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Saving Fine Gold in Placer Mining: Salt Lake City. Utah. December 15
Saving Fine Gold in Placer Mining: Salt Lake City. Utah. December 15
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•VOL. 14. No. 17. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. DECEMBER 15. 1912. SINGLE COPY, 15 CENTS
In mlnlllg placer gravels, the record of carried the flne gold a way on its turbulent moving current and come- jn contact wIth
operations shows great losses, especIally in flood. the quicksilver. D,evices of this 1$0rt have
connection with the smaIler propositions, on In dredgin'g, elaborate means are em increased the recovery but the miner haa
which the success of individual operators ployed to assure the recovery of the fine had but two alternatives, either to pass over
depends Take, for instance, mining in a gold, by the use of patent riffles, ~coa mat the tables or through the ,boxes, the large
I new camp, such as the Klondike field of ting, and a superabundance of quicksilver. amount of water, used a,s a conveyor for the
! Yukon Territory was some fifteen years ago. These refinements are required largely for coarse material, or to send this excess water
, ' Disregarding the crude rocker stage of min two reasons,-first, that, as -before stated, along with the coarse rock and let it carry
ing, and conl$idering that method where the the amount of water is not right for proper away considerable amounts of sllme-en
! gold is saved by washing in the ordinary saving of fine gold and, secondly, much tangled gold with it.
sluice, it is a well knoWIi fact that the rusty and coated gold eludes the quicksilver, It has remained to get a. s.at!s(a,etory
losses of gold were heavy, so heavy that because It has not wen subjected to enoug'h means of rejecting the excesS water and
on many of the old tailings dumps, gold abrasion to remove the coating. secure m.ore favorable amalgamating condi
enough can be recovered by a man with a Operators have looked for some method tions without a.llowing the gold to be {I&F~
rocker, to pay his wages. This gold has to more effectually prepare- the gold for ried off also. Where thIs ~n be
gone through the sluices without being amalgamatlon_ The familiar undercurrent plished not op.Iy are
caught 'by rlffle-s or mercury. has been used to sidetrack the coarse ma made, . '
The same thing has ,beep true or many terial, and treat the fines, with all the water,
hydraulic propositions, as welt The trouble
has ,b~ll that.the large
req~~, to'~~a~~} ~CI
T r1 Ie SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M BE R 15, 1912.
aount of water
J! of the same;
JH'
MINING CONGRESS MEETING
By lOS. F. MERRILL, Ph. D.
aterial for anla:gam:1' '; I,
filter. The connection between filter and but the major purpose of preventing Its a gravel containing both coarse and iii
compartment Is made slime Ugh':' by means of
a cloth attached to the walls of the com
Escape has been accomplished at this pQint. gold, which assayed twenty-five cents to oJ
By means of the regulating discharge valVes dollar in gold, with a high amount of iro
partment, which has a hole in it a little along the bottom of the separator box, the in the sands. The results from operat1oi
smaller than the aperture needed for the outflow of water and accumulated concen were entirely satisfactory until work wJ
filter to operate in, This is placed below trates and gold may be re,gulated, and the stopped by the farmers, who acted alo~
the filter and the upfiowing water is relied advantage secured of having with the ma (he lines of the weI! known California debi
upQn to hold it against the filter and close terial to be treated any desired amount of commission and prevented the eontinuati
the passage to any sllme. water. The concentrates may then be treait:d of placer mining in thi's section.
ThIs belt is constructed in a manner either on tables, on amalgamated piates, or On the Green river, seven milcl'! alJoI
similar to the old type of the familiar Callow in a sluice containing mercury, or by any Jensen, Utah, at the mouth of Split canyo:
screen, wIth a chain and sprocket mechan!sm other amalgamating or concentrating device, a machine was set up to operate In conne
for driving the belt. Power is furnished in The most suitable treatment can be selectetl tion with hydraulic mining. At this poil
an ingenious way, as shown in the photo and the separator regulated to supply a the machine was run dUring the placer Se>
graphs, by allowing the water discl1arglng proper feed. son just closed, making a saving which tt
from the separating box to fall on a smaH The question arises, as to whether, after management states as 95 per cent. Oth(
water wheel, before discharging into the all, the gold will not be lost in amalgamat installations have been made on the Gran
tailings sluice. This water wheel, through ing. In answer, it may be said that it will river, on the Rogue river, in Oregon, 1)
suitable belts and pulleys, drives the head be amalgamated under perfect conditions, Snake river, in Idaho, and to treat the beac
pulley of the filter. The waste water thE!n without the interference of other material sands In Curry county southWestern Oregol
three miles from the present beach line.
A. E. Custer, and aSSOCiates, of ,Salt Lak.
have bonded a piece of property on Sna"
river, Idaho, near Idaho Falls, and have let
contract for the installation of a large plat
to be operated in connection with a dra
line seMper, which will mine and deUve
to the machine. ',>
Compare the size of the largest Vezin cut· cutting samples by hand so that one-half The cutters of either rotating or .oscillat
ter in the now idle mill at the Tintic smel· shaH be sample and one-half discard, each ing type (the Vezin and Snyder rotate, the
tery. The crusher is larger, to pass three time the material is poured over the alter· Brunton OSCillates), seldQm make less tha~
or three and one-half inch material; but the nately sloping and contiguous little troughs. thirty-five passes a minute. If it requires
spout to the first cutter is twelve inches It is a proven device of unswerving precis· forty-five minutes for a fifty·ton lot t.o III
wide, the top of the cutter has a radius of ion. The troughs are all of the same width through the mnl the slowest moving cuttJl
thirty·three inches, the cutting edges are but one would not think of having a larger has separated 1,555 sampleportfons from
twenty inches apart at the circumference partic:e-<>pening ratio than some one~ighth. the original lot; the second cutter has taken
and six inches apart near the center, with If the slots are one inch wide the material at least as many portions from the first
portion; the third cutter has taken even
OXIDE SAMPLING MILL, UNITED STATES SMELTING CO., :/!r~IDVALE, UTAH. more from the second sample; the fourth
cutter, which likely makes fifty·two passef
On Denver & Rio Grande and Oregon Short Line railways.
per minute, has taken 2,340 samples from
Main building, 30x31 ft., framed 12x12 In. to 4th floor, above that 8x8 in.
the third cut and reduced our sample tc
Elevator pit 12 ft. below 1st floor; I-2nd floor, 9'h ft.; 2-3rd floor, 9 ft; 3·4th floor,
less than 100 pounds. Experience fully dem
11 ft.; 4-sill No. 2 elevator, I1 ft.; 4·sill No.1 elevator, 21 ft.
onstrates that material of any customan
Motor driven; Gen. Elec. Ind.; volts, 440; amp., 65; cyc., 60; H. P., 50; 15 In. pul.
composition and even in small lots yield!
