THE CHEAPEST YET. THE LOWEST RECORD IN WORK

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 2

THE CHEAPEST YET. THE LOWEST RECORD IN WORK-

Wllh\ q;old (ire cm he mined in ('alifoinii foi .''7} ( onts a ton, ,ni(l milled toi 2^ cut^ per ton, it i^ (-a\s a 'Fiiscn pip r> i) ut-tfi'iL' the lni>.itH"-s <l(iun ton \ci \ linn poir>t, ,md auxins \\ t*ll foi tin- futnic o( Cilii'm niu ijn.nt/ inininu. An.l + 1 ji — h h jni-t ln'i n .H'( i>ni|> 11 i i-lii -li( i(li (l- 'i<>t with t MH ill teM nm of 20 (u ,50 tons of me, lmt witli ne.uls .".OMO (nn^ ft u ill .'c-ti ni>-Ji m.'tpv p'Msnimjn lean tli.U on. 1 nni tli only liiol !()<• jici ton '.in b('liio\eil .mil uoikul without Ids-, .md '-till inoio '-in pi i^w tlinn to imuv tint oic of tlint \ line i> p.i} mi; .ihont .")(') cents pel ton pioiit. Tin' lecoid ua^ l oi "n I I V ])),ide ,it tllf ; Sp'inisli mine, W.i^liniuton toun^hip \t \ n'a County r llie mino is hein^ win kid undei Ic)ivi. h\ F \V. l)i,idley, It h.is licon in dillkulh , and now the lewt nin^-t make a monihly st itciiiont, undei '■eith to the uiffiient ciodltoi^-, to whom col tarn pottions of niontlily pioJiK 1 no The sw oi n ment for l.i^t niuntli show the toliowin 1 ' li^nn"- • —

These ligmcs speak Cor themselves. The oieuMds ii little over Idol IGc per ton. The piofit is 56 cents per ton, or about 48 per cent of the total. The milling pl;mt consists of JYmi Iluntinulon mills, three of them sft and one 4ft wide. After crushing the pulp pusses over silver-plated amalgamating plates, though nioht of the gold is .saved in the mills themselves. The depobit of ore is large and easily worked. There is no hoisting or pumping done. It is quanied out of the side of a hill and inn by means of cais to the mills. The deposit is Urge, and the ore is quartz and slate mixed, the vein being about 100 ft wide. No concentrating is canned on. The facilities for mining arc exceptionally good, or no such recoid could be made. The company have to pay for water-power for their mills. It will In noticed that these Iluntington mills have shown great capacity, and the advocates of stamnsniust look to their laurels if the roller mills continue to do such woik. In 20 days' woik they crushed 27 ( .H) tons, a mill run of some magnitude, and the results of which arc startling. The fact that this woik was done for any such figures must greatly encourage many owners of low-grade properties. We have boon gradually reducing the cost of milling ores in California, but tho record at the Spanish mine last month is <dmad of anything in that 4»ne hove or — Otago Witness.

Production. Lnnoui. Mipphes. 'Intnl. dol. <\ dol. c. dol. c. ExtiactinjT oic 4Sti o<) 8") 7:} ,77.i 3'J Dead work 2.17 HO 13 00 2SO 3C f)cli\enngorctoniill l'->l> 00 10 7l) 1315 7C 3-i'iieial exprn'-os 5^ '22 3 ;?0 31 5S Totals DOS 11 113 73 1050 81 Cost per ton 32 1-lOc. 5 l-10c 37ic Mir r.

MIM . Run — T\uMity-t\u> il.i\-j* woik piOilueeil 27015 tons of me. Cost of

Reduction. TV r 1 1 1 expenses Water foi power Hiuklliiir oie Gcneial expenses Lunour. Supplies. Totnl. dnl, c. ilol. c. tlol. o. 1()3 15 ] M 10 306 55 132 20 152 20 121 f)0 290 121 16 58 23 3 30 61 53 Totals 313 18 301 51) 6 lt 71 Cost per ton Bullion produced Total expenses 12 3-lOc, 10 7-lOc. 23c. dol. c. 328(5 l<) 1C!)5 58 Profit . . 1.172 91

Run— Twenty days,' woik roiluccvl '2700 tons of oil 1 . Cost of