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Mining Operations in District During Week
—
The feature of the week in the district i> contained in
the increased effort put underway at McGill of larger output <>f
blister copper during the mouth from the reduction work- of
Steptoe Valley Smelting. The Xo. 2 reverberatory wa< fired up
after a thorough overhauling and they now have all four of
these fumaee> going full r-wing. Three of them made matte out
put which brought the copper production in March to ney six
million pounds and with four going during the last half ot tins
month there is no question but that, barring some serious and
unavoidable interference, they will cross the six million pound
Expectation is that work on the fifth reverberatory will
soon be underway again. A matter of probably siity days from
the time of resuming, if all materials are on hand, will see this
furnace completed and assure the steady operation of four at all
times. The steel work is up* and the brick about all that remains
to go in. This work would have been out of the way now prob
abv had the materials been available. "VWth the fi'e furnaces
available probably in July, there will be big things doing around
the middle of the year.
CopperFlat pit is standing up steadily to the big produc
tion of ore for which it is being called upon and which is like
lv to soon increase to above the 10.00*1 ton a da} demand as a
regular thing. Rejort has it again that steam shovels have been
ordered for the new Liberty group pit site and that there will
soon be activity on this property to the end of putting it in the
producing column along with Cop|>er 1 lat. The latter Is e\ery
dav making it- great hole in the ground a little bigger. The ore
is staying with it and its extent still unknown. It has been a
wonder in the expansion it has made in pay -tuff and gives no
indication at this time of being anywhere near through with
this manner of j >erfonnanee.
At the concentrator splendid work is being done with the
mill, with each week showing a little gain. They now eat up the
ore there fa-ter than ever before, and with this gain have made
gain in the retention of values. The overhauling is about com
pleted and the mill in decidedly the best form that it ha- ever
known. It's jierfomianees tell as much and doubtless contain
surprises for the most sanguine who participated in its specifica
tions and building.
In the district generally the week was productive of little
that might class out of the ordinary in copper camp routine, for
it comprises a simple record of steady progress with work and
the acquirement of constantly better condition in connection
with development of increased resources. Giroux is keeping up
its splendid work in getting its great new shaft in shape for bus
iness while their churn drills are getting altogether satisfactory
results in the area in which emploved.
July will probably see the Giroux ready to begin in the
great work which is first ahead of the new shaft, this being the
connection by drift with the Alpha workings between the 1.000
and 1,200 levels of the two shafts and the sinking below the
1.200 from the new shaft. Alpha shaft findings give every rea
son for expectation that between the 1.000 and the 1.200 the de
velopment which is planned will block out a great body of prob
ably direct smelting ore, the richest that the camp has ever
opened. Such result will make place for the Giroux in very short
order among the first copper producers of the country. How
ever. the property is not tied absolutely to results from this de
velopment. for it can make a mine whether success or failure at
tend this particular feature. But it is dependent upon the rich
ore at depth for the really gTeat mine that it is expected to
make.
Meantime Boston Ely is proving things of advantage to
Giroux in its research for its deep and rich ore body, and inci
dentally Boston Ely is making a great mine. The work there
has been delayed some of late by conditions which are rapidly
being overcome and which will soon be out of the way, allowing
of resumption of the full sjeed ahead which was followed until
they got going down in the winze. As at all time in recent
months, Boston Ely is looking mighty good and keeping steadily
ahead with its high promise of a big and rich mine in due time.
Ely Con. is looking very encouraging throughout and there
is nothing in its condition at this time to give other than hope
that it will make good in the liberal way that has been expected
by the management since the coming in of its ore in well defined
manner during the early part of the winter. Ely Central is mak
ing all the speed toward its ore body in the Eureka that can be
asked. It is but a question of days now until they get into it.
