grounds. The vein system is
traceable through the entire length
of the property on the surface.
The company's mill. which is To-
Gated only a few hundred feet from
the portal OF the main working tunnel,
is the finest plant of its kind | have
ever seen. 1t has a capacity of 400
tons a day and is automatic from start
to finish. The ore is hauled from the
mine by electric engines with trailers
and is automatically dumped from the
cars into the ore bins. From there il
automatically runs through the
crusher and is delivered onto a belt
conveyor where IL is hoisted to the
bins from which IL automatically runs
into the ball mill, and from there into
the tube mill. 1t then passed to the
big agitating tanks, of which there
are three, each being 80 feet across
and 2S feet deep. When these tanks
were completed dance was given and
forty couples were on the floor in the
ballroom OF one OF these tanks dane
ing at one time. From this an idea of
their size may be gained. 1t is said
that only two men are required to op-
crate the mill.
The mill is 2S0 feet long and was
built by Freitag Ainsworth of San
"
nounces 1t the last word in mill con-
struction.
1t is estimated that the mill can
earn, when in full operation, running
ores OF known values. well up to $780,
900 per month.
While | did not take any samples or
make any assays. saw the company's
assay sheets. and l accept the word
of the engineers and officers of the
company as TO values. / am confident
that the mill will show net recovery
of SO per ton on an average. and as
the ore is getting richer with depth.
II is probable that these values will
increase.
met Mr. l.. A. Friedman, the presi-
dent and general manager of the COM
pany, and was much impressed with
his ability as a mining man. and also
with his standing in the state. He is
chairman of the executive committee
of the Mine Operators Association of
Nevada; he is mayor OF Lovelocia.
which is the principal town near the
Rochester camp, and is director OF
the Fist National Bank OF Lovelock.
The voters OF his county Humhol1U.
few days after left. nominated him
for the state senate, which. l under
stand. is equivalent to election. Mr..
Friedman is one of the most success
full mine operators in the west.
In the inception of the company in
January. 1917. nearly two years ago,
Mr.. Friedman met a number of capi-
talists in Chicago who. with few of
his associates. subscribed the entire
amount of capital which 1t was esti-
mated that the proposition needed.
taking the stock at thirty-five cents a
share. At that time silver was selling
around fifty cents an ounce, and the
Rochester Combined Mines property
was a prospect. Since then large
bodies of ore have been developed and
| am told that about 100000 has been
expended on the property; a mill of
400 tons daily capacity has been
erected at a cost of s250.000. and silver
has advanced to above 81 an ounce;
and let the stock is selling between
36 and 40 cents share. This, how
ever. is purely market condition and
does not in any sense reflect the in
trinsic value of the shares.
Statistical information concerning
the company:
Capital-3,0 900 900 shares. par value
ST. issued 2.456.134 shares.
Mining property-Seventy-two min
ing claims contiguous, about 1400
acres.