Show JANUARY EARNING OF CON CONWell Well Above Half Million Lar Larger ger Output Is Some Advantage Treating during January dry tons tone of ore averaging a ton tOD the Goldfield Consolidated Mines company do an estimated recovery of ot Th Tho total costs were tho the net earnings for the month being given at tonnages T supplied by the different properties Combination tons ave raging 1841 Mohawk tons at st 1327 l 27 Red fled Top tons at lermont tons at 87 Discussing the effect of ot Increased tonnage upon operating costs General Manager J R It Finley says In din my telegram of January 21 I es estimated estimated estimated the total expense at ThiS appears to be an underestimate tj t the extent of ot This arises from the fact that the estimate was made naile simply on the total number of men employed ed calculating per pert shift It appears now that the Increased t tonnage calls calis for a larger consumption of supplies In proportion to labor The Th total sum of can be ac accounted accounted accounted counted for In two items First an In Increase crease rease in supplies and labor at the tho thomine mine of about and second some additional expenses at nt the mill mm caused by finishing up construction work last month was charged to con construction construction but this month to operating end also some supplies lost by fire and andun andun un an additional consumption of chemicals and nn l supplies due to the freeze up and andi i of or water In the early part of Cost Slightly Reduced However after atter making these cor corrections we still find that the total I cost has haB come down a little tittle principally lr Ir 1 the Item of 01 general expense The Therl c IF rl of mining and development Is a af aw af f v w cents lower than for December and andt t tic P cost ost of milling a few cents higher n the whole I think It Is safe to SlY say that the reduction In costs due to toa ton toa a n production of tons per month as against will be almost entirely 11 I i the overhead charges It Is ia too early to tf F figure on much reduction In other but when our difficulties at nt atthe atthe the mill are fully overcome there should be some pome reduction there thereAs theres thereAs As s to the Ue cost of mining It Is dlf dif fic alt for tor me to see much opportunity f fr jr lower costs possibly we should an anticipate somewhat higher costs on ac account account count of the necessity of providing equipment for operating at greater d than heretofore |