Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-27 | Page 12 | Nevada Mine Mill Increase Output

Nevada Mine Mill Increases cs Output TONOPAH Nc Nev Feb The 27 plant of the General Metals Recovery Recover corporation has been completed and andIs Is now operating at 1 its full capacity of tons Ions a day dar Construction started last June and during the last three mo months S th ot of 1934 the plant operated at two thirds capacity During that pc pe- nod it il recovered d d from the sand tailings tail tail- ings of the old ld Tonopah h Mining company company's company's com- com pany pany's s mill ounces of or siler sil vcr ver and ana G 17 oL ounces of gold all alln of n a gross value of ot 37 7 The mechanical problems problem arising from irom the handling or an nn all sand product prod prod- were worked out by Albert Silver Sil ver vcr Tonopah engineer also in charge of or Bradshaw Inc at Goldfield The The Millers tailings pond is the largest remaining in the state and Mr Silver estimates there are tons ton of oC the tailings to be treated which means means about four years ears of ot steady stead ope operation The Tonopah Mining company company's 8 mill was WM abandoned about three years e r ago and it its min mines at Tonopah placed on ona a leasing basis the ore going to Utah smelters rs I