Belt from motor to shaft, 12 in, rubber, top pull.
an accu'rate sample by this mechanica
Main line shaft, 4·7; 200 R. P. M., main clutch, 36 in.; crusher clutch, 24 in.
sampling. Assays run by the same mar
Spouts, 7 to 8 in. fall per foot, or more, or vertical.
commonly have trifling variations, some
Compressed air available on the 4 floors for cleaning between lots.
times are identical. The .pulpfrom mil!>
CapaCity, 300 tons in 10 hours. Usual }'un, with cleaning between, 4 cars in 10 hra.
using different types of cutter when assayec
Full crew, doubt shift, without unloading, mill only: 2 foremen; 2 crusher reed·
by the same man may even gi've identic"
res nits.
ers; 2 bin men; 1 repair man; 1 helper.
a width of fourteen inches at the center of will probably pass eiglit mew; if the slots
the spout. It is only r4:lasonable to suppose th;:material wiU, pass
that irregularities w1l1 occur with spotted " i inch: slots tlill
=-
mJlOsitiol1 which gangs of men can shovel a carload of ponnd for the qUarter would be 7.017 cent".
leIted, (J,I, " ,jllt;:
ore over the side of the car, although th'3 Th€ financial results of the quarter's
lelting or·' conveyors and crushers insid€ may easily operations are as follows:
hlE'E an' j!l\
hand'e four times the dribble which comes !\Ijlling profit for qUarter ....... $2,539,583.67
to them. A pOor repair man can eastly Other incom€ , rents, etc., in
double the cost of sampling; frozen and Utah. . . .................. 11,698.57
snowy ore may triple the cost; mud will Income from Nevada Consoli
do the same thing. The SlIver City sampl<?r dated Copper Co., dividends_ 375,187.50
is probably the best designed in the dis
trict; it should handle 400 tons per shift Total net profit for' the
of the hydro·electric generating plants nO'N Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co....... 43 ii:~~on;VN.JA.· :::::: : '.: ::: :: :: ::::: :::~.~~~;
Porter, Charles .1<'., Building Material.... 6 Fiske. Winthrop W ................. , .. .
Jennings, E. P. ,....................... 81
3,
Idaho by strong interests who will construct Salt Lake Hardware Co................. H Johnson, Jay Eliot... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31
Utah Fire Clay Co. .................... 35
sufficient power plants to enable the Utah Utah Fuel Co.............. .... ..... . 36
'Ways' Pocket Smelter ....... ,.......... 30
i::~k, ~';-:~lr PO:':::;;:::::::;::::::::::: ~
Peet, C. A. ..,......................... 3'i
Copper company to procure Its entire power 'Vestlnghouse Electric & Mfg. Co...... , 6 Pulsifer. H. B. . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3lj
requirements from them. This source of Z. C. l'>L I. . ...•.•..•..•••.••.••..• ".... 7 Salford. J. L ........... " .... ""....... 3-,
power supply has not heretofore been avail· B.llkiDIr H,m."••
McCornlck & Co. •.•••••••.•••...•••..• 3S .&;
~n~~~!llBr~·B. CEnginee~~ 'C~;'tr;'~t~r;: : : ij
ab:e. The principal terms to serve as the Merchants' Bank ...................... " 38 Troxell, L. E. • ...............•.. ' .. ,... ~
Salt Lake Security Co. ................ 38 Utah State School of Mines •..•.•...... 81
basis of a long·time contract covering the Utah State National Bank ,........... 38 Villadsen Bros. ........................ Sl
Walker Bros................ , .... , g and 36 Walker. H. C........... , ..... ,......... 31
company's entire power requirements have Widdicombe & Palmer ................. 31
A •••yer. BDd Met.nurlrl.... Zalinski, Edward R. . ... ,., ... , . ' . . . .. 31
been agreed upon and the bOard of directors A. F. Bardwell •....•......•.••....••... 39
has authorized the execution of such a COli· Bird-Cowan •.•..•.•..•.• ,.............. 39 MlaceJla_MU••
Crismon & Nichols •..••...•••..•.•.••.• 39
tract. Currie, J. W. . •...•••.....•.•.. ,....... 39 Beer, Sondheimer & Co., Zinc Ores, .....
Officer & Co., R. R. ....•••....•......... 39 Bradford, A. • ................•.........
The basis upon which power will be pur· Union Assay Office .......•••..•.....•. 39 Central Coal & Coke Co..... , ....... , .. .
chased is sucll, that the ,cost of .it will be Railroad..
Century Printing Co. • ................ .
Bingham & Garfield Ry. ••.............. 36
Gardner De Eouzek Engraving Co. . . , .......... .
substantially less than heretofore, as pro· Oregon Short Line •••............ ,.... 39
& Adams •.•.••.•••...•....•.•
duced from our own steam plant, and the Rio Grande Western .................. 40
Hotel Stanford ••••..•••.•••••••.••••.•
International Smelting & Refining Co.. .
Salt Lake Route ......... "........... 40
:Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. .., .... .
conditLon3 and obligations of the power 1Il1DIDir AttorDe.,•. Nephi Plaster Co. . ..•••..•.......•.•...
contract insure a character of service fulS Booth, Lee. Badger & Lewlshon........ ~8 New Era Motor Co. • •....•....•.•...•..
Bradley, Pischel & Harkness............ 38 Official Directory of Mines ....... , ... .
as reliable and satisfactory as has pre· Callahan, D. A., Mining Law Books.... 38 Railroad Time Tables ..............•...
vailed or could result from the operation Davis & Davis ......................... 38 Roberts. J. C., Dealer in Rare Metals ....
Higgins, E. V. . • . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a Salt Lake Stamp Co...........•........
of the ~ragna steam plant even if enlarged Hutchinson, W. R. , •..•....••.. ,....... 38 Shlplers, Commercial Photographers •...
to meet our full demands. Pierce, Critchlow & Barrette ..........• as Steffen, H. W., Buyer of O.d Dumps ....
MID" .ad Stock Dealer. Utah Ore Sampling Co. . •..............
The deficiency in tonnage and produ,;· Orem & Co••......••....•• , ..••.•.•..• SS Whitaker, Geo. A., Cigars •...••.....•..
tion for the month of September as com·
pared with the other months of the quarter, workmen were dTiven from the premises, In dealing with the strike ·situation nJ
was due entirely to suspension of opera which were for some days thereafter wholly negotiations have been had with the West,
tions resulting from a strike having been or partially in the possession of armed strik· ern Federation of Miners, its of1)cers 9j
called by the Western Federation. of Miners, ers. Steps were immediately taken to ,e· members, and in resuming ful! operation u~
affecting all the mines in the Bingham dis· ga:n possession of our properties, but it reo concessions have or will be made to thllii
trict, on the morning of September 18. The quired some time to assemble a force of organization, or anyone connected with it
basis of the strike was a demand for a flat guards sufficiently strong to successfully The operations of the Bingham & Gal;
increase of fifty cents a day in the wages cope with the situation, and it was not until field railway cOl\tinued satisfactory through
of all workmen engaged in the mining in· October 9 that we were again able to safely out the quarter until the day of the strike
dustry in the Bingham district and recoglli· put any employee into the workings. Ou During all that portion of the quarter whet
tion of the Western Federation of Minerd that date preparations began for the reo the railroad "was in full operation haulin~
by the companies in their dealln"gs with sumption of operations, and on October 11 ore from the mines, an average of 13,14!
employees. The class of workmen most we commenced loading ore with former em tons of ore per day were transported, a;
active in 'bringing about the strike were ployees only working. Since the date of compared with 10,203 tons per day, for th(
those employed in underground mining, of ., resumption the tonnage has increased daily, previous quarter. An average of 928 tonI
which c'ass your company employed com· with the ,result that at the time of "'rHIng per day of other freight was transportej
paratively few, the number being about 400 this report we are mining and milling at o'{er the !lne as compared with 1,265 tom
out of a total of over 2,000 men employed 'ly the rate of about 13,000 tons of ore per per day for the previous quarter of 1912
the Utah Copper company at its mines at day, or approximately two·thirds capacity. The passenge.r train receipts during thi
Bingham. Vigorous attempts were made to call and p€ r iodshowed a large increa.~~ as co19
Very few of our surface employees be· force our workmen out at the mills, but pared with the 'previous quarter. '
longed to the Miners' union, although quite these were not successful. There was some
o ""h
a substantial p€ r centage Qf them did belong disaffection at these plants but the number
of employees lost was not sufficient to ham· ( d ditions am'V6 the (,oPll~f'"pt;oducer~
largely of underground workmen from 0'11' complement of men in all departments at rapidly increased: ~
and other properties, were sufficiently strong both mills at Garfield. erected at dift;)n'
in numbers and active in the employment The forces at the mine are being in·
of intimidation and violence, to force away creased rapidly and the outloo.k noW" is that
from work the majority of our employees it will only be a short Hme until we will be
who wisbed to continue. again operating at full capacity. No attempt
Armed bodIes of strikers attacked our has been m,!J.d~}o ~es~E! yn.de~gl·o.ullllJ.,Qj~'
accompanied by ations at. the 'Ulihe In
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M BE R 15, 1912.
