Show rI 1 MINES AND MINING NE NEWS Wit OLD CRESSON MINE REPORT f b i Creeks Creek's Famous Cripple J Mine Yields Tons in Year I I I According to word ord from Irom Colorado the V annual annual report rep rt of oC the tho Cresson Consolidated Consol Consol- Consoli dated Gold God Mining co compan P Eh which Is stockholders shown show being being- mailed to all alt beng that tho to property has just l the most successfUl year In Its Is l hl history tor tory rv Production for tho the year CRr ending August S tons ton and the tho net 31 was ae returns were 16 giving 1 theore tho the I ore oro a not of ot 1814 SH and a gross value o 2414 a t ton Tho The company received ot additional Incomes of 93 I from 1599 tons ton of ore net nt t royalties shipped t by lessees Interest or a total of oC net Income Dividends n amounting to 1 0 per pcr DI were Issued luring during tho year ear an anthe and I the total dl distribution to stockholders for tor this period was and to date Serious Inroads 9 have hayo been made upon the labor supply In Inthe the the CrIPp Cripple Creek distrct district but this this' has I not knot slackened to a great extent the production of oC the tho worlds world's greatest gold Aol Development De work has resulted ho bodies les of oC substantial sub sub- ore In fin disclosing new size and value sUb sUb-I I The monthly statement being mailed shows that out nut with the annual report during wih the tho month of September the theo theore above yielded ore oe o e shipped all cost cot of oC operation and that tho the company com corn al pany now has cash in bank amounting amounting to OJ 9 and In n on about thirty cars In transit and at the mill mil milot ll value of oC OOOO of ot an estimate net all VAST IT WEALTH TODAY IN RAILROAD GRANT i According to a New York ou only safe sate basis of calculation In the WO the value of South Pacific al although although al- al company's oil lan lands s is production 31 01 have though most moat of the tho estimates started with acreage The companY compan wih and the estimate itself attempts no most that has been drawn from from an rn n lon lonI a smile at the official was I pf pr 3 ma made e b by a a government a t 0 rn ey December Southern Pa- Pa On December 31 31 1917 subsidiaries owne owned rifle and Its acres Is of oC which Southern rn Tn- Tn t 3 io Land Ind company o t jJ 3 Of OC the latter acreage some Is timber some somo desert but a n lave large II J cal O cj oil roun- roun portion is In Iii the o-cale o 01 I porton in n addition additon a si small smal oil 01 Central Pacific Of the theland Is is owned b by which Is classified OJ only a small I land janil acreage acreage falls under the tho geological 1 falt Is I designation of or certain The Thc l zest lest tt known as ns probable an and llo possible 1 subject tub sub these classifications tire are Moreover fields to constant change As new bp- bp acreage bp- bp re developed possible O company compan immes mes probable but only company certainty the establish 11 drilling can nand or of pt these lands On the tho other hond probable land once classed as has 4 has become worthless as drilling InS has outside out- out shon the con confines of oC a pool to be side aide company holdings t Ide All these lands were obtained under federal Al grant of oC ten sections to be crant selected alternately on each side or ot orthe the roa road A very largo large part of th this Is acreage is on the market a at SO 50 an acre Buyers BUers arc not numerous at that price Somo Sorno of or it I is 1 utterly worthless Some of or the best beat proven pro ell Ll land ma may bo worth an acre l constantly constant moving from Crom With the land Wih estimate be- be I one ne class to another any comes a mere guess uess and not a a very I n close omes one The Tho company compan does docs not riot even o tarry arry arr- the land in its balance sheet 1 Is light lighton Some of the litigation throws In on the value of or the lands June In the suit Buit brought b by the gov- gov to establish fraud In sections or patents to ten acres acres in Kern county count it was alele alleged that the land was worth but its Is value was fixed l by experts at G. G or about bout 1000 an acre The he importance to Southern Pacific of or its Is petroleum operations is shown hown In its Is correspondence last year on this subject In May ny 1917 the company compan wan waP cons consuming barrels barrela ot of fuel uel a day and producing A month later consumption had risen to barrels leaving a shortage or of 1000 I. I barrels At that tm time the company had only four months months' reserve The pro- pro was at tho rate rato of oC 4 barrels per annum while the annual I report showed that tho ho actual p production tion ton of or tho the fuel oil al department for or 1917 In 7 5 ton van only barrels Tho The annual value of or tho output based on the tho daily daHy rate rata given gl en In May and June 1917 would be about 18 while the fuel uel oil 01 department for Lor or the year ear actually reported gross receipts of Under miscellaneous miscellaneous laneous physical at properties In tho the balance balanco balanco bal- bal anco ance sheet as a of or December 21 last Is ran an item Iem of oC nearly all al represented rep rep- resented b by assets of oC the fuel oil 01 de department de- de