On other ]>ortions of the property results being obtained con
tinue highly satisfactory. Chainman development is reported
to be making good in an entirely satisfactory manner and the
leasers on this property are certainly deserving of success as
well as credit for the pluck and intelligence which they are put
ting into their work. Ely Centennial is driving right along with
its work, with result of more enthusiasm every day on the part
of those who are familiar with the results being obtained. Ely
Calumet keeps ahead with encouraging conditions attending,
while the others of the camp actively engaged join in the
chorus of good results, which comes from all sides in measure
appropriate to the efforts being put forth. There is nothing
but sunshine on the local mining horizon, with every condition
favorable to constantly brighter days.
Regarding the resources and possibilities of the district,
Iron Ore prints the article below in a recent issue. The News
finds particular pleasure in reproducing the matter by reason of
the fact that it repeats much in a general way that has had to
say with reference to the big things ahead in the lime and in
deep mining in the camp. Here is what Iron Ore savs:
According to the opinions of mining men familiar with the
fonnatioas in and about Ely, there are to be very important ore
additions to that field in the future. The Nevada Consolidated
company, in the extension of its operations westward from its
Copper Flat operations, has established the fact that there is
an entirely different run of ore extending westward from the
one it has been working its steam shovels on, and which has
yielded very large tonnages at small cost per ton per man. So
cheaply has the ore been obtained due to the fact that it lies
close to surface and can be won with the shovels, that despite
the low copper content substantial dividends are being earned,
the cost for making the pound of copper being slightly more
than seven cents, which, in these days of high costs, is a splen
did achievement.
Recently a new run of ore has been located that makes
westward upon lauds of the old Butte & Ely ground, a property
now controlled by Giroux Consolidated Mine company. The
Nevada Consolidated has proved the existence of a big deposit,
and the Giroux people have also located it with their drills, so'
the new deposit is now well established. The Giroux company
did a great amount of churn drilling last year and will soon re
-ume this work on an extensive ^cale. it Wing important to
know something of the probable outlines of their ore< in this
camp. If a big surface plant is to W erected it will W well n«>t
to have it standing ujon ground rich in copper. The work al
ready done in this line ha- been highly gratifying to the man
agement. and it is the plan to round this out so that more can W
told of tlie ore deposits. Enough was done on lands of the
Butte & Ely last year to disclose that it i- a most valuable i>os
session bought at a very low figure.
It is probable that the diamond drill will W* employed to
test ground to the east of the big Giroux shaft now nearing com
pletion in the limestone a few hundred feet distant from the old
Alpha shaft in which such rich ores have Wen found. Much is
Expected from the limestones near tlie porphyry contact on
grounds of the Giroux company, and it may be that a line of
I shafts extending for some distance to the east will W establish
ed. the company owning aWut two miles of ground in this direc
tion. Giroux has a splendid territory and much of it has yet
| to W explored. It has the copier. too. as shown in several
shafts where important tonnage- of copper-gold ores have l>een
blocked out. and drill tests have also Wen highly satisfactory
in ore deposit- encountered.
COPPER AND MIXING REVIEW.
—
In Its weekly review of copper
metals and mining, the Boston
Financial New? says
The statement issued by the Cop
per Producers association added
another discouragement to the copper
metal market. The export deliver
ies were small but the chief cause for
discouragement was found in the
production. The confident state
ments made three months ago. that
the production of copper was to be
curtailed, have not been borne out by
the figures and view of the reduc
ed production of the Butte mines,
owing to the strike, this is rather a
singular fact. The situation must
be taken as it is, however, and with
the large surplus of copper held
abroad and here there seems no im
mediate prospect of higher prices
for the metai being maintained.
There is a conviction in some quar
ters. that the metal market is being
made to serve the purpose of those
interested in the merger of all the
larger copper producing companies
and that in order to secure certain
properties at a price, production ts
being maintained with the desire to
ihold prices down. Another factor ts
the unfavorable monetary situation
in London and Paris, wttere so much
of the metal is being carried by the
banks for the account of speculators.
