Show trade and construction notes therill the mill recently installed at the vulture mine wickenburg arizona under the direction of D R finlayson has been placed in operation and is running ten stamps day and night the national equipment company of salt lake has been n appointed representatives for the marco valve company in the intermountain territory the marco valve company is a subsidiary of the merrill company ny of san francisco iff it application of the dixie power company for permission to construct a transmission line from leeds washington ian county utah to the substation of the nevada contracting company in zion national park was taken under advisement vis vi ement by the public utilities commission after hearing J p to dispose of tailings from the sunshine and big creek mills a wooden pipe line will replace the present flume which deposits the tailings below the intake of the kellogg idaho water system A pump will also be installed to injure ure unobstructed flow of the tailings through the pipe it is reported according to report fred W bradley 1022 crocker building san francisco president of the bunker hill and sullivan mining and concentrating company and associates are preparing to erect one of the largest gold milling plants in california in the section between wilbur springs and the sulphur bank mercury mine lower lake lake county california a assurance of construction of six and one fourth miles of pipeline from springs to provide cedar city utah with an adequate water supply was given by approval of the bond issue for the purpose out before the voters of the town towi saturday the vote was for the the issue and 55 against it is ig estimated that the line when completed will provide ample amoe water to care for a population of citizens A milling capacity of tons daily is being planned fr for the grandview Grand view mines according to guy E riegel of spokane a director the property is two miles from metaline li ne falls wash on the spokane nelson highway directors of the grandview Grand view mines are john F davies james S ramage thaddeus S lane frank T mccollough and mr riegel kiegel all of spokane f I 1 leaflet C of the westinghouse electric an and i d manufacturing company describes turbines for mechanical drive in capacities 5 to brake horsepower they are admirably mir ably suited for driving circulating pumps centrifugal boiler feed pumps blowers and other rotary apparatus either directly or through the medium of reduction gears the leaflet contains a number of illustrations together with descriptive information of the turbines one of the largest mills in colorado the argo mill at t the he portal of the newhouse tunnel idaho springs is being t ca completely overhauled new process and new machinery being I 1 installed and immediate operation is expected this mill fiill has been closed for several years henrie bolthoff of denver have the contract to remodel the new mill and install the new machinery and jimmie flood well known throughout ou t mining circles is in charge of the work for the denver concern concern the state of nevada its political subdivisions and its people purchased barrels of portland cement last year as compared with barrels during the year previous according to a i report just issued by the united states 4 department rrt ment of commerce the state consumption of cement amounted to barrels per capita last year the department says as compared with a per capita consumption of lor for the whole country it stood eighteenth among among the states stale in per capita purchases nevada is one of the twenty state having no cement mills of its own its principal purchases n are from california the anaconda copper company has for some time been remodeling the crushing plant at its anaconda works in order to increase the general efficiency and simplify the ilow sheet other improvements made in metallurgical practice I 1 at this plant have required a finer grinding before flotation and accordingly the classification section of the copper flotation concentrator is now being remodeled along more modern lines the forty two small dorr classifiers which have been operating in closed circuit with the mills since 1917 are being replaced with a similar number of larger and more heavily constructed classifiers of the same make but oi of the latest type 1 practical information on the use and care of wire ropes is the title of a splendidly compiled and profusely illustrated 34 page pamphlet just issued by the A Le sons rope company kennerley ave st louis mo seemingly the little book contains something pertinent on most any conceivable point relating to the handling and care of wire rope no matter what kind or size of rope the use to which it applies or to which you might iv want antto to apply it you will surely find something in the pa pages ge s orthis of this pocket sized manual of value to you if you are running a mine a tramway tramway an elevator or if you are responsible tor equipment of any kind in which wire rope plays a part asks ask the company to mail you one of these little booklets they ar are 0 offered to you free of cost if you are int interested breite d may build big mills A small test plant is being operated successfully at the property of the arizona metals company kirkland arizona NA V J loring manag manager gen the arizona metals has been prospecting the old zonia property I 1 and the french gulch claims ifor the last year and ha t a very thorough study of the leaching plant and methods used by new cornelia the test mill consists of a series or of vats the top one being used to mix the water vat erand and sulphuric acid and six smaller vats carrying the solution with avith which to treat six charges of ore ground to a number S 3 screen and bedded down in in the boxes each box is loa loaded ded va with fh about 1500 pounds of ore the copper in in solution is is deposited on oil scrap iron it is in intimated dimate d that the loring hammond inter interests contemplate the erection of a ton plant late this fall ial mining will be by steam shovel |