| Show mechanical innovation in gilbert homestake Home stake equipment camp mines aye are making good and capital is rolling in by A J moore at the property of the gilbert homestake Home stake mining company at gilbert nevada an all innovation in method of installing air compressor eai engine ine and hoist is under way the gilbert homestake Home stake management 6 intends sinking several test shafts to depths varying from to feet it was desirable that a semi portable equipment should be installed at the first shaft and if the developments warrant a heavier equipment will be used and the semi portable removed to ito another spot and so on until the contemplated amount of sinking has been accomplished to carry out this plan capt john R hassell PI assell who with al MJ J monnette onnette of goldfield mohawk fame F B mathews and others control the homestake Homes Home frake stake conceived the idea of assembling the equipment as shown in the illustration he ble of developing considerably over its rated power it has been tested to 60 h p the hoist is a regular western capable of handling 2000 pounds to depth of 1000 feet the three are set on the girders with the engine in the center A system of clutches connect the compressor and the hoist with the engine shaft and levers not shown in the illustration are at the end of the engine next the hoist by these levers operating the clutches the whole may be operated at once or the hoist thrown out of commission and only compressor and engine running or the compressor may be thrown out of commission and engine and hoist only in operation or the engine may be run independent of either compressor or hoist if occasion requires the engine has an automatic governor controlled by air Y M mw x 5 X 31 xan x int liffin lif fim hie and compressor am ah no iris installed tailed at the he a Sill crt ice Compain yM nh ift at gillert nevada left the details alls to s ford eaton to carry y out national air Impress 0 ors have been in m use for years so have holt up were gasoline lne engine Ss sand nd western hoists but never before th they assembled as one equipment after the manner ug geste ld and lid hois ho t t by y capt hassell instead of installing engine used led these TL ln in a cement bed heavy channel iron girders are covered girders are set in m cement and tile the lower flange r the to the a i air compressor mp ressor engine and hoist are bolted girder a lother another er in case of removal oval it is only necessary to bed air of 0 seders girders at the desired spot unbolt tile the corn coni n mother gme le and hoist and install on the new girders at aers lliam r shaft tt it is SQ so planned panned that the abandoned gir be over erth tile lt first fi used shaft in ill setting the new and heavier machinery 12 I 1 calf th is instance B the compressor used is a national type of ahir ir per berj vertical 8 x 6 capable of delivering feet it 11 Is s a 3 drill rl minute i 11 at pressure of pounds in other words the compressor engine gine is is a standard 50 h 11 p holt 4 cylinder capa in the receiver so that when pressure is up it idles pressure and when it falls to a set point it automatically t goes into commission again and speeds up tip the air renewal the cai engine ine is cooled by fan and typical auto radiator water system nl equipment runs smooth as a watch weather and the severe winter against As a protection across homestake Home stake hill the whole plant is winds that sweep iron building A 34 ft ine has been sheet housed in ill a has been tried out and the erected the new equipment the equipment was first resumed of the shaft sinking of the national Ala T machinery chinery company tile shops it at assembled and teste tested d it lias has since been given in los angeles tests at tile the homestake Home Horne stake shaft superintendent more practical that it runs smooth th as a watch S ford eaton states and is doin doing the work required most at sati satisfactorily tile south end of the is in operation the equipment eju shaft which was old carpenter homestake Home Honic stake property properio ty the two com enlarged to a been of 65 feet has Z 1 depth sunk stink to a I apartment part ment shaft and is to be sent to the or ft level according to developments in sinking if the developments warrant arrant vv at any depth below then a heavier equipment will be installed and the semi portable described will be removed to another portion of the property and set up to put down another test shaft this new arrangement of the machinery has attracted a great reat deal of attention from mining men who have come from some distance to witness its operation As in the case of all innovations there were many expressions of doubt as to its efficient operation now that it is in operation and fully tested everyone says why I 1 think of that plan of installation company planning ahead other operations the gilbert homestake Home stake mining 6 company is planning a campaign of development independent of all other companies or