Electroytic is freely offered at lSt^c
and small lots in the open market are
being sold at even a lower figure.
The demand Is very light and with
so large a surplus held here and
abroad, the consumers are expected
to maintain their attitude of buying
from hand-to-mouth, until something
happens to change the aspect of the
situation. The metal situation looks
bad for the' immediate future, but
with increasing consumption it is
only a question of time when higher
prices will prevail and there is the
i probability of a voluntary curtail
ment of the production before con
ditions get so bad that a curtailment
is forced by the closing of some of
the mines. In a broad way, the out
look for copper is very bright, as
there will be a growth in the con
sumption from various sources, in
cluding the increased growth of
hydro-electric power and a substitu
tlon of electricity as a mortice power
on the railroads. The conditions of
today are discouraging but the out
look is hopeful and it Is quite likely
that the American consumer will
wait too long before buying his sup
plies.
It was the general belief a week
ago that the liquidation In the cop
pers had about run Its course. For
a time some of the leaders about held
their own and a few small gains
were recorded hut the break in the
Lake issues started the whole mar
ket off again and when the Copper
Producers' statement for March was
published showing a large Increase
in the surplus, the bag was opened
wide again and a flood of stocks
came on the market carrying prices
to the lowest levels yet reached on
this movement. The Lake issues were
again the leaders in this movement
but the selling was heavy through
out the list and the declines very
large So one seemed to want the
stocks thrown over even at the ex
treme low prices and as tbe week
closed they are bolding within n
fraction of the low levels recorded
Long stock have been coming on the
market in large blocks margin ac
counts of the shorts hare been free
ly liquidated and added to thia has
been the heavy aelling of the shorts
who have pressed the advantage
gained a week ago. Brokers say they
are carrying fewer stocks than they
have held for a long time so the
| technical position seems to be very
I much improved but in spite of this
jthey are advising purchasers at pres
I ont levels as a rule. They seem to
fear a still further reduction in the
; price of copper metal and from the
developments in tbe market during
i the past week such an expectation
seems to be well based. For a time
therefore we are liable to seee con
1 sideranie irregularity in the local
issues if indeed we do not witness a
still further slump In prices. It all
’seems to depend on the course of the
metal.
INSPIRATION.
Now that the Inspiration Copper
company's 185-horse power air com
pressor is again In commission after
a temporary shut down of two weeks
The Mining Industry’s Great
I Part In Country’s Activity
For the average mind to attempt
to conceive the magnitude of the min
ing industries of the United States,
together with the allied industries
that are directly engaged in the pro
duction of the minerals and manu
factures that work these products
into articles appropriate for the uses
of mankind, is something like the
lay mind attempting to grasp the
mysteries and complexities of as
tronomical realms.
One of the most brilliant days in
American history was that morning
in the spring of '49 when "Jim''
Marshall found placer gold near bis
sawmill in Sutter creek. This small
match electrified the nation, quick
ened its commercial pulse, firmly ce
mented to the confederation of states
a large western empire, including sev
eral thousand miles of the best shore
line skirting on the world's greatest
highway, caused transcontinental
railroads to be built and set the pace
which brought the commercial mas
tery of the world within reach of the
United States.
The placer finds in California in
’49 furnished the first great impetus
to American mining industries. Since
that time their development, almost
unaided as they have been by the
: federal government, has been little
short of marvelous.
Just a quarter century agone our
annual mineral output was only
$400,000,000. Wielders of the pick,
pan and shovel have since steadily
boosted the amount skyward, until
in 1907, the production reached the
$2,050,000,000 mark. The year 1908
suffered a decline, but 1909 added a
few more millions, and the next year
or so will see two and a half billions.