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many more will yet be found, some of thel:I, fore the passage of the Payne-Aldrich law,
doubtless in sections which have been ira v· there was no tariff on zinc, yet the indus·
eled ove; for years, whil€ some will be try was flourishing. The real cause of the
located within a few miles from long·estab present satisfactorY prices is the grea[.er
Iished camps whose mines have already pro increase in demand over supply. The gain
duced millions, and which have paid mit in jYroduction has lagged behind that in con
fortunes in dividends. sllDlPtion, with the inevitable result of au
published Semi-Monthly by Will C. Higgins and
A veteran mining man recently stated increase in price. The stock on hand in
A. B. Greeson.
that "what this country needs is the discov· the United States, at present, is estimated
)!fice. Room 1601 Walker Bank Building, at 8,000 tons of spelter as compared with
~r{)r)F'h)(H'. Phone, 'Vasatch, :2902 ery of more new mining camps," intimating
that they would never be found. And yet, 26,000 tons at the beginning of 1907. If the
NILI, C. HIGGINS .......•......••.•.• Editor tariff is the cauSe of this, it is a queer con
:..* O. HO'VARD ..
~., .. " " , .AsHociate Editor Important discoveries are being made with
l.. B. GREESON ......., .... BUJJlneS8 Manager
pleasing regularity, and some of them in dition.
SubllcriptioD Rate-a. mining sections which have practically been The average of Imports for the past ten
~~:rP~~~~·:::;:::;::::::::::::::::::.::::: :$~:~~
abandoned for years. Others have be~n years has ·been about 1,600 tons, while the
made in regions oyer which prospectors and production in this ~ountry rose in the last
!foreign COUl! tl'leS In the PostalUn
Ion .. ;3, 75
SubscriptIOn Payable tn Advance. mining men have traveled for a quarter of decade from 123,800 tons of spelter to 288,000
a century. National, in Nevada, was not tons, while the consumption rose from less
Entered November 29, 1902, at Salt Lake
City Utah, as second-class matter, under Act an unexplored section, by any means, and than 100,000 tons to 284,000 tons. While
)[ Congress of March 3, 1899 yet no camp, today, has a brighter future; consumption approaches so closely to pro
Advertising Rates: Advertising mtes fur while the whole county in which this dis duction in our country and European prices
nished on appilcatlon. trict Is located, is teeming with veins and remain as high as at present, no great im·
Contributor", le:lges which, 'so far, have escaped the eagl-a portation need be feared. Without foreign
H. B. Puls,fer. A. L. Sw~etser. eye of the prospector. Hundreds of mining competition, whl~h the tariff is supposed to
W. H. C . : dvert. 1I~ \V. :rUe-Farrell.
Leroy A. Pahner. ~laynal'c1 BixIJY, men have known of Rochester canyon, in prevent, and which is no stronger without
Alex 1>'lct..!u'en. B. jl~. 'l'lhb.}~,
Eliut JoiH)Sn.1.
Humboldt county, the very latest sensa· the tariff than with it, domestic produce"s
J;l)"
tional mining discovery, and yet early loca need not fear an oversupply. The smelting
All \'crtjs:ng -,\gt'n(·it.~,...
tors there are sending out shipments of sur capacity is not being very rapidly increased,
DE~\- j,~n, 1 .\;J'·t'r-
Using Co. face float that means a handsome profit, and will not be for some time to come on
~F~'V Yf 'RE.-Fr<lllk whi'e the ledges are reported to be both account of natural conditions In the smelting
Advertisin,c; Ag~:nts. 3-7 large and strong, and of excellent shipping fields, into which it is not necessary to go
SOUTH j·:n::-. CALI FOR"'L\.
Advertisi!l~ Agency, South P~\:-;~HJ(,;Ja, grade. These outcroppings, the same abund at present.
ance of float, and the same ledges and veins
existed in Rochester canyon before the di, o
covery of America, and yet they have re· ABOLISHING ASSAY OFFICES.
DISCOVERY OF NEW CAMPS. mained unknown merely because the pros·
pector, heretofore invading that region, may
Notwithstanding the fact that the lJeJid The present session of congress has left
have swerved a quarter of a mile to the right
is often expressed that the went has lJeen ont in the appropriation bill, the appropria
or to the left when searching for m1neral
gone over, thoroughlY, in the search roy new tions for maintenance of United States assay
deposits.
mines anel prospects, it is amazing to nOl'" offices at Salt Lake, Helena, Montana, Car
This whole western country is sttll a son City, Nevada and Boise, Idaho. This
the large area of unexplored territory still treasure house of mineraL Perhaps it is
:emaining, within the environments of \\,h;(''1 means that the assay offices at these points
well that all of these deposits have not been will be automatically abolished, unless a
~Teat mines may, and probably will be found.
found, as yet, for then there would be no reconsideration Is had. This action was
[t is not a fact that all the big mines'),
promise for the future for coming genera. recommended by the appropriations commlt
the west have already b€en discovered, tions. But, the fact remains that many new
:l.either is it a fact that even sections snp· tee, with the exception of the Carson City 0(
districts will yet be discovered, as big an~ fice approprIation, and the vote was about
[losed to have been fully covered by the as rich as any yet found; and, some of these
prospector have really been car€[ully go~Jf.' two to one, in sustaining the committ~. The
so near to well-known districts of note that senate may restore the appropriation, after
)Ver. A hundred men may have made wh',! the mining world will be startled as well as
<ppa.mntly seemed to be an exhaui5tive in· which the bill will go to conference, but it
greatly surprised. appears likely that the senate will have to
{estigation of a SUP110sedly mineral distriet.
>Vith failurt" as an ultimate result; while a ----0--- yield to the house.
y,€re strag"ler, in going over (he same coun· It is supposed that the desire for econolDY
THE ZINC TARIFF.
:ry, may stumble upon one of the greate"l actuates the eastern congressmen, and in
mine~ en,r discovered. 'fonopah is an .,x· stead of introducin·g good business manage
mlple of this. and so is Goldfield. A st.rek:J As stated in our last Issue, we ao not ment, cutting off a few supernumafles, and
)f country Illay lY; trayeled over, for yea!'c. believe that the revision of the zinc tariff, abOlishing the franking privilege on political
:,y JUen who see nothing in it worihy )[ as proposed by the UnderWOOd bill, pre speeches, delivered outside the house, it bas
lttention. Following in their footsteps ull sented at the last session of congresll, will tried to save the infinitesimal outlay re·
other will find huge outcro[lpings fairly seriously affect the zinc industry of the quired to maIntain these offices.
