Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-11-26
CYANIDE PROCESS
CANDEDARIA MILL


eaHa available Tuesday when con
uact Has s.gned by Charles d Kca l.
1e president and general manager OF
Heat corporation. and President O. W
E.. Jones. Frank NJ. Manson. chairman
Eal w. Dayey, member of the
cscca IFl board OF the Rochester Sil-
ser Corporation. Pres dent Kali
ing efs Tuesday night for his san
francisco oaic5 and will return next
+ Monday to start work on the project
Ihs contract provides for a lean
Irom de Silver Mines Co. OF $200,0aE
secured hy mortgage notes on tie m nc
and personal property of tn company
Whica is TO be repaid from the first
mel proceeds. The Candelaria Mines
E. Company also agrees to purchase Ger
tain suitable mill machinery at tie
+ Combined mill OF the Rochester sil-
+ vcr Corporation in the Rochester, d.s-
trict The Combined mill is a separ-
ate plant from the one operated by
t4e Rochester Silver. II was con-
s,ructed by a former management and
operated Let . few weeks.
The Candslaria Mines Co. owns The
oil Argtntum and Mt Diablo minee
and tie Lucky Hill property, which is
oa tee Mt Diablo fissure. Engineers
reports show 6l0oG0 tons OF positive
ore developed. i'll place and stope
fills. ef an average value of SIS per ton
practically all, OF which is in silver
above the 2G0-it level OF the mines
They estimate net profit OF 81. .500,0J0
from this ore The Lucky Hill mine
has been developed within the past
eighteen months and has a remark
ably fine showing of ore in two veins
that are cut by tunnel. This mine
is. considered to be in its infancy and
much is expected iron further devel-
opment
Management of Candelaria Mines
was assumed about lS months ago by
c. d Kaeding and the Lucky Hill
has been developed under his direc-
ton Plans for reduction works
were taken up over year ago and ex-
hausti4e metallurgieal tests have been
conducted on the ores. The result
was the adoption OF cyanidation with
some notifications from the process
as generally practiced An extraction
Of &c per cent is assured. The mill
i will be built near the portal of the
4 portal OF No. / tunnel, on the grade
of the railroad which connects the
camp with the main line and machin-
cry will be unloaded direct from the
cars. Grading and constructive work
will be under the supervision OF w.
+ Dunn. construction engineer of the
recently completed Simon Silver-Lead
mill and the plant is expected to be
ready for operation within five or six
months.
i The Candelaria Mines Company has
has own water system, a pipe line 81
miles long delivering water from
springs on Mount Montgomery. The
capacity Of this water system which
was installed in the early days of the
camp and has since been kept in re-
pair Is lG9 gallons per minute. FL
lectric power will be secured from the
Mineral County Power system, which
owns the Lundy, California, electric
generating plant and lG2 miles OF
+ transmission line The new line,
which will be constructed as soon as
material can be secured, will be rim
from the sub-station at Nina, dis
tanca Of Is miles.
Fieancing OF this project was accom-
phshed by Frank NJ Manson OF Reno.
chairman of the executive board Of
Rochester Silver Corporation and c.
] ID Reading OF the Candelaria Mines
CO. IN New York and Chicago Mr.,
Manson presented tentative proposal
to officials OF the Candelaria Mines
Company in New York, which was ac-
cepted subject to ratification by the di-
rectors OF the Rochester Silver Cor
porat'on A conference was held in
/ Chicago. where some of the directors
Of The latter company live and Presi-
dent Jones came to Reno to attend to
details OF the transaction.
The deal brought about some
changes in the board of directors o.
Candelaria Mines Company, Mr. Man
son and Mr. Jones being elected mem
bers William Bernard resigned as di-
rector and president and c. d. Kead-
ing, vice president. was elected pres-
dent r. c. Warriner, member OF
the old board, was chosen vice presi-
dent Jos. +. Mann, attorney for the
company completes the board ]. c.
Pebbles, of the Western Ore Purchas-