Show AROUND THE MINES the directors of the goldfield consolidated soli dated mines company at their meeting last week decided to pass tho the quarterly dividend the elmetric power was turned on at tiger at goldfield last week and preparations aro are under way to the shaft and conduct active mining operations in 1904 calumet hecla was tho the premier copper producer of north america with an output of SO pounds in 1905 tor for the time it lost its leadership belne being elcee exceeded ded by anaconda by less than pounds since 1905 when calumet hecla was tho the count rys second largest producer its yearly production has declined pounds in the meantime output of anaconda as a result of consolidation has increased pounds practically a ton and one halt half of bullion iwas shipped june 2 by the ton opah extension to the selby smelter the exact weight of the shipment was given out as 2822 pounds the consignment sign ment consisted of twenty two bars and has an estimated value of 31 copper exports during the month ot of may measured tons exclusive of southern and pacific ports which with one exception was the most xen generous month math for shipments in recent years these exports compare with tons in april and icons la in march of this year construction work anthe big mill of the duckhorn buchhorn mines company is making good progress according to F J siebert Sl ebert consulting engineer for the Buck buckhorn born company and other wingfield interests and it Is expect expected od that the plant will bo in operation in the month of october the new hoist bolat and gal gallowe lowr frame fiame of the big four at manhattan nev were installed last week and the work of hoisting ore is again in progress it was necessary to suspend hoisting operations at the mine for only eight hours while the machinery and frame were being put in ID the interesting information is obtained from the east that the town ot of miami arizona Is to be graced with a smelting smelling sm elting plant although those in apo a position to talk authoritatively upon me subject have failed so far to take the public into their confidence in regard to tills this important matter J 11 II miller one of the principal owners of the famous lucky boy property near hawthorne nev has arrived in goldfield and states that the tunnel on this property has been driven 2200 feet anti and according to the plans of the company will bo be driven a total distance distan ce of oc feet drifting on ore on the 1050 foot level of the north star istar mine at tono pah is now in progress but the drift has not yet been sufficiently advanced to encounter the downward extension of the shoot on the level above in the meantime raising on ore ora Is being continued an the S io foot level during the month of april 1913 the total production of the goldfield consolidated soli soll dated mines company was tons from which resulted net nel realization of of which the min ing realization was waa and milling transportation companas comp anys profit and miscellaneous earnings were the workings of the Tono tonopah palt merger mine continue to expose bodies ot of good ore in five different caces on two levels says tho the tonopah miner Ml iter the work on the 1170 foot level is demonstrating that the vein is strong and carrying good payable values although no high grade ore shoot has yet been encountered the month of may with the ray consolidated company from a copper production standpoint was the best beat in the companas comp anys career and the he management is steadily increasing its production from month to month in a i very satisfactory manner on the other hand the chino company for some borne reason not yet known has experienced a decreased production since march notwithstanding the efforts which have been beba made by the stall bro brothers thors to keep quiet the work which has haa been done in the serila ani other properties which they havo have under bond the story of the rich strike has leaked out says the carson mows laws the serita property is the richest richert yet found in the masonic dIS districh trICE and will prove to be a wonder when fully developed ve loped the report that tho day bristol company on its foot level has a fine body of rich copper sliver silver ore within the gipsy property is confirmed the crosscut having gone for eight feet without bringing the second wall to view according to the report of the nevada hilla mining company for the mouth month of april the indebtedness at the close of april business was it is understood that much if not all of this debt since has been liquidated and the company should have a clean balance sheet with wilh the close of f the may business station sets have been installed at tho the 1750 foot level of the main or st ives shaft of the goldfield merger mines company and sinking is 18 still in progress to continue to a depth of 1800 feet in order to provide a sump of ample capacity says the goldfield tribune according to the tha fly ely expositor the tha management ot of the nevada consolidated company la is making preparations to begin mining the ruth ore by way of the star pointer shaft which abaft was driven about six years ago for or this purpose |