Show CYANIDE FOR KEANE WONDER herald rhyolite nev the management of the keane wonder mining company is planning the installation of a cyanide plant to increase the capacity of the twenty stamp mill which has been in commission for one year according to W G chapman who is in charge of the companas comp anys rhyolite office the plan is to erect a plant capable of handling tons a day and it is likely that the work of installing it will be done within a short time in anticipation of this improve ment the grading for the tanks is now being done the principal reason for delaying the 7 addition of the cyanide equipment has been the lack of water at various times the management has concluded that the water supply would be sufficient only to find a few days later that it could not be depended upon in fact the water supply has been the bugaboo at the keane wonder and the capacity of the mill has been utilized only a small portion of the time owing to the deficiency fici ency there is no denying the assertion that the keane wonder mine today is in a position to make a pyo production second to none of the milling propositions of the state in point of tonnage the keane wonder could compete nicely with any of the nevada pro dubers excepting none not even the mohawk or the mizpah for there are tons of good ore actually in sight which may be 1 quarried down from the side of the mountain in the least expensive manner the possibilities of the property are sim ply immense lack of water has retarded the output although the mill has turned out two bricks a month regularly for some time the output of the mill for the first year has been from plate amalgamation only the tailings having been impounded awa awaiting itin the installation of cyanide tanks |