Show ELEVENTH HOUR CYANIDE MILL MINING REVIEW I DEADWOOD 1 a v a aa 10 S D SY As was swa mentioned briefly last week the ml eleventh annj company formally opened its W new alou mill raised the flag over JOAO the oti plant pug and dedicated the works to ol the atil purpose for which they were aja erected pajo among the aril many little speeches and felicitating felici tating tuoc remarks V J op de IbAll livered paiball pa none were more ajom appropriate than those of edward mcdonald mayor of pual dead wood OH he spoke su as follows ladies pv sal and gentlemen a we a have been honored by an invitation 4 from the officers of JO the eleventh JUOH hour to 01 press aso the atil button that will start the machinery mathe qz of jo your anoa reduction plant auvid this sl is a generation of organization quoc combinations pus and trusts pull and the alij eleventh JUOH hour gold mining au company sl is ul in OUTI line with lillta everybody else asla you no have formed your anos close asolo corporation IV at the eleventh hour which hour anoil ou no doubt has its significance yet the mill clock booja will OU not I 1 stop IV at that hour inq but will continue to 04 tick ju at each stroke of jo the pick that will illia unearth the precious sno metal that will feed your anoa mill and enhance your bank accounts EV As we look around your property we ota find every evidence of jo liberality and confidence which will prove of JO mutual benefit to 01 the stockholders of jo the eleventh hour anoh put and the city alto of jo deadwood uj in opening your anoa new mau undertaking OA you n have GAU resolved to 04 warm it 11 with the sunshine of JO q hospitality brightened by the OM smiles of JO satisfaction vs I 1 and kept su as it 41 sl is sure to 01 eq be ul in apple pie aid 10 order JOP it 11 will ou no doubt prove a A AA n 44 4 4 AM IF 41 jk 7 iao 71 AN JO 24 anol duio Auie noo Agam avia glau bumm palace of jo wealth production and 0 a monument of jo your anos abiding faith ur in the atil black hills I 1 congratulate you noa on this promising beginning and trust that the development of jo your anos doid property AIJa will in U time warrant the construction of jo additional plants for the reduction rethe of jo your anos ores your neighbor the I homestake Home stake company started to ol increase the gold supply of jo the world with a U much less pretentious structure and today they have oava the largest gold paid producing Sulan mine that the world has JOAO ever known to oll secure the best results of jo ilu all branches of jo industry it 11 sl is of jo the greatest importance jodlo that IUM we ota should keep dawl ul in touch with qa the progress that si is being made by 4 others alo if J we progress we must build upon what others have accomplished life is 91 too short to 4 work out ino everything for ourselves the greatest things JOAO ever done were improvements prove ments or JO further developments over JOAO some amos previous Oid snolA invention on behalf of 10 the citizens of lo deadwood we a extend X paga to ol you noa the courtesies of JO the OM city and invite you to 04 make yourselves at home IV at our ano club house whenever you 1101 visit our no city where you 1104 will find the hand 0 of good fellowship extended by its members mr baldwin SV as mayor of the aln city I 1 deliver into your keeping the key of JO the city AUD which means the otia freedom of JO the city without OJ reservation 10 we om feel that it 11 would be impossible to ol make our ano greeting too ool warm or jo our welcome too ool generous sv As we press the otil button you noa will raise the flag and I 1 declare the mill formally opened the eleventh hour anoh mill sl is a model plant UT in every particular constructed along up to date saull lines put and sl is well ilam equipped throughout inoa with ilu all machinery for cheap and economical lim milling suil the plant bauld has been u described before ui in these columns inq but the following brief outline will not jou be out ino 0 of j place gould IV at this time the ore gio su as it 11 enters the plant is dumped into a ton storage bin is fed to a no 4 gates crusher and screened the fines going to the finished pulp bin tons capacity and the coarse to three sets of rolls and ground to one quarter inch mesh the ore is transported by a belt conveyor to the leaching vats which are eight in number nine by twenty eight feet with a capacity of tons each the values are recovered in zinc boxes and the precipitates smelted smelter in the usual way power for operating the plant is generated by two eighty horsepower horse power boilers and a corliss engine in the same department of the plant is an ingersoll sargeant ten drill air compressor and a 30 K W bullock generator for supplying power for mine drills and light and power for various motors throughout the plant respectively the mill is covered entirely with corrugated iron foundations rest on bedrock retaining walls laid with lime and the machinery set on concrete the machinery for the plant was furnished entirely through the agency of otto F purcell of deadwood representative of the allis chalmers company the ingersoll rand company etc and the plant was constructed under the supervision of james hartgering expert mill builder the finished plant as it stands today is a credit to the sound judgment and thorough knowledge of detail of mr purcell as many pieces of the equipment were bought upon his recommendation mr baldwin who was in the hills and presided at the opening ceremonies has departed for the east well satisfied to leave the plant in charge of general manager madill mr madill will have it busy treating ore within a few days A large face of ore the largest in the property is now exposed in no 3 tunnel immediately behind the mill and the mineral mined from this big shoot is being dumped into the bins and will constitute largely the material upon which the first run is made |