In tonnage comparisons with other
Industries a cleverer idea of the ex
tent to which the mining Industries
have grown can be gained. During
the year ending June 30, 1907, the
total freight of main-line origin car
ried by the railroads was 893.184,972
tons. Of this total the products of
the mines amounted to 476.899.638 i
tons, or approximately 53.4 per cent.J
Properly added to this la the Item of
manufactured mineral products, such
as petroleum and other oils, bar and
sheet metal, iron, pig and bloom,
cement, brick and lime, etc., amount
ing to 76.282.981 tons, giving a
grand total of over 553.000,000 tons,
or approximately 62 per cent of the
total railroad traffic. This is against
about 340,000,000 tons furnished by
all other industries combined, such
as agriculture, forestry, livestock and
all articles of manufacture other
than manufactured mine products.
' For purposes of clearer distinction it
: should be stated that manufactured
i mine products do not refer to the
finished articles made of the miner
als and metals; it embraces only
those raw minerals and metals ex
tracted from the rocks by treatment
and reduction processes which re
semble manufacturing.
But a more striking parallel may
be drawn: During the same period
approximately 237.000 miles of road
bed were in operation in the I'nited
States; subdividing this mileage
among the different industries in pro
portion to the tonnage furnished by
each we find that some 147,000 miles
are engaged exclusively in hauling
mineral products, and about 90,000
miles are hauling the products of
all other industries combined.
Still another comparison: Two
million freight cars ran over these
roads carrying their freight; 1,240.
000 were exclusively handling oar
goes of mineral products, and 760,
000 cars satisfied all other purposes.
The railroads were then employ
ing some 1,675,000 men; of these
about 1,047,000 were concerned with
trains exclusively handling mine
products and 630.000 filled all other |
needs.
The tonnage furnished by mining
is seven times larger than that of all
agricultural products; 28 limes
larger than that of the livestock In
dustries; S'* times that of forest j
products; 7 times that of the manu
factured industries and nearly twice
as large as all of them combined.—
Boston Financial News.
due to a fault In the alignment,
work will be pushed on the Keystone
adit which is being driven toward the
Inspiration's large low grade ore
body where developed by the work
ings from the Joe Bush shaft., j
Thenceforth the development of the
Inspiration ore body will rapidly
accomplished by means of air drills
in the various parts of the under
ground workings.
The adit from Keystone gulrn is
already over 180 feet long and will
be continued northward to connect
with the Joe Bush shaft. The drift j
now being driven from the Scorpion
shaft, 2,400 feet northwest of the
Joe Bush, wllj also connec t with the j
extraction adit. The worn already
done on the 27 5-foot level of the
Scorpion shaft aggregates over 550
feet. The greater part of this work
has been in concentrating ofe of an
average grade as high as that of any
low grade mine in the Miami dis
trict. Judging by the results of the
chum drill work farther south and
west, the ore body extends a consider
able distance beyond the level work
from Scorpion shaft.
According to the method of mining
to be followed on the Inspiration
property one of the raises in the Joe
Bush workings has already been
driven to within a few feet of the j
surface, and other raises are going
up in a similar manner from the 400
foot level.
The new headframe and new cages
together with a hoist recently in
stalled will provide a thoroughly ef
ficient means of raising from the
mine the material excavated in the
course of the underground work.
As the Inspiration Copper com
pany has just purchased the Star
churn drill formerly used in prospec
ting the Schulte group of claims,
three drills will be in operation on
the property in the future.
COPPER WITHOUT KIRK.
Metro-4 liemical Process Is Proving
Commercial Success. Says
K. T. Godhe.
In treating low grade copper-lead
ore the electro-chemical process tn
j vented by E. L. Anderson of Loa
Angles is proving to be a commercial
success, as exemplified by an experi
mental plants handling 25 tons of ore
a day according to a statement re
ceived by E. L. Godbe of this
i city from his brother. Sam T. Godbe,
mining engineer and metallurgist,
after he had made a thorough examl
nation of the working of the new pro
cess. says the Salt Lake Herald.