';listening with gold, and a new mining camp west. It is true that zinc mining has rtl· There is no doubt in the minds of any
>prings suddenly illto existence A pI·ospe ..> ceived a great impetus, on account of the one who is interested in mining that these
tor may spend months in trying to find it present high price of spelter, and that many offices are beneficial to mining interests and
mine in the section he is in, and still walk camps' have been livened up by the possi to the mining communities in which they
around a great ore deposit which, perchance. bility of shipping their long held reserves are situated. The miner has a ready market
is within a hundred yards or 11is camp. of zinc ore at a profit. for his gold, without the expense and delay
There are a great many wonderful min· The protective tariff can in no wise be of shipping to the mint. The benefits are
ing distrIcts throughout the west; but as credited wfth this condition of affairs. Be greatest in the case ot small operators, *1;0
,
iii a
Ing from $25,000 to $30,000, net, per month, assayer, carried average values in gold of I were inclined to be as charitable
and It is from these earnings that future $15 to the ton. The company was so elated yOU are; for his very actions were
dividends will be paid. over the showing that it went to consider pic:ous, and, he would not have been
Meanwhile development work is to be able expense in the enlargement and reo such a hurry" to make < • ,
pushed and improvements made. The work· modeling of its milling plant, expecting to he l;Ieen
ing shaft is to be enlarged to double-com make a great showing as soon as the mine
partiment, and a much·desired underground run Of the ore eQuid be treated.
connection is to be made with th& workings
of the Gemini·Keystone. The Ohief Oonsoli·
d/l.ted has'all of the Qf,'""".''''''''''''-
Tiutl~" .
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M B E R 15, 1912.
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eliance always be placed upon YERINGTON·MALACHITE REPORTS. 400,000 shares originally set aside by incor
neither can r c . , •. _
the integrity of an employee. - hate. to say porators as treasnry stock. During perio.:!
Promising New Company Gives List of Hold.
this, as you well kIlOW, and yet, It \ had covered by this report there were 6,180
ings and Statement of Condition.
a body of ore that I expected to ma e a shares treasury stock issued in payment of
fortUne out of, I would have a .check sam: TIlt' Yerington·Malachite Copper com·
accounts against the company, amonnting
piing made on it even if tile mme assaye. l,any, in which a nllmber of Salt Lake peo· to $2,050.50; 3,205 shares issued as commi,,·
was my own bl'otilC'r; and there you are, pIe are interested has issued its report as sion on stock sales; 39.688 shares sold for
and then some." required by the laws of Nevada, as follows: $14,824.65, a total of 49,073 shares, Septem·
~~--~~o--~~ ber 30, 1912, 333,677 shares remained ill
Report and statement of Yerington Ma
COLORADO MINING COMPANY ISSUES
lachite Copper company of Nevada for year
the treasury.
REPORT.
ending September 30, 1912. Salaries, Commissions, Advertising.
Pursuant to law, Yerington·Malachite Manager received .................... $600
The repo':t of tile ('u!ol'auo Slining ('OL.1~ Copper company hereby makes and files Superintendent ....................... 900
}lany, of the Tinti~ di~triet of Utah, ha" its statement containing the following facts Secretary ............ , ............... bOO
TINTIC N.oTES. Canyon, and each camp is independent of the CONTACT A LIVE CAMP.
other, inasmuch as each has its own net·
Annual Meeting of Iron Blossom \)hows work of veins and carries a different ~har· Entrance of Railroad Revives Interest
Large Surplus. acter of ore. Each camp also has a separate Nevada Copper District
water supply. The ore veins, however, In
(Special Correspondence.) 'both instances, make in rhyolite. The lower The Oregon Short Line will soon have
Eureka, Utah, December 10.-At the;-0· eamp just sent out a shipment of ore which road into Contact, about fifty miles no~
cent annual meeting of the Iron Blossom gave the lessees $22 in gold and $41 in sil· of Woells, Nevada. W. T. McArdle and sf
stockholders, held at the Provo office, the vel'. This carloap. lot was taken ~rom a Lake associates have taken over the I~
old officers were reelected. The company shaft not to exceed sixteen feet in depth and Wilson group, the Salt Lake group of twent;
was reported to have a surplus of $333,806.83 was hoisted in a five gallon oj] can hand six claims, and the Zetta Blanchard grou
on December 1st. During the year 58,783 over hand with a small rope. It costs $4 of thirteen claims. The salt Lake group i
tons of ore were shipped. A mil! is being per ton to get the ore hauled to the rail· the only undeveloped one and the showing
built and additional hoisting capacity being road, Oreana on the Southern Pacific being on all three -groups are favorable. The coui
installed. The daily production is now about the nearest point, which is nine 'miles c.is· try is well mineralized for a distance (
156 tons tanto twenty miles. The new railroad will COl
The Grand Central made a total shipmellt The other new camp is one and a half nect Rogerson, thirty-two miles to the nort!
last week of seventeen cars, most of which miles further up the same canyon. The with Valley Pass, forty-eight miles to tll
was taken from the 2,200 and 2,399·foot values here are nearly all silver and the south. The camp has had many uPs an
levels. On the former level, the ore is said seven or eight ears, which have already neen downs, but it has been freely predicted th!
to average fifteen per cent copper, with some shipped, have been taken from boulders of the coming of a railroad would make it
silver and gold. float which strew the mountain sidl' below flourishing copper producer. The ore i
In the old workings of the Yankee COil' the cropping of the big vein on the summit. found from the grass roots down.
soEdated h:gh grade zinc ore has been dis· These bOUlders are being broken by men On the property of the Contact & SeattJ
covered about 100 feet above the tunnel with sledge hammers and sacked for sl>ip Copper Mining company a sulphide bodY'j
leveL The superintendent, Lou Merriman, ment. One boulder in particular contained being mined, hauled by wagon thlrty-tw
states that this ore is more than twenty 127 sa-cks of good shipping ore. There are miles to Rogerson, Idaho, and shipped to tb
about seventy-five 'men noW in camp and Salt Lake valley smelteries A car of hig]
feet wide. The company is shipping two
more coming in every day. At present grade ore a month is being shipped und(
cars of zinc ore a week, which pays all
Lovelock, Nevada, is the nearest point to these severe handicaps by J. V. Marshall art
operating expenses at the mine.
outfit from, Lov:llock being about twenty- ' W. A. Southerd, lessesB on this propert:
The May Day has had difficulty in gettin6
two miles distant. The last car of twenty·one tons, brougJ
its ore out on account of the shortage of
-------0--- $1,465.
cars, but operations are proceeding satlsfac· BUREAU OF MINES ESTIMATES.
The Nevada Copper Mlnin-g, Milling ,
torilY. Power company, of which Henry Smith .,
The Chief Con. is to be connected by Estimates of expenditure for the U. S.
general manager, has between 1,400 a.
switch with both the Rio Grande and Sa!t Bureau of Mines for the fiscal year June ~O,
1,500 tons of good ore on the dump, whi~
Lake tracks, according to the report here. 1913, to June 30, 1914, are:
was produced in developing and will pi
The VictOria expects to begin uslng elec·
tric power in the near future. Connections For general expenses ..... _.... $ 70,240JJll handsomely with the advent of a rallrom
are now being made with the lines or the For investigating mine accidents. 347,900.GO A large tonnage is exposed in the working
Knight Power company. For fuel investigations .......... 13S,OOO.O\)
The ore averages thirty-two per cent in co
For investigations into the treat· per and carries other values which hel
It is expected that the Beck Tunnel w:il
ment of ores and other mineral defray mining costs_
exceed past production in December, as ----'0------- ...
it did in November. The Humbug ore body substances .................. _ 250,000.00 .
