412 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1941

New York mine throughout the year. Lessees shipped 873 tons of ore from the
Occidental milie to a custom cyanide mill; 176 ounces of gold and 5,848 ounces
of silver were recovered. The Nevada Securities Co. worked the Overland mine.
The Consolidated Chollar Gould & Savage Mining Co. operated the Overman
mine continuously. The Silver Hill Mining Co. operated the Silver Hill and
Succor mines and treated the ore in the company 100-ton amalgamation-cyanidation
mill. Sierra Nevada, Ltd., and lessees worked the Sierra Nevada mine.
WASHOE COUNTY

 White Horse district.—The Renegade mine was operated during 1941;
361 tons of ore treated by amalgamation yielded 284 ounces of gold and
88 ounces of silver, and 1.9 tons of ore shipped to a custom cyanide
mill yielded 402 ounces of gold and 116 ounces of silver.

WHITE PINE COUNTY

 Aurum district .—The Grand Deposit Mining Co. and lessees worked the
Grand Deposit mine during 194k; copper ore and lead ore were shipped to a
smelter and zinc ore to a zinc oxide plant for treatment.
 Cherry Creek district.—Several groups of leasers on the Eagen mine
in 1941 shipped to a smelter 1,656 tons of ore and 949 tons of old tailings,
containing in all 461 ounces of gold and 10,502 ounces of silver. The Exchequer
Mining Co. shipped silver ore from the Imperial mine to a smelter. The Nevada
Standard Mining Co. and lessees shipped gold-silver ore and silver ore from
the Star mine. Old tailings were shipped from the Thompson tailing pile to
a smelter.
 Robinson district.—The Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation (operating
subsidiary of the Kennecott Copper Corporation and largest industrial company
in Nevada) operated the Ruth mine at Ruth and the open pit at Copper Flat
throughout 1941. Tn addition to its mining activities, the company operated
the McGill copper smelter (only smelter in the State) and the McGill flotation-concentrator,
which was increased in 1941 from 18,000- to 20,000-ton daily capacity. The
Consolidated Coppermines Corporation, secondlargest copper producer in the
State in 1941, was active throughout the year; copper ore mined on company
account was shipped to the McGill concentrator. C. Caviglia shipped from
the Chainman mine to a smelter 4,517 tons of ore containing 654 ounces of
gold and 5,785 ounces of silver. The Ely Gold & Manganese Co. and lessees
operated the Cuba mine. The Hayes mine was operated by D. F. Paine until
May; operations were continued by the D. F. Paine estate. During August and
September lessees shipped 598 tons of gold-silver ore, containing 113 ounces
of gold, 3,145 ounces of silver, and 942 pounds of copper, from the Hidden
Treasure mine to a smelter. L. Piombo operated the Jupiter Lease and shipped
gold-silver ore to a smelter. L. Burnham worked the Keystone mine from March
to September. The Ely Gold Mining Co. shipped gold-silver ore from the Revenue
mine.
 Taylor disti~ict.—-Lessees shipped silver ore from the Gore mine during
1941. Farnsworth-Ely Combined Metals Mines shipped silver ore from the ~\' Iineral
Farm mine to a smelter during the first 4 months of the year. Lessees worked
the \lonitor ahl(l Sunrise n~iries.