There would appear to be no ques
tion that for the reduction of cer'a'n
kinds of ore the process will sup
plant both concentrator and furnace,
effecting some reduction of cost of
treatment, even when operated upon
a relatively small scale. Tests will
j likely be made within the next few
days to ascertain whether It will
prove effective in treating ores con
! tafning tine in combination with
jlead.
Sam T. Godbe, writing from Los
Angles, says:
"1 have investigated the process
: you Inquired about and It apj>ears to
! me to be a practical one that may b
{used In many instances to advantage.
: It has been examined and end ora *d
by Julius Koeblg. R. A Pares, and
{other chemists and metallurgists
, here. It is best adapted to oxidised
and roasted ores, but sulphide or-a
may be tested raw and oxidization ef
fected in the hydro-fluo-sllicic acid
solution by the aid of a strong elec
■ trie current; but except where elec
tric energy is especially cheap roast
ing is recommended.
"A description of the process on
an oxidised ore containing 3 per cent
j lead may serve to illustrate Its opera
tion:
"The ore, after being crushed to
20-mesh, is placed In a large round
tank and covered with the solution
j of 5 per cent hydro-fluo-sllicic acid
j and allowed to remain ten to twelve
hours. At the end of that time most
| of the copper and lead will have be
icome dissolved, forming a solution of
j fluo-sllicate of copper and lead. The
solution Is then drawn off into settl
ing tanks, where the copper and lead
are precipitated electronically, witn
regeneration of the acid involving
theoretically no loss.
"The solution Is passed from the
perripiiatlon tanks, containing only
small quantities of the copper and
lead. Into a sump, from which it is
pumped back into the storage tank.
The solution flowing through the pre
i (putting tanks passes between a ser
ies of graphite annodes and thin cop
per cathodes, the current causing the
copper to deposit upon the cathodes
in a pure refined condition. And at
the same time the lead contained in
the solution is deposited upon the
graphite annodes in the form of lead
peroxide. Gold ond silver, If con
tained In the ore, after the extraction
of the copper and lead, may be ob
tained by cyanide solution without !
removal of the ore.
"The estimated cost of leaching the
ore containing 3 per cent coppe and j
3 per cent lead, with a plant of 25 ]
tons dally capacity Is as follows:
Crushing to 20-mesh, at 35c. . I 8.7 5
Putting in and removing from
tanks at 25c. <5.25
Loss of arid In talings, 5 gal.
Ions per ton at 7c. 8.75
Electrical energy, 35 h. p.,
at 2c. 17.28
labor. 18.00
Total coat for 25 tone ore.. 59.03
Coat per ton of ore. 2.36
Cost per lb. copper, 96 per
cent extraction. 041
‘ Ninety-six per cent of the lead
was also extracted, amounting to 1.
4 4'i pounds.
"The estimated cost of building
and equipping a 25-ton plant in Los
Angeles is 115,000.”
TOXOPAH EXTEXHIOX BI LLION.
Two Week's Operation* (lire Twenty.
Five Thouaanrl Oollars to
Comimnjt,
Monday morning General Manager
John G. Kirchen of the Tonopah Ex
tension shipped fifteen bars of bullion
weighing 1720 pounds and valued at
$16,000. On Saturday previous
thirty tons of concentrates were ship^
ped, valued at $300 a ton, or a total
of *9,000. The total of both ship
ments amount to $25,000, and repre
sent a two week's run of the Exten
sion mill. This was the fourth dean
up of the plant and the total extrac
tion greatly exceeded the previous
runs, says the Tonopah Bonanza.
Mr. Kirchen is highly gratified at
the success of the plant, which is now
' preforming like clockwork. There is
not a minute's delay by imperfect
machinery or improper installation of
the same, with the exception of the
time w hen the rock-breaker was out
of commission for a few days, but
this was due entirely to an accident
that could not have been avoided.
Food for reflection is frequently
too rich for a delicate stomach.—
Dallas News.
The pioneer drug
store of Ely.
Everything in
drugs
Clark’s Drug Store
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