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I Construction
mill to treat the tungsten ores of the
Ifine 6- Smeller Building Midnight group. Over 8,000 tons of ore are
ready for milling. J. G. Clark is general
News
trict of New Mexico It is proposed to tornia. The >company has six elaims in the eompany is applying to the railroad Cdm
ereet a large concentrating m ill and a cen Hernandez district, and expects to Install mission of California for
an order for a
tra! power plant for the mines of the dis· a twenty-four-ton Scott ,furnace within six bond Issue to enable It to
make new In·
t rict, months. M, G Ramires is president Qf the stallatlons on the Kaweah
river, to cQst
The Boulder Tungsten Production com company, George V. Heimbach, secretary about $1,250,000. John
Col'J'ey Hayes· Is
)'allY, of Boulder, Colorado, will bnild a. and trea.surer, and H. G. Larson, manager. president of the company.
Ed B, Diehl, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, been inspecting the Copper Queen and Cab
l Personal Mention
is in Baker City, Oregon. He is a stock·
holder in the Highland Gold Mines com
met and Arizona smelteries at Douglas, Arll
ona, and will visit other southwestern COl
P. W. Clark of Spokane was recently at pany. per plants.
Tonopah. R. L, Edwards of the Kittle Burton MIn Olaf Anderson, manager of the Golde:
ing comtmny, operating in Lemhi county, Leaf Mlnlng company, is at Las Vegas, N,
J. W. Joy, of Su:phur, Nevada, has gOlle
to San Francisco. Idaho, was a recent visitor in Butte, Mon vada, looking after the interests of his
pany, which has property in Hemenwir
00,
tana.
S. D. Taylor of Malheur City, Oregon,
John Olson of Los Angeles, formerly pass.
has gone to Owenton, Kentucky.
'manager of the Shattuck Arizona Copper Clarence E. Delafield has become dlstric
W, S. Copeland, of Portland, Oregon, has .company. has been visiting in Bisbee, Ari mana'ger for the Crocker-Wheeler compauJ
been in Pioche, Nevada, recently. zona. of Ampere, New Jersey, electrical manufac
Thomas J. Murphy has returned to Tono· George T. Cullen, manager of the Susan turers and engineers, with offices at Sal
pah, Nevada, from an extended visit on the D mine at Baker City, Oregon, is on a Lake.
coast. trip to Spokane to meet the owners or tne F. M. Kurie, once In charge of the Mil
George K. Kimball has become manager claim. nesota-Connor mines at Chloride, Arizolll
of the Lamartine mine near Idaho Springs, F. H. Summeril, operating mines in the and now residing at Philadelphia, Is i
Colorado, Tom Reed section of Arizona, near King Kingman, Arizona, In the Interest of eas
J. W, Thompson. superintendent or the 'man, has returned to the mines from Los ern .clients.
Silver King Coalition mill at Park City, has Angeles. O. P. ~ortman, Glbbonsville, Idaho, ha
gone to the coast. John Shea, formerly foreman at the VIc. gone to Butte, Montana, after completiD
George Dern, of Salt Lake, has been toria mine, Eureka, Utah, has become snpei' the organization of the Gibsonville Mlnin
eleeted to the directorate of the American intendent of that mine, succeeding the late company, Which wlll operate a consolidatio
Mining Congress. J. C. Sullivan. of claims at Gibsonville.
Arthur Gitsch of Park City. Utah, has E. B. Thornhill, assayer and chemist of A. B. Lantigua of the La Plata distrl.
been examining property in Robinson canyon Salmon City, Idaho, has gone to Cobalt, of Colorado, has gone to Boston to finan{
near Ely, Nevada. Ontario, on bnsiness for the Buffalo Mlne,;;, the Bonnie Girl property. and will retur
P. J. Quealy, a coal operator from Kem· Ltd. of Cobalt. in the spring to reopen the mines. whlc
merer, Wyoming, was in Salt Lake the James Humes of Los Angeles, will be have been idle four or five years. ,
first of the month. come the superintendent of the Silver King Imer Pett, of Salt Lake, manager for .~
James A. Roberts of the Frisco Mines, Coalition Mining company at Park City, Bingham Mines company, the Eagle & BIf
near Kingham, Arizona, has gone to New Utah, on January 1st. Bell, and several other Utah mining cOl!
York on mining business. Edward Thomarson, superintendent of the panies, expects to leave fOr New York. on til
J. H. Baker, manager of the AmerIcan Ely Valley mine, north of Pioche, Nevada, 21st, to confer with company officials.
Eagle mine, near Parker, Arizona, has r(,.4 has gone to Los Angeles and San Francisco ,So H. Brady, general manager of th
turned from LOB Angeles. for an extended visit. Independent Lead Silver Mining compal\
George T. Gosling, of Philadelphia, has E. L. Talbot, of Park City. Utah, for ten with property near Keeler, California, h~
been In Leadville, looking over properties years superintendent of the Daly West, was returned to Tonopah, Nevada, and reporl
in which he is interested. in Salt Lake, last week, conferring wJth of that the company will soon ·be producill
ficials of the company. again.
Jacob W. Young, manager of the Bully
Boy mfne, at Marysvale, Utah, has returned 'Charles Moore and Charles Barnes, Park S. R. Furlong, general manager of tr
from a visit in' Philadelphia. City, Utah, millmen, have gone to southern Albert Lea Tungsten Mining company, ope
California to begin work on the Lost Alice ating in Carrie Nation P!lrk, in BouId!
M. T. McLaughlin of East Dorset, Ver·
mine, which they own. county, Colorado, has returned from a mee
mont, has been visiting the Yule creek
marble quarries in Colorado, J. H. RitzIer of Kansas City, Missouri, ing with stockholders at Albert Lea, Min:
president of the Skibo Development com esota.
J. M. Hayes, of Salt Lake, cashier for
the Utah Copper company, has been taking pany, is at Mowry, Arizona, preparmg to George Blood. 'Superintendent of the Si
a short vacation in Los Angeles, ,begin work at the comp,any's mine. v.er King Coalition Mining company, of Pal
F. V. Bodfish, of Salt Lake, of the Ameri ,Ci ty, U tall, has resl-gned. the resignation 1
Frank P. Swindler, of Salt Lake, prom!·
can Flag Mining company, and the Mines take elIect January 1st. With his wife t
nent in mining circles, is in Goldlle!d, Ne
Operating company, of Park City, Utah, has will make a tour of Europe. after which ..
vada, on professional business.
been in New York on a business trip. plans are not definite.
R. ·M. Edwards of Boston, president ot
George Weinnemore, president or tj
the Corbin Copper company, is inspecting Clinton D. Ray and George Black or .Salt
Two Kings Mining company, accompanied l
the .company's properties in Montana. Lake recently visited the property of the
J. Grant Duncan, John F. Garber, W. ,;
W. J. Craig, of Salt Lake, one of lhe llieo-Argentine Mining company, at Rico,
Conser and Charles f[ummer, an of: -'
Colorado, in which they own an i~terest.
leading mining men of the west, is in Nevada Joseph, Missoud, has .been inspecting ~
making examination of mining properties. R. J. Glendenning, of Salt Lake, the well company's property at IdahO Springs> Col
George Kernick, of Oakland, Callfornia, kno,wn machinery dealer, has returned from rado.
ha,s ,gone to Tonopah, Nevada, to r",sume Spokane, where he attended , the annual C.
a.ctive development of the Hasbrouck prop· meeting of the American Mining congress.
erty. William E.MIIler and Y
respeetlvely of
was much plealled with the general activity Howland 'Baneron, of Denver, Colorado,
noticeable in these camps. He predicts a is now in the east.
great deal of revival in mining interests D. W. Brunton, of Denver, has gone to
throughout Nevada the coming year. ·St. Lollis, Missorui.
J. K. Mulkey, of Death canyon, oid l£rIck
A. C. Morrison, of San Francisco, Is ex·
son district, Tooele county, Utah, is in Salt amining mines east of Parker, Arizona.
