Show goldfield cio df i 6 el d development is is milling millin by AL ai H MARTIN after sixteen months of preparation and conquering of numerous obstacles the goldfield development company has placed the first unit of its magnificent 1000 ton mill in commission for the first ten days the plant was operated on ore sampling around 6 from the red top mine but on june delivery of ore assaying from 15 to 25 per ton started from the development crackerjack florence and red hills flor ence mines in addition to the output from the red top combination and mohawk mines of the goldfield development group together with the yield from the reiley lease on the florence the mill will treat fifty tons of ore daily from the crackerjack property sampling 20 to 25 per ton the development product going at present to the stamps has an average value of 15 per ton higher grade ore is coming from the Flord florence nce and red hills florence later on with the plant operating at top capacity the average grade of ore milled will be lowered to around 8 to 10 per ton with bulk of ore drawn from the enormous reserves blocked out in the combination and red top mines two and one half million tons of ore more than tons of ore of a gross eross estimated value of to 18 are exposed in the various mines controlled by the goldfield development ind and the entire product can be treated at a gross cost of 4 per ton according to general manager A I 1 darcy that the averse grade of ore will be materially bet wed aued by discoveries of rich quartz in the old w ekings workings of the mines formerly com posing the goldfield consolidated is confidently fi expected by the management plans are being rapidly consummated by the goldfield deep mines company for preliminary work on the shaft which is to be sent to a depth of feet on the blue bull territory meetings of the various companies merged into the goldfield deep mines have been called for the purpose of ratifying the consolidation deep exploration to cost arrangements have been made to move the massive hoists from the atlanta and goldfield merger mines to the blue bull and a fund of has been provided to carry forward the work it is estimated that total cost of sinking the shaft and exploring the goldfield consolidated vein in the will approximate the work represents the most ambitious campaign of deep developments ever undertaken in southern nevada and has been endorsed by george wingfield president of the goldfield consolidated and other prominent operators and engineers it is the belief of many goldfield engineers that within the will be found the source of enrichment of the marvelously rich veins which for many years made goldfield the wonder gold camp of the world the goldfield consolidated vein has been demonstrated to continue without a break through andesite and shale into the underlying and has yielded large quantities qua of rich ore in every type of formation traversed upon the results attending the deep mining outlined by the goldfield deep mines company will depend the future of goldfield |