e- e v vr- vr Tho The consolidated suit now pending I before tho court e involves 4 acres acre all al oil ott land lanh most most of oC it producing oil 01 land containing b by far Car the he greater ter part of or Southern Pacific's I II production bre Although h more than OO defendants are named with wih the railroad rail rall- 1311 I road the company is interested as owner or lessor in most of or tho the area i having parted with very cr little of oC the tho theland I land Jad Involved The Tho groat roat and ana most valuable part of oC the acreage is In Sun- Sun r- r set Midway fal field the most constant and reliable in the state tate From the theland theland land under lease Southern Pacific roC ro- ro C from ole one eighth to one fifth one royalty COPPER COPPE E A INCREASES OUTPUT p Copper corporation produced produced produced pro- pro pounds In October compared with in September and In u August Comparisons ous are aro mado for tor 1 j as 3 follows Pounds lounds September August t 11 July Tuly June Nay May April March February January Heretofore the corporation has pub pub- monthly production figures giving giving ing tug the respective outputs for both the Alaska mines and the Braden Braden Draden Bra Bra- den subsidiary in South America These figures are uio now grouped he foot 1400 tunnel between tho the corporations corporation's Bonanza mine in Alaska tho the Mother Iother Lode property has al- al moet moat been completed and anti ft it i is 18 ex expected tx- tx ux- ux that this will win bo be driven en dl through before the end of ot tho the week Tho The com com- of oC a connecting tunnel between the two properties will wl make It possible pus pos sible for to mill tho high grade Mother Iother Lode ores ore mil Prior to the sale of oC the tho Mother Iother Lode Property to interests the company compan had been seriously hand handl- capped in mining operations due to ack of a 0 concentrating mill for treating developed tonnage of at milling CACTUS MILL TAILING DUMP DUM DUMI I 1 AND AN MODERN METHOD TREATMENT I Relative to mill operations on the theold theold old Cactus mine tailing dumps in n the I western part port of or Beaver Deaver county Supt Supt- II 11 I. I II H. Adams in the tho Salt Lake Lle Mining Review says sas in part palt A short time previous to the breaking breaking break break- ing out of or tho the great reat war several te comI companies com corn panics were wern organized for tor the purpose I of oC reclaiming tho the metal contents of oC old tailing dumps located In the t O in- in country countr Some of oC the tha concerns have been successful among which ma may bo be named tho the Utah l LeasIng LeasIng Leas Leas- asIng as- as Ing company organized for the purpose purpose pur pur- pose of or treating the tailing dump at atthe atthe the thc Cactus mill mi located at Utah The Tho economical mineral of this Te ore Is copper in tho form of ot chalco- chalco pyrite Tho The original milling process required a 1 reduction to everything th through rough four mesh and screen tests show how this was vas accomplished The 1 average aver er erale er- er age copper content of this thle tailing deposit deposit de de- dc- dc ale posit I H is approximately 7 10 of or 1 Iller per ler percent cent ent Oxidation has taken place to somo some extent tho the sands carrying 10 1 of 1 per cent oxidized copper while the thc slimes which arc are segregated from front tho the sands carry carn as much as ns 3 10 of oC 1 per percent percent percent cent copper In oxidized form The average aver aver- ago age moisture content o of the sands Is 4 per cent of oC tho the slimes 20 0 0 p per r cent Oxidation has tal taken cn place to tho the greatest greatest great great- est cst extent where banks are arc dry an and sh shallow al I o Tests were ma made o on the oro to dc- dc lermine suitable process of oC treatment and most satisfactory re reports orts came f front om laboratory of oC Mineral Separation Limited Flow sheet was recommended recommended mended and plans for a a. ton concentrator concentrator concentrator con con- w were ro drawn by O. O B. B Hofstrand Hofstrand Hof- Hof strand metallurgist Salt Lake Lako City Utah Actual construction wa was begun during tho month of oC July 1915 and the tle plant was read ready for operation No- No ember 3 i of same Ime year ear operation has been practically uninterrupted since that time The original plan of oC delivering deliver deliver- I ing mg oro into mill mil bin contemplated plated the use of oC a dra drag line scraper operated b by a double drum hoist Power for or hoist was furnished b by a 3 33 horsepower volt 2200 induction motor This plan did not work out outwell outwell well an and a ton thirty steam shovel ovel of oC the tho revolving revolvinG typo was Installed to together together to- to II gether ether with wih dinkey engine and cars I I 4 I RICO NEIGHBOR ACTIVE According nh to lo word vord from Crom Rico Colo Cob David has started operations oper oper- on the group of oC claims lying between the Tillia D. D property and the Rico nico Wellington on C. C jr ir C. C hill bill hB A shaft hat has been started and Is la down own fifty feet It I Is I expected that this shaft must be shaf sunk to a a depth of 10 feet before the first ore blanket is reached A strong development