Show TIME TO ON VER LOYER fRADE ADE ORES Nevada Camps Should Begin t to Handle 50 to Products EXPENSES NOT SO GREAT GREA Freight and Smelter Smelt r Charges Charge High Highl But Leave a Good Margin The time has now come COnte when w wo we woma ma may properly consider tile tie lower cos cosof cost costor of or mine operation in the lower c of Nevada says says a writer in the tho Mm- Mm Ing Ins Investor An examination Into the tho conditions aa ns thc they actually exist exis In 11 n Tonopah and anti some 01 or of orthe the other districts shows that such a position ma may reasonably be he enter enter- Wo We have dwelt wih with such great grent emphasis upon the ores of bonanza bon boa inza anza quality found foune In Nevada that we vc have hac lave failed to give proper attention to o tho great commercial value of oC the largo large argo bodies bOtes of or less Jess or medium value Ve We have also alio become forgetful of ot the fact act fact that the lower Jower grade ores now belag beng be be- In lag ng developed d will wi eventually yie yield In dollars ollars many times tho the aggregate that hat will wi ever be hc obtained from that product which Is frequently referred to us as running away up in Sn the plc- plc tt turc ires res We Ve must estimate upon the enor- enor moos mom value of the ore running from fromi i 50 0 to 00 a Q ton and antI at ut the same time tim me prepare pr pale ourselves oU es el soon to In- In Include elude clude ude in iii our Ou computations those running running run- run ning ng only from 10 to 50 per pr ton We Va ro have hare of course always had knowl- knowl knowledge knowledge edge Ige of o the presence of such ores in great cat quantity in these Nevada camps but it they have havo been referred to Inch Inch- dentally and we have failed ale to recognize rec- rec their present enormous normous tt t in n n it rc al val lt The charo chargo for 1 hauling ore f from rom Wonder ronder to tho the railroad point at nl Fal Fal- Jon Ion n a distance of about G 05 65 miles mUes Js 15 5 5 per ton and as the railroad haul from om Fallen Falion to Salt Lake City is OO or miles shorter than from rom Goldfield Gold Gold- field fel ild It I may bo be presumed that a n duct worth say 50 per pel ton can be freighted sighted tr transported and antI treated for forout about out 30 per er ton Because Fairview Is 20 miles mes nearer to Fallon than han Wonder onder It I Is probable that the sum or of 25 per ton would cover the Iho total pta cost st of 01 freighting transporting ind nd treating sating a 50 ore Ole while hUc In other camps which are arc nearer to railroad and d to Salt Lake City such as Tenabo for r Instance tho lie rates would be still lower thus making t t possible I to pro- pro duco ico an oven even lower Jower grade Grado of oC ore at a a Owing inS to satisfactory railroad connections con con- between n the Bullfrog district and ami Salt Sal Lake City Ct conditions there thelo are even more advantageous s. ad and a a. n minimum rate on on say y 30 ore of or about t per ton for freight rr l ht and treatment treatment treat treat- ment can be bo depended upon A As the Bullfrog district is more mor p particularly a camp of largo large bodies of 01 low grade ore this would appear appeal to tobe tobo tobo bo be most advantageous at for the camp and inaje maJe mae of It an producer of tho the metal metal Camps Searchlight arid and ant Crescent which arc practically on the main line Ina of the San 1 Pedro edro and Los Angeles road which runs from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City CI arc are therefore especially fa favored favored tn fa- In the tho matter mater of freight and arid treatment rates I Lou Tower cr or Rates nates J From Hazen the freight rates to the sm smelters Jer are 25 per ton on ores of ot a validation not noE over 25 25 per ton ton- on 25 to rO 60 on 50 60 0 to sib 10 ore and on to ore on Therefore while we v m may complain that tho the railroads and smelters smelters are fre making enormous profits out of 0 the mine operators In Nevada an and andI I there may be Justice In demanding low rates rales all al along the be line lne still c conditions arc are not not so o extraordinary r as we have imagined them to be I As I havo shown hown It is s today possible to 0 produce from front many of ot these new Nevada camps ore which has a a value alue nt or from 26 25 to 50 rO per ton 1 I is safe Ste to assert that even In those farthest from railroad connection it t is isnow Isnow now V possible to produce at a profit ores which have havo a 1 considerably less Jess s st t value than 00 per ton |