Lake. Mr. Mulkey is interested in several
I, ' James R. Hubbard, of Dragoon, Arizona,
valuable properties in the district, and is
expects to remove to Wilcox in the sallie
looking into the merits of a new electric
smeltery which he may decide to install for state.
(·he treatment of Death canyon ores, reducing N. H. Emmons Is the new manager for
to matte. Mr. Mulkey is the owner of the the North Butte Mining company at Butte,
,\ Montana.
Mt. Lion townsite, in Death canyon, located
at the junction of Dublin gulch, as well as James Lindsay, of Portland, Oregon, has
valuable water rights. He believes that been inspecting the Virginia Louise mine at
Death canyon is the making of one of the Pioche, Nevada.
greatest silver, lead and zinc camps in the H. W. ~nchell of 1!ttinneapolis, Minne
west, with further deve~opment. John H. sota, has been in Wallace, Idaho, on pro
and Jackson McChrystal, and aSSocIates, fessional business.
now own control of the Blaine :mine, in the James A. McClave has become general
canyon, and are making plans for its exten manager for the Sutton, Steele and Steele
sive development and operation. There are company of Texas.
several mines in the canyon which would
Donald Ferguson, of Goldfield, Nevada,
be regular shippers with adequate shipping
is eXaIllllllllg mining properties in Hon
facilities. North of Death canyon, just over
duras, Central America.
the divide, is Indian Springs, the mines of
H. C. Hoover, of London, has been electeJ
which section are largely owned by Thom"s
a member of the board of trustees of Leland
Kearns and David Keith, of Salt Lake. Mr.
Stanford University, California.
Mulkey is the only notary public in this dis
trict. Mail will reach him via Eureka, Utah. Ernest Gayford, of the Gilneral Engineer·
---0-- ing coinpany. has returned to Salt Lake
i, , ':;'! NEVADA HILLS COSTS. from a professional trip to MlOntana
The ·costs of operation at the Nevada Robert Linton is examining iron ore prop·
:..
HlIIs :m·ines and mill at Fairview, Nevada,
\
clay company recently received an order (or A .branch office of the UnIted States
a carload of muffles and crUCibles from the Bureau of MInes has been estab\'Joshed at
United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Denver, with Dr. Ri<:hard B. Moore, ·physical
company, to be shipped to Pachuca, Mexico, chemicst, in charge; Karl L. Kithil, mineral I
technologist; J. C. Roberts and John AJlen
II. Kenyon Burch, chief en:gineer ror the
Davis mining engineers.
J
Inspiration Copper company, has closed '1
contract with the American Bridge eom Richard Bishop Moore, head of the Den·
pany, of New York, for about 8,000 tons of vel' offlce of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and
\\'ill :-;oon he made or ml.ie steel for the new 7,500 ton mill of the com Karl Klthil. mineral technologist attached
carrying values ot 1"rom 7 pany which Is to be built in the Miami dis to ehe same office, have been examining the
l per cent copper. 10 to 12 ounces silver trict of Arizona. Deliveries are to begin carnotite deposists of eastern Utah,wlth II
$1 in gold to the ton, The nearest ship in three months, This is more than a mil view to aiding the developmien't of thei.'.!R,·
feet. In the main shaft, 170 feet deep, ore The Lion Hill Consolidated Mines com The Knight interests of Provo, Utah, have
of a value of $56 per ton is showing. Other pany, of Ophir, Utah, Geo. St. Clair, mine added to their holdings In Nevada bY' taking
openings have correspondingly good show· manager, which was recently in the Salt an option on the property of the Nelson
ings and it is expected that this company Lake market with a shipment of fine ore, Copper company, about thirteen miles north
will soon become an excellent producer. is getting out another eonsignment whiCh, of Sulphur, and seventy miles northWest or
it is reported, is extra fine in grade. Winnemucca. Extensive development will
Stewart, Class and Smelser have shipped
about eleven tons of gold ore from the Fram Frank J. Johnesse has interested cap' be undertaken during the winter.
and Klondyke mines, near Centennial, Wyo· ital in the Rock Flat Placer ground near The Adamson-Turner property at Rexall,
ming, and state that if the returns are good .Meadows, Idaho. This ground, besides run Nevada, is the scene of another rich strike.
they expect to interest cajJital and build a ning fifty cents a )'lard in gold, Is a pro· A four·inch streak of very rich ore has ·been
ducer of various,gems, in the shape of sap· opened up, which will run thousands of dol·
mil!.
phire, oriental rubies, and garnets. lars to the ton, -it is reported. There are a
The Union Chief. in Santaquin district,
was in the market, last week, with a car· The Snowstorm Extenslon Mining com· number of good s·howings on this properly
load shipment of good ore. Anotl1er Sim· pany, operating near Wallace, Idaho, is and much higb:grade ore has been shipped.
ilar consignment is expeeted in this week. pushing development in the search for cop The Crown of Gold Mining company has
The mine is reported to be in fine con· per ore. The tunnel, now In 1,900 feet, been incorporated to do a general mining
dition. shows some indication of copper. Three business under the ;Utah laws, by A. B.
Charles E. Rowland, of Syracuse, Ne';V short crosscuts have also been driven. Lewis who becomes president of the com·
York, has organized the Onandaga Mines The West Toledo Mines company Of the pany J. C. Lewis, vice preSident, and A. R.
company to operate the Ruler and Comet Alta district of Utah, is pushing develop Lewis, secretary and treasurer. The capital
mines on Griffith mountain at Georgetow:l, ment and hopes that the Superior tunnel is $10,000 and offices will be in Salt Lake.
Colorado. The properties will be deve'oped will cut the ore at 1,100 feet from the sur The recent cave on the property of the
at once. face, in early spring. Plans are under con· Columbus-Extension at Alta, Utah, has
sideratIon for a mill for the low grade ore. proved a blessing in disguise. Debris filled
The Chief Consolidated Mining company
will pay its first dividend of ten cents a The Reo Mining company has taken an the shaft to a height of ten sets, but no
share on February 3, to stockho:ders of option on the Ke}'stone group of claims at timbers were displaced and much or the
record January 15. The amount disbursed Central City, Colorado. The properties are stuff brought down by the water was ore.
by this Tintic, Utah, producer, will be near· well located for easy ·and cheap mining and The overlying lime Shale has been drained
Iy $90,000. an have considerable development work. T. by the cave·in and work from now on will
R. Cudahy of Central City, is general man· be easier.
The Manhattan·Big Four mine has opened
ager. T. A. ·Bradbury of the Arizona & Burling
a showing of twelve to eighteen inches of
$200-ore on the 100-foot level at Manhattan, e. M. Stolle, L. E. Glennon and E. K. Tun· ton Mining & Development company, who
Nevada. The ledge, which is eighteen feet nlson have incorporated the Poverty Flat has had charge of seVeral properties at
wide will average $15 to the ton, aside from Mining & Milling company to work prop Superior, Michigan, announces that his com·
this rich s lreak. erty on Poverty Flat, in Custer county, Ida· pany has taken over the holdings of the
ho. The property has produced about $2" Chicago Exploration & Mines company In
Chester L. Proebstel of Yreka, Califor.
000,000 and has $60,000 worth of tunnel de· Arizona and Nevada. The company will
I\ia, has taken over the Copper Mountain
velopment. proceed with development of the properties
mining property on the east fork of the
Tonopah-Belmont Development company In the Dragoon mountains of Arizona.
Illinois river, near Grant's Pass, Oregon.
