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Show RICHES OF THE TOW CAMP Tonopah Mining and Belmont Mines Prove Gretnes5 ne District. Tho big companies operating in tho Tonopah district have every reason to .be proud of their achievements, and fortunately ior Ihe 'newspapers of the camp information given is liberal and comprehensive The Tonopah Miuer, having this advantage, shows that during tho month of July the two his companies of tho camp, the Tonopah Mining .and. Tonopah Belmont, enjoyed enjoy-ed a most prosperous period. The Tonopah company milled 14.7S0 tons of ore, tho average value being fl30 per ton. The output was 200 bars of bullion, weighing 21.400 pounds. The -shipments of concentrate concen-trate totaled 125 tons, giving the total to-tal net earnings for the month ?170,-000. ?170,-000. The tonnage milled was about EOo' tone less than during .Tune, hut this is accounted for on account of the J'ourth of July holiday and unsatisfactory' unsatis-factory' power service for a short time during the month. At tho Belmont mill, C.172 tons of ore were treated, and 1,393 tons were shipped to the smelter. The mill produced pro-duced 153 Dars f bullion, tho weight of which was 12, 1C5. pounds. A total f fifty-four tons of concentrates was shipped from- tho mill. The net earnings earn-ings wt-re not reported. It Is thought that this company will 60on increase the capacity of tho mill. The Phlla-delphla Phlla-delphla offices of the company reported re-ported yesterday that ore running from $200 to $400 per ton was bcinf: found on the lower levels of the Belmont, Bel-mont, so conditions certainly help to explain the fact that this issue for several days has been a feature on the eastern markets. For the week ending August 13. tho Tonopah shipments were as follows: Tonopah Mining. C.oOO tons; Belmont, 1,865 tons: Montana-Tonopah, 1.050 tons; MocNamara, 120 tons; West End, 325 tons; Tonopah Extension, S40 tons; Midway, 50 tons; total, 7,7i0 tons; estimated value, $193,750. |