Show JUDGE MINING AND SMELTING the mining review is in receipt of the annual report of the judge mining smelt ing company for the year 1918 according to the report the company made a arost creditable showing for the period mentioned notwithstanding the high cost of labor and supplies and the added difficulty of obtaining the necessary labor at times in spite of these difficulties the company disbursed its four regular dividends of 12 cents a share during the year on the 0 O shares of its outstanding stock agar aggregating the handsome sum of the report is signed by george W tani tam bourne president and general manager who says in part the products from the concentrating mill and ahe the output of crude or smelting smelling sm elting grade ore from the mine compare with the year 1917 as follows lead concentrates were produced tons zinc concentrates tons a total of tons the smelt ing grade ore was increased 2386 tons the output of smelting smelling sm elting grade ore shows an increase in two years of per cent the falling off in the production of concentrates was not due to the mine conditions as a large tonnage of ore was at all times available but entirely to the adverse conditions already stated under which operations were carried on the metal contents of the tons of ore sold were silver ounces gold ounces lead pounds copper pounds which compare favorably with the metal contents of tons sold in 1917 receipts from all sources were 1090 against expenditures of including the dividend of showing a reduction during the year of in our cash balance in this connection however attention is called to one million six hundred and two thousand pounds of high grade spelter approximately one thousand tons of zinc concentrates and twelve hundred tons of residues on hand or in transit to market at the close of our fiscal year zinc plant changes john T ellsworth superintendent of the judge companas comp anys zinc plant calls attention in his report to the fact that inability to secure necessary chemicals for purification of solutions made it necessary to carry on prolonged experimentation to find substitutes this has now been jone done and operation will be practically free from am chemical market provision was made for grinding of concentrates which will increase plant recovery of zinc by practically eliminating the large percentage of sand product which has represented a considerable percentage of zinc treated the coarse material not being capable of receiving a proper roast and therefore by acid and a complete loss the plant is now producing spelter of highest purity and while some improvements are still necessary they are chiefly mechanical and a consistent and gradually increasing production may now be expected output from mine 0 N friendly general superintendent submits a detailed report of mine development showing totals of feet in drifts and crosscuts cross cuts and 2 feet I 1 in raises the net weight of the mill ore mined is tons and of shipping ore mined tons speaking of the mill development the superintendent says A number of important replacements have been made in the concentrator and some minor changes made in the how flow sheet for the purpose of obtaining a maximum recovery of metal in line with the general safety first policy of the company the entire mill has been carefully gone over and every possible safeguard against accident provided ded the plant is now exceptionally tio nally well equipped in this respect the statement of mill operation is as follows tons of ore treated dry weight tons of lead concentrates produced dry weight tons of zinc concentrates produced dry weight ratio of concentration for lead concentrates to 1 ratio of concentration for combined lead and zinc concentrates to 1 number of eight hour shifts operated average capacity per twenty four hours tons reduction in surplus the report of the secretary and treasurer shows a balance on hand january 1 1918 of crude ores sold for 35 lead concentrates for theline the zinc plant yielded of which were derived from spelter the interest and sundry receipts amounted to making total receipts of expenditures tures show disbursements of on mine account on mill account on zinc reduction plant account for prospecting exploratory and dead work for ore expense 2000 1 for drainage and for general expense other minor items and the dividend bring the surplus at the beginning begin nin got 1919 |