Show MATTE FURNACE FR FRI FOR I MONTE MONT CRISTO MINE Property in ML Mt Mt Pisgah Idaho District Ready for I I Production j I SHIPPING IS s EXPENSIVE I I I Long Haul and High Smelter Charges Are Almost Prohibitive Joseph manager of tho the Gold Gol fc Copper Mining company operating operating oper oper- the Monte Cristo mine In tho the Ml Mt Jit Pisgah l Idaho aho district is Ig In the tho city clr on business connected with the time In installing of a matte mate smelter melr at tho the mine Wh h le lc the Monte lone Cristo Is ca capable capable ca- ca pable of pro producing a good deal of ore oro of shipping grade Ille und under r ordinary con conditions the long haul to railroad makes shipping an an- an ane e expensive o proposition pi-opo- pi I while with vIti wIh a small smal smelting Jl plant n on the ground the mines mine's mInes product product product pro pro- duct could coul be treated as It Is broken down unquestionably at a good oo profit prof The Monte Jonte Cli Cristo lo has a foot 12 ore hod body eloped developed h by shaft to the 1 foot level the tue mine run of nt o which shows hows values alnes of C 6 2 2 per cent copper in iii gold gold an and 20 23 ounces In sil sil- si- si ver cr During During the thc i p Past ast t winter Mr 11 Empey Um- Um pey has run a tunnel feet long Is just getting Into the ore at ata ata ata a depth from the time surface of or about 0 feet feel and appearances ces are that the values lues will be Io even better at that depth A trial shipment of soi sorted ted ore was wa made mado from flom rein the mine last fall which Illustrates the ille dl disadvantages un under nudes er which the time company is laboring laboring in iii the mattes matter of Ion long haul and high That sh shipment t returned values alues' alues of per cent COp copper 11 10 In iii gold bold and 47 ounces In silver the theros gross ros rosalue value alue having been been about 60 a ton tun But Dut after ater all ni expenses had been paid palt including haulage freight and smelter charges the net sum ruin realized was only 2630 a ton Predicts Great icat That Mt Pisgah will vill wi make a great mining I ln camp when its It resources resource be- be C Ile better understood is Mr 11 Empey's Em- Em j c-j pe pey's s firm conviction Aside from Cristo con the only other active quartz quart mine in the district Is the old I fo Robinson mine recently taken over o cr by bythe bythe bythe the Corona Con Consolidated oH Mines com coin pany That h t company as vas forced to suspend operations soon after startIng start start- leg Ing last winter on account of or the deep silos making malting it I Impossible to get in supplies supple but ut It I Is a about out to l resume Sume The he fo Robinson has ha largo large bo bodies les of ot freo free milling milIng gold Rold ore cru a In Sn the nc of ot 10 a 1 ton toil tOi A mill mIl Is ground und and a JarO lar or on Is ls In l'- l' s and It I i Ii L believed th that t un- un tier lIeI the new management tho property prop prop- erty will wil be developed C Into one of or Ithe the h great told gold ohl mines of or the country At the foot of or the mountain are arc placer er b beds d that have lao been worked d for man many years cars The records at Ht Boise noh e show Mr Empey says say that QUO In gold have been tal taken cn from that Hel Held And It i Is still being worked with goo good results a recent cleanup alter after three days days' las work worl with a hydraulic hy by- 11 machine having nete netted COO |