showings made in the camp the company is backed by its own capital as M J monnette capt hassell F B mathers and lynford maxwell are each independently rich these men together with their following are planning I 1 extensive development work in the gilbert district As soon as the homestake Home stake shaft is sent to satisfactory depth shaft work at other points will be started regardless of showings in the main Home take shaft at the north end on the homestake Home stake the monte cristo tunnel has been sent into the hill as a drift on the vein a distance of over feet this work is by the gilbert monte cristo mining company controlled by the original 6 locators of the property when the homestake Home Honie stake estate was sold to the hassell monnette mathews syndicate the locators reserved this portion on which to operate under lease the monte cristo ore bins are now about half filled with shipping ore which will go out with added tonnage about au august 1 1 15 the midas exploration which was the first investment of the syndicate before purchasing the homestake Home stake ground has a tunnel in nearly feet from the north drift a raise is up 20 feet in into the toni tom crown lease which is block 9 shipping za 6 grade ore is being taken from this raise the drift is along the first vein cut by the tunnel at ai about out feet from its portal the goldenberg gold en berg lease on the homestake Home Horne stake adjoins the main working Z shaft of the company and is sinking a in good grade ore the 1 hassell assell 1 monnette mathews syndicate also has other ground in the district which will be explored later mammoth last hope in fine shape the gilbert Mami mammoth noth last hope has stored one and one half tons of high grade in the vaults of the first national at M bank at tonopah To when the truck load under armed guard drew up tip to the bank doors quite a crowd gathered overhearing the remarks of the crown the doubting fred gilbert told the crowd to select at random any one sack open it take a grab sample and have it assayed say edby by their own assayer the crowd did and the assay showed in gold however it is not estimated that the whole one and one half tons will run over an average of about aper 1 per pound the shipment of 57 tons of shipping grade ore went per ton check sample and netted after hauling freight and milling charges for the dry tons the ore bins are again full and it is expected that the next shipment will go well over net as it has been more closely sorted the new york firm of 1 I K farrington company have taken a lease on four blocks on the last hope vein A hoist has been secured and should be installed by august 15 The surn of was placed in the first national bank by wire as evidence of good faith and to start work another remittance of followed by mail this is the first new york promotion house to enter the gilbert district money going into several propositions another event of considerable importance is the entry of hamp williams and his following by taking up a block of original gilbert stock mr williams is the locator of and vice president of the cali california fornia rand ran d better known as the kelly mine of randsburg brandsburg Rands burg california he made his investment after spending three days on the original ground b 01 round A shaft down only 20 feet is still showing some of the richest ore yet taken out in the district about pounds have been stored in the first national bank vaults it is claimed by W F gray general manager that this ore will go nearly 3 per pound the vein has been traced into the alto b ground round which end lines at the north the alto hasbrouck and kernick all owning ground either end lining or adjoining the original are known as the divide trio they are each divide companies that have bought ground in south gilbert and are all listed on the san san q francisco stock exchange none of the divide trio have started development work lurther further than surface exploration A pool of san francisco capitalists has been formed to buy in all the floating stock of these companies this accounts for the recent heavy dealings on the exchange in these issues during the past few days the pool is just starting operations the hasbrouck has moved its buildings from the divide district to I 1 its ts south gilbert ground all three the alto kernick and the I 1 hasbrouck are well equipped for operations to considerable depth the nevada lG ilbert controlled by mayor E E roberts robert and his son in law walter johnson of washington baseball team fame is about to start operations on the yellow rose claim which adjoins the nevada gilbert one shipment of six tons gave mill returns of over 50 another shipment is ready to go out in addition to these a large amount of prospect work is being carried on by individual prospectors and in a small arnall s way by organized companies the only knocking on gilbert is from those who failed to get in on a shoe string and the few who got in on a shoe string and the string broke |