The new company under his management of Tonopah, Nevada, will pay on January The Salt Lake office has issued a report
will start developments at once, 1, to stocholders of record December 15, on Ely Consolidated Copper company's op
a dividend of twenty·five cents a share. erations at Ely, Nevada, in which a call for
The Montana·Tonopah Mining company, There will be distributed $375,000, making assessment has been made to cover the
of Tonopah, Nevada, will pay a dividend of a total of $3,968,000, on an issued capital heavy expenses incurred by· the company
ten cents a share on December 20, to stock· of $1,500,000. in sinking Its shaft and opening the vein
holders of record December 5. The amount
It Is possible that the Wyoming Fuel 011 on the 700-foot level and to enable the man
distributed will be $99,891.50, the second
company will build a pi]Je line from the Rio agement to develop further. The company
dividend of this size for the year.
Blanco, Colorado, field to Dragon, Utah, owns 370 acres of mining ground at Ely.
The Gold Bug Mining company, principal thus making Salt Lake the receiving point The King Solomon mine, near Clancy,
place of business, Provo, Utah, has been in· for the oil of northwestern Colorado. This Montana, of which I. S. Moreland is princi·
corporated for $50,000 with the following statement has been made by C. O. Emerson, pal owner; has been making some gOod ship
officers: James Rooney, president; Jasper secretary of the company. ments of sllver·lead ore to the Interna·
Hall, vice president; J. M. Loveridge, treas tional smeltery at Tooele, Utah. The mine
John W. Snipes of Lodi, California and
urer and J. T. Williams, secretary. is equipped with a 100·horS<!power bOiler,
C. C. Matthews of San FranciSCO have
The Calumet and Arizona Copper com· taken over the McLaughlin silver lead pro '<Iir' compressor, hoisting equipment, shops,
~any, of Arizona, paid a dividend of $1.25 per perty at Mill City, near Winnemucca, Nev· etc. Work Is going forward on the 4.00·foot
!hare on December 5. For October the net ada, and will push development work In the level, where two stopes have been opened.
)rofits were about $450,000 and it Is said hope of uncovering a mine. They believe The United Tintic Mines company, of
;hat the cost of producing copper has been that indications are favorable. Tintic district, whose property is a near
'educed to about seven cents a pound.
The Wanakah Mining c~mpany of Ouray, neighbor of the famous Iron Blossom, re
In Smokey valley, Nevada, about Colorado, has recentlyaUered its mill. Sand ports that an important strike was made
.wenty miles below Darraugh Pot Springs, tailings are reground in pans and concen· in Its ·property the first of last week.. The
s a dry lake, twenty miles long and abo'lt trated on a Deister slime table. The con· strike was made In the 210·foot level, 360
Ifteen Wide, which has been the sc.:me of a Mntrates are automatically removed hy an feet north of the shaft,
vild rush for potash ·clalms. No definite elevator through a sampler to a draining fou~teen inches of
eturns have been received on samples, but bin, holding abOut one carload. When dry' $60 a totdIi'tlie .
t Is reported that there is a large deposit the concentrates'run dtrecUylnfocat\l·sp6t."
r material giving strong potash reactions. ted· ~iow.. . ~'--:r ",~,:;TfJ
r'
2+4
Marcur CkJld Mines company in $3,415, LS'bor, $3.855.24, or $0.024 per ton classi· POTASH EXPLORATIONS IN NEVAD.A
312.97. fied; supplies, $1,651 54. or $0.010 per ton
In last year's report I explained that we classified; power. $2,189.78, or $0.014 per ton T·he results of explorations for salines t
were re·treating some of our older tailing classified; water, $480.00, or $0.003 per ton SHver Peak Marsh, Nevada, recently 'Dla4
. dumps. but that the results were not very dassifled; total, $8.176.56, or $0.051 per ton by the United States Geological Survs
encouraging. We found the average value classified. are just published in a short report by R. i
so low that in August we concluded to The filtering costs were as follows: Dole, of the survey, as Bulletin 530·ftc, ~
I discontinue this work, and only a few tons
were handled after that month. During
Labor, $5,474.90, or $0.111 per ton filt·
ered; supplies, $1.597.82, or $032 per ton
advance chapter from Bulletin 530. SHVE
Peak Marsh Is a salt playa or driedu.p lak
I the year we treated in all 14,000 tons. The filtered; power, $1.311.15, or $0.026 per ton of prehistoriC origin. about twenty mil.
I cost of putting this material into the mill
was 17 cents per ton. including scraping,
filtered; water. $52000, or $0.001 per ton
filtered; total $8.903.87; or $0.180 per ton
west of Goldfield and twenty·flve mill
southwest of Tonopah, two well known mt
iL
I tramming and hoisting. In the mill it was
mixed with the oxidized ore, and the cost
of milling is therefore assumed to be the
same as the cost of milling a ton of oxi
dized ore. less crushing, or 70 cents.
filtered.
The number of tons of sand and dry ore
Ofe leached during the year was 152,275.
The consumption of chemicals was as
follows:
ing centers of Nevada. The explorat!(
was made for the purpose of ascertaini!
whether deposits of potash salts in commt
cial quantities lie within easy reach of t'
surface. No extensive beds of such sal
The mill costs, segregated by depart· Cyanide. 147,230 lbs., or 073 lbs. per ton; were discovered, although the salts in CI
1 ments, were as follows: lime, 3,078,600 Ibs., or 15.27 Ibs. per ton.
days we had one. Taking out lost time sca!e by Frank Porter, of Silver Peak,
As 67,816 tons of base ore were roasted, The consumption of zinc dust was 100,·, and sold in three years.
the average daily roaster duty was 96.9 tons 648 pounds, or 0.50 pounds per ton. This 01----
per furnace. This is a much higher duty is an increase over former records, because
than we have ever attained before, and mao we reduced our ore tonnage Without propor PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED.
terlally reduced the roasting expense al. tionately decreasing the tonnage of solu·
though at times it adversely affected the tion precipitated. (Prepared for The
slime tailing, and caused some trouble and Davis & Dsvis,patent attGrne~
extra expense in the precipitating depart· The precipitating costs were as follows: ton.)
ment. Labor, $4,376.97, or $0.022 per ton; zinc, 1.035,541-Amaigamator--C. F.
The itelJJlized roasting costs were as fol. $7,780.86, or ·$0.039 per ton; other supplies, cago, IlL
lows: $1,136.44, or $0.005 per ton; water, $60.00, 1,035,273-'-Ore.crusher-B. WI. 'l'r:llvtt;I1
Labor, $15,389.49, or $0.227 per ton or $0001 per ton; total, $14.497.78, or YorkN. Y.
roasted; coal, $33,688.42, or $0.497 per ton $0:072 per ton.
roasted; other supplies, $05,502.09, or $0081
The refining costs were .as {Gllows:
per ton roasted; power, $3,015.32, or $0.044
per ton roasted; water, $525.00, or $0.008 I.;aoor, $3,810,82, or $0.019 per ton;
per ton roasted; total, $58,120.32, or $0.857 piles, $4,787;12, 91: $0.024 per tou;
ton
THE SA L T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC EM BE R 15, 1912.
14
.07
.01
December 6.
Silver, 63% cents; lead, $4.50; copper ca than its greatly increased production, and
thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.25. this in spite of the smeltery and railroad
Lion Hill ................ . 02 I • o~
Deeelnher 7.
Little Bell •............... . ...... ' .35
Silver, 64\{, cents; lead, $4.50; Copper ca difficulties which the eamp is experienc
Lower Mammoth ...... ... .05 I .Uti%
thode, 17.30 cents. zinc (St. Louis), $7.20.
Mammoth ................. .1 2. 00
DeeeJnber 9. in·g. There is no question but what the
Mason Varey ............ 10.50 1 12.00
SCilver, 64% cents; lead, $4.37'h; copper
May Day .. .............. 23 I .Z3%
weekly production of the camp would easlly
Mineral Flat ............ .', .111%
cathode. 17.30 cents; zinc (St. LoUis), $7.20.
