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Show SUIICISfi GRAVEL at Mmmm Lack of Water Pressure Causes Suspension of Hydraulic Vork. j The hjilnnjlic season at Round Mountain Moun-tain in nl (ill end. owing to exhaustion of the supply of witter. President L. D. Guidon states that the Round Mountain 1 Mining company is now handling about 1 t'ifjo yards of gravtl a. week by siulcins, Sitya tfid Toi.opah Daily Bonanza. The gravel is roiiv-yt;d by acnipyrs ami team to a trap, thipiiKli which it is dumpd 1 from an overhead roadway into the head of the boxes. There is an endless procession of these , ore conveyed' es. Last week's clean-up ii.w raged $2.5d a ton protlt, even after j taking out the uvei-head costs. Elect rh: , llhu uro installed and two ehifts are j employ d. This method of operation will be continued until the gravel freezes,! which will probably be two months hence. I The bedrock cleaning is now In prog- : less and will continue for several weeks.! The stripped' rouk is being gone over with j minute care in order to locate gash, seams that may lead to ledges beneath. Literally Liter-ally speaking. tlie bedrock is being scanned by means of magnifying- glasses. Plans are nearly compluted for tlie construction con-struction of either a new Impounding dam ; In Jett can von or reconstructing the pres- ; enL reservoir so that all storm water may be impounded and the supply augmented for the giants. The mine and mill are both running regularly and are on a profitable basis. A new departure next season will be 1 hal in the sluicing" of tlie gravel, for blor-k steel rails will be substituted. Seven tons ot twenty-five -pound rails have been ordered. Quicksilver will continue con-tinue to bo used, although even without with-out It the saving would be nearly complete. com-plete. The sluices are 240 feet long and nearly all tho g-old is caught in the upper up-per sets. The tails show hardly a color. Next season the yardage of gravel handled is expected to be much larger and of better grade than this year. |