Show THE SANTA BARBARA SEARCH searchlight LIGHT the santa barbara searchlight mining company of nob hill eldorado canyon operating the rich hill group of three claims s and two fractions is actively engaged in the development and equipment of this famous old property on which there are four strong parallel veins and ledges the main or rich hill vein showing heavy droppings crop pings from five to fifteen feet in width and which can be traced for over feet the engineer in charge ok of construction the smelter equipment will consist of two fifty horsepower st marys gas engines one ten horsepower lambert gas engine three stack compressors two of which are and one one fifty ton loder furnace gas generators and compressors two small air compressors one high pressure triplex pump and several smaller pumps the smelter complete is to cost in the neighborhood of in addition to the treatment of the ores of the santa barbara company the plant is also intended for custom work and when it it is in successful success ful operation it will be of great benefit to the district at large the santa barbara searchlight mining company is capitalized at shares of 1 each the officers of the company co are F H moore president dr S P lowe vice president and treasurer F H lingham secretary and john M taylor superintendent and general manager on the ahe surface the ore at the grass roots ranges in value from 15 to per ton in silver and gold the veins are fissures in syenite and diorite with an east and west strike on the surface the ores are carbonates and oxides with native silver being of frequent occurrence but with depth the ores come in as sulphides sulp hides some few shipments of very rich ore have been made from the rich hill to the needles smelter on the dumps at the old workings there is a large lai rge tonnage of a very fair grade of milling ore gas smelter being installed the property of the company is being equipped with a fifty ton loder gas smelt ing furnace and gas generator the invention of J S loder of reno nevada air compressors and machine drills for mine operation are also being put in this smelter is being built and the machinery furnished by the smith booth usher company of los angeles george bennett being the smelter is to be built on the flat in eldorado canyon adjoining the nelson townsite ton site and work in excavating for the foundations is now under way with a large force of men this will place the plant nearly in the center of the district |