Show new mill ma 11 for winnemucca the winnemucca mountain mining company a comparatively new corporation is f I constructing a reduction plant near winne nevada which will mean a great deal to the future prosperity of that place and surrounding territory the company was incorporated by W G adamson and john R turner both well known mining men of winnemucca and H A swanson of li chicago who for tile the past seven years has been interested in the seven troughs and rochester districts i the mining property concerned is a co consolidation i soli soli dation of the A T mine with tile the holdings holdings of the bonanza mining company located on winnemucca mountain within a short walk of the town the latter is tile the around aground originally known as the shively property located at the north end of the mountain twenty five claims in all are ein embraced braced in the holdings of the new cor po ration well graded roads have been construct ed connecting the different surface workings ings with the mill and with each other these are for ore hauling it is the intent cioll on of the management to use tractors for this purpose careful examination and systematic t sain sampling pling of the different properties in the have shown tons of ore locked blocked out and on the dumps ranging in f value alue from 15 to 30 per ton development t has s been under way for a period of about five ve years ars and shows the milling grade of t ore in the veins to range f from rom fifteen to j twenty five feet in width 4 recent dispatch from winnemucca dive the following information regarding t the e new plant and the plans of the com daily the mill will be capable of handling fifty tons of ore a day with tons crushing capacity it is the dorr counter current decantation cyanide process together with crushing and grinding machinery consisting of ore crusher ball and tube mills and is all of the latest type of reduction machinery the plant is being installed at a point just below the main working shaft on tile the shively property and is so situated that the cars hoisted from the mine can be run directly to the crusher the mill building will be of structural steel and iron throughout the water to be used at the mill will be pumped from a well now being drilled at a distance of about two miles easterly from the reduction plant the pipe for this water system is now nearly all laid and the work is being pushed as the water is needed for the mixing of concrete to be used in the foundation work of the mill with the exception of the air compressor all tile the machinery and hoisting equipment as well as tile the pumping plant will be run by electricity furnished by the winnemucca ca water light company tile the line for transmitting the power is to be constructed at once and will start from the companas comp anys power plant just east of the western pacific depot and will follow the main road to the pumping plant from that point it will be turned and follow the pipe line to the mill the pipe line will have an elevation of 1120 feet the pipe which is three inch has been tested for 1800 pounds pressure on oil the hill just above the mill will be located a gallon tank for the distribution of water to the mill this tank has arrived and an excavation is being made for its installment tile the ground has been graded for the hlll and the structural steel to be used is on the ground ready to be put up when the foundation is ready the shaft which is double compartment is to be equipped with steel gallows frama and up to date electric hoist in the operation of the mine the company is installing two chicago pneumatic direct connected oil engine compressors the capacity of each unit will be cubic feet of free air per minute making cubic feet with both compressors in operation the machinery and material which has all been ordered is now arriving and is under the supervision of the general engineering company of salt lake city which is constructing the mill this construction construct iou work is to be rushed and the mill completed at the earliest possible date the officers of the winnemucca mountain mining company are I 1 H 1 A swanson president john R turner vice president and superintendent of mining and milling operations and W G adamson general manager secretary and treasurer |