Show YERINGTON NEEDS SMELTER It seems t to he hc the general Impression that t until tho the YerIngton mines are arc provided provided provided pro pro- vided with a custom smelting plant the truo true merits of or that thit district will not re receive re- re a proper rating Some of or the mines mine have havo already dc rIe eloped a hi big tonnage of oC high grade ores which can bo be sent dIrect di direct dl dI- to the tho markets from tho the mines on a profitable profitable- basis to tho the operators but some of ot the tho formations are aro peculiar to that belt and it is claimed that the product will havo have to bo ho treated on tho the ground in order to get a profit Some of ot the Eastern authorities claim that tho the conditions of ot Yerington have havo beep beel overestimated o and that lint t with few exceptions tho lie mines are not riot going to come up to the expectations of or the thc mining world t Ho How true truo this condition is Is ISI ic ic- mains yet ct to be seen for 01 It should be borne borno in mind that the mines have havo on only I been worked a IL short time while hila large am and permanent ent development work ork require several years ears before the best results can possibly bo be obtained Here Is what oneo one o of the tue Boston en engineer has to sa say of or the ton diggings Metallurgical condit conditions Ions are arc er very ery bad had and all nil tho the ore must be smelted as there aro too many garnets and similar minerals miner miner- ale ala to permit of oC concentration Capt Do La Ia Mar Is la talking for the of oC a big magnetic separation process mill engineers l Wilson Frank and Bellinger have been examining and sampling this property which Do La Mar has offered for or sale for or DC Do La Mar claims that by the mn magnetic magnetic mag mag- neUe separation process ho can save savo 95 05 Ii per pr cent of ot the copper values but ninny many metallurgists claim that hint he lie cannot save savo better bettE r than 80 SO to 85 per cent and that tho the costs cost make tho ho process unprofitable Every ounce of ot the oro ore will have hl to he be roasted using fuel to do It It and then in that country of or blazing heat the roasted ore will have havo to be cool f Moreover cr the time ore oro will probably have to be crushed dr dry before roasting The Tho smelting smelling for or the thc camp will wm have o to be done at some sonic good distance from Crom the tho mines mIne ns as tho the Yerington valley Is an agricultural one and the question of ot mo e and fumes would make smelting In the valley prohibitory |