TEEATJMEl^T OF THE COMSTOCK OEES. 



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SAVAGE MINE. 

 Detailed statement of Milling Cost for the years ending jftme 30, 1868 and i86g. 



Number of tons reduced 



Officers and general labor 

 Driving power : 



Labor 



Wood 



Sundries 



Preparing ore for batteries 

 Batteries : 



Labor 



Castings 



Sundries 



Amalgamating : 

 Labor . . . . 



Castings - ... 



Salt 



Sulphate of copper 

 Quicksilver ... 



Repairs : 

 Labor 

 Sundries 



Incidental 



Total cost for labor 

 Total cost for material 

 Total cost for incidental 



Hauling ore .... 



Total for hauling and milling 

 Received from tailings ... 



Net cost 



1868. 



1869. 



7.740 



Per ton. 



^o 60.6 

 86.4 

 08.2 



21 



20.2 



03-3 



71 



77-3 



07 



17 



90 



63.6 

 50 



2 99-3 



3 59-4 

 38.9 



6 97.6 



Per ton. 



$0 60.7 



I 55-2 

 22.4 



44-5 



2 62.3 



I 13-6 

 38.9 



6 97.6 

 4. 28.4 



II 26 

 3 63 



6,440 



Per ton. 



$0 65.8 

 93-4 

 09-3 



23 

 21 

 04 



67.7 

 61.3 



13 



78 



26.1 

 12 



2 59.6 

 2 92 



49 



6 00.6 



7 63 



Per ton. 



$0 52 



I 68.5 

 25 



48 



2 20 



38.1 

 49 



6 00.6 

 4 06 



10 0&.6 

 I 67.6 



8 39 



It appears, from the foregoing, that the actual costs of milling in the mill 

 referred to were $6 per ton in 1869, and $6 97 in the year 1868, not includ- 

 ing anything for hauling of the ore. 



The writer is not in possession of similarly detailed accounts of the costs 