company headed headd head- head ed d by Wells Wels of oC Denver Den haB has taken en over this prom promising promising- property and andt It t Is announced that a a thorough h development do- do will vIll wi be bc carried out during the tho ho winter In order to determine the I amount of material suitable for tr treat treat- at- at ment for tor potash Is available Tho The mineral minerai is al alunite un I te tho the same samo as that at nt ale ars Utah which has hos attracted attract attract- The fhe CPI ell ed so much uch l of late years ears Calico Calco Peak Peal property Is as aM yet et undeveloped lop ll but large and numerous veins of oC crop on the surface anti and it is believed Iole cd that a largo large tonna tonnage o of at tho the mineral minerai will wil be proved at depth when tho the development now under tinder wa way is finished Six to ten men will bo be employed The Tho Cadez Mining company compan- has been developing de the Tillia Tila D. D property properly durIn dur- dur In lug ng tho the past six months and have ha e enCountered en en- countered l ono one ver very ery promising ore oro blanket from which shipments have been ma made e. e An active campaign of de development de- de has haM been planned for the tho winter and a force of fifteen to lo twenty men will wiil wil be employed Thi property I ls 15 on 1 P- P PIL IL II C C. hm lull north of ot Tr luco f. f I. I of f Ino ho town The Argentine has property during tho the past nast year tar developed Into one of ot the best in th the tho district It H has undergone systematic development and large ore oro bodies have been opened up Ull It I is i at the tho present nt time Um the largest shipper In this camp camJ and If IC sufficient men could be obtained could turn out coul a larger tonnage Tho Illco Mining company has planned an extensive development cam campaign ear n for the winter and are nrc Installing a power line lne and compressor to the Group tunnel and are also working working- orkin a force of oC men in tho the Syndicate tunnel This property Is on famous old Newman Newman Newman New New- man hill hi which h has been tho the main producing part of or tho ho camp In th the past grade ore which is not comm commercial without such Buch a plant and also ao to lack lackor of or proper shipping facilities in tho the wa way of a r l connection Mother Lode should be in a a position I to start tn t shipments shipment from milling o tir ores es es b by next next January a y Following out flow sheet as Planned panne I tho the oro I Is dumped fow on a K grizzly y with wah two inch by bv inch six openings open open- ings under size going to a hott to toa toa toa thence belt conveyor inch iO-inch continuous bucket elevator ele elevator ole ole- inch 16 a 16 which discharges discharge Into ft n ton toil vator From oro bin feed d bin capacity oro ore Chal- Chal two belt driven through I passes fOOL eight b by lengo lonso feeders to tto t o l Is pebble ml mills operating oper oper- four foot mis at S It 11 P. P M. M L. L working In ln closed dosed circuit I Door Simplex circuit with t two o Simplex classifiers were vero tiers fiers The Tho simplex foun found Ina inadequate eQuate anti and were prompt sixteen sixteen- replaced by br two four foot by foot oot Dorr Duplex set on slope elope of oC Inch li per pcr foot and operating at nt 23 Impulses per pel minute 0 OverfloW O v classifiers in is elevated by y two t from inch 16 bucket elevators to a standard Minerals Separation combination corn com 24 inch Inch 6 flotation machine of oC the overhead over over- 76 75 belted to ai a head gear ear driven t type pe head motor This machine v was wal walI as horsepower of oC 10 10 designed for a spindle speed I H. H P. P M. M for standard agitators and n 1 tho the Beb- Beb R. R P r. M. M for a agitators in 1395 hard R section 1 It wa was necessary to re reduce re- re I of Ii 17 lo loR spindle speed duco duce this to a R n. P. P M. M for or standard agitators a and 1 the tho Hobbard Hobbard Hob Hob- R n. P P. M M- 1 for a agitators laton in bard section The machine was operated operated operated oper oper- to a finished concentrate from the thc fIrst six cells the remaining which cells making a n ml middling product was cels as returned to head of oC machno machue with wih out further treatment tailing going asses to a Concentrate passes to wn waste te inch 12 by br foot 10 Dorr thickener passes to underflow from Crom ses pc another Inch 12 bucket elevator ana arm thence to an foot 8 b by foot 6 Oliver Oll nn filter Filtrate is II lau laundered to Dorr thickener and thickener overflow re returned returned returned re- re turned to circuit Concentrate is dis discharged 11 Us char charged ed Into a bin nn and hauled to railroad railroad rail rail- rai- rai five hundred hundred hun hun- di distance lance of road b by team a dred red yards of starting It was v At time readily seen scon that the Hardinge mills did not have sufficient capacity mis of oC this ore arc to break brek down lOWn BOO tons tolis tOiS per twenty-four twenty hours to pass pas G 60 mesh as anticipated but it was found a advisable ad ad- I I Isable 16 tO treat a larger tonnage o or of coarse product Inasmuch ch as approximately approximately I S So per cent of oC talin tailing loss losses s sare are contained |