December 10. exceed the 250 cars a week shipment if it
Mountain Lake ...... ... . 03 .05
Silver, 64\{, cents; lead, ;4.37%; copper
New york............... .01').1, .02'4
cathode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.20. were not for the curtailment of the Knight
Ohio Copper ............. 1.05 1.35
mines and the shipping difficulties. The
Opohongo . •.............. .08',4 . O~ %
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_ _ _ _....:I=Sales. I H. 1 L. [Ciose
Prince Consolidated ....... 1.62%1 1.67%
Chino . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,200 4inil 40\{,[ 41'h ments over October are as follows;
Goldfield Con. . ..... 1
ii~';.~'TI0~d . ~~~ ..~~~~~~I.d.a ..' . .06 i .1U
.01 \ ........
Nevada Con. •.......
900 1 % 1%
7,060 19% 18¥.: 19",
1% Weekly Average for October.
Seven Troughs .•......... . 01~' .02 '4
Eay Con. . •.....•. '112,000 20 19'~ 19* Cars
Sacramento . .•...•••••.•. ,001/4 , ••..•.. 'renness"e Copper ... 3.300 37 \{, 35 a6')j,
Seven Troughs Coalition •. .42 1 .45 Miami Copper ...... 1 2,800 25')j, 25 25 Beck Tunnel :I
Silver King Coalition..... 3.40 \ 3.45 Utah Copper ........ 11,600 58% 57'4 58 Colorado . .
Silver King Consolidated. .76 1. UII Inspiration. ........ 400 18'>1. 17%.118% 2%
::;tudebaker Co~..:.J __2I)~J 37¥.: 38_ Dragon Con. . . . .................. ,. 1I~
Silver
Sioux
Shield .... .........
Consolidated .......
.00llli
.04 I .02'h
.06 -~--o---- Gold Chain •......................... 8~
~~~t~se:;.:o~o~;gl~~':.'ted··::: .... :00*\ :~~'4 NEW YORK CURB RANGE. Iron Blossom ....................... . 17~
~r';~:r g~~e;Olid':te'd'::::::: :g~ :g1 6 Nevada Utah ........ I.. .... . 3c Ie 3c Yankee Con .... , ............ , ..... . 1'14
19%
Tonopah. .......... ....... 6%1
6%. 6%
May Day ......................... 6 4-15
M cDonald-EIY • ' " ....... ~--":5ka~--'-..:..:..:..'..:.,-,-:_._ ..__9~9 'h_~
.._ ...:..:.::._
Oh 1O-J(entucky . ..........
.20 :30 Mammoth .•...................... ::0 2-15
.22 32 ~----o---~
~:ta ConSOlidated . ...... .55 1 :59 Yankee Con ............. ,........ 24-15
,y Witch ................ .06'h REPORT OF THOMPSON·QUINCY,
~~~f~a'ii yentral-Standard. ----0---
C I ee a ...........
H'::.;:.m. RExtccslon ,........
"'j
.07% ::::::::
.14%
.06
.16
....... .
Secretary Arthur L. Thomas has jn:<t is The Utah Marb'e & Construction com
e .un opper ... ~.-.:..:_._.._.~~ _
1 _ .2~
pany, of Salt Lake, whose quarries are 10'
sued the annual report of the Thompson
Sales. Quincy Mining company, operating in the cated in Hobhle Creek canyon, Utah county,
Iron Blossom, 386 at $1.30.
May Day, 500 at 23c. Park City district of Utah. The statement has prepared a marble slab which is to oe
Silver King Coalition, 100 at $3.32 %; 400 is for the year ending October 31, 1912. sent to the Smithsonian Institute at WaSh
at $3 ..35; 100 at $3.37%; 120 at $3.40.
Un!ted TinOc, 10,000 at * c. The year was prin-cipally devoted to ('.evel ington. The slab is three feet square by
UnIOn Chief, 1,000 at 7c.
Ya,nkee Con., 300 at 17c. opment work in connootion with the tun.nel two inches thick, and was sawed and pol
PrInce Con., 700 at $1. 62%' 200 at $1.65. from the 1,200-foot level of the Daly-West. ished at Provo. It will be used as a table
Shares sold, 13.806. '
Selling value, $4,698.30. The expenses for the year were $5,411.61 for top at the institute, upon which rare speci
Open Board. mine supplies, $11,562.43 for mine labor and mens will be placed. The slab is a sample
Cedar-Talisman, 1,000 at 1 '4c. $1,958.05 for general expense. The money of ibLrds-eye marble, of rare texture and
Crown POint, 1,000 at 5%c.
May Day, 2.000 at 23c. for these expenses came from the sale of beauty, and capable of taking on a most
Seven Troughs, 200 at 214c_ attractive pOlish. The company has marble
UnIon Chief, 1,000 at 7c; 220 at 6 '4c. 5,000 shares of treasury stock and money
Moscow, 1,000 at 30c. borrowed at six per cent interest. The in of various colors and shades, and 1ts
Shares SOld, 7.520.
Selling value, $1,471.80. debtedness of the company is $26,552.98, ries ha.ve been opened up so that
---<>--- The company 1ncreased ·lt8 holdings by tak· be profitably worked.
When. writmg advertisers ldndl, men ·ing over a portion of the old West Quincy Midvale,
tlon The M1n1ng Review. group and now owns about In;a.cfes. alid.·C,' t .G'ilili':I~~fi
THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
CASTLE GATE
CLEAR CREEK
Pleasant Valley
Coa1 Election is Over
7:10 A.M... Ogden. Malad, Den
Metals are Up
den and Intermediate
RAILROAD COMPANY.
(El'leetlve May 19, 1912.) The Scenic Line
(El'lectlve June 16, 1912.) Depart Dall.".. TOTHB
Provo, Manti. Marysvale ......... 8:00 A.M..
Union Station, Salt Lake Cit."., Utah. Midvale and Bingham .•.••.•••.. 7:45 A.M.
Denver, Chicago and East •.•.•••. 8:35 A.M.
Great Copper Mining
DEPART.
No.7-Los Angeles Limited, to
Park City •..•. , ....••....•....•.. 8:20 A.M.
Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 10:35 A.M. Camp of BINGHAM
geles .•..............•... 11:50 P.M. Denver, Chicago and East .......• 5:20 P.M.
No. 51-Miner's Local, to Tooele and Provo, Springville, Tintie .•••.... 4:50 P.M. The Garfield Smelter and Mills of
Eureka . . ...........•.. 7 :30 A.M. Denver, Chicago and East ... _•.. _ 7:00 P.M.
No. 53-Garfield Local, to Garfield Ogden, Portland and Seattle ....... 11:10 P.M. Utah Copper Co.
No. 63-ValleYMall, to Provo, Ne Ogden, San Francisco and West .. 4:55 P.M. Ar. Salt Lake .............. 10:40 A.M.
phi, San Pete Valley and Park City and Intermediate Points 5:00 P.M. 111
Mercur . , ............... 8:00 A.M. Bingham and MIdvale ............ 5:S0 P.M. 3:15 P.M.
No. 8-Lo8 Angeles Limited, from Denver, Chicago and East .••..•.. 10:55 P.M. 11Z
,"T Los Angeles ............ 11 :40 A.M. Phone, Waaateb, 2526. Lv. Bingham .•............ 4:55 P.M.
,,0. 2-The Overland, from Los An· Ticket offlee, 301 MaiD Street. Ar. Salt Lake .............. 6:10 P.M.