Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-06 | Page 22 | Utahns Develop Old Nevada Mine

UT AHNS DEVELOP 4 OLD NEVADA NEY ADA MINES MINE With a ton 50 mill scheduled d to td i start operations about October 1 Jj the Centennial Gold Mining Jining com I y cora pany 75 miles north of Elko and 13 la I miles south of Mountain City Nev Nevi t twill will begin production from a body body t tat of at gold ore are containing from to tons according to Ernest Ernet- C. C McGarry who is Interested lathe In ia la the development It is essentially a Utah enterprise Alonzo Mackay former county commissioner of Salty Lake count county is president R R. H Barton secretary and Georgi George B.- B. B 3 Coxe consulting engineer i iThe The Centennial claims were wen h in production before 1903 and with the aid of a stamp mill are said to i have yielded about worth of gold Four tunnels tunnel one above another at intervals interval of J m a feet were driven into the mountain on a vein three to five fiva f ve 4 l feet wide The richest ore Ws' Ws j mined and ani milled but many thousand thou thou- sand tons of oC lower grade was left leftin in place At the new price of ot 35 an ounce for gold Mr McGarry F says the residue is estimated to t 1 j have have- havea a gross value of ot about 15 15 a. a 4 ton 1 The ore will be ground in a ball baU f J mill and treated by flotation Teata r indicate a recovery of 92 to 91 M per c t cent A site has been mapped for for fora a tunnel 1200 feet teet lower on the i vein which may add to the tonnage available The property which Is owned b. b Y tj two estates estate in the east has been taken under lease and option by the Centennial company payment to to be bo completed within 10 years 11 f