Show NEW SAMPLER bonanza tonopah To nev the tonopah sampling and ore purchasing company has about completed its colossal works in the northern suburbs of town and will be ready for business in a short abort time this is one of the largest and most substantial works for the reduction and sampling of ores in state and is certainly a credit to the town the breaking of ground for the erection of the buildings commenced on the of last january and the work was pushed to completion very rapidly the main building is a structure of five stories and a two story basement and 7 76 6 feet high the basements extending to the depth of 20 feet below the surface one hundred and eighty thousand feet of lumber were used in its construction the largest timbers used being and the whole is covered with corrugated iron the latest improved methods for the expeditious ious handling of the ores has been 1 adopted in the main bui building ding there are eight storage and two receiving bins of a dapa capacity rapacity city of tons each and these are connected with three bucket elevators for the carrying of ore to the top story whence it descends by gravity through the various chambers and grinders and is distributed through chutes to the various receptacles recep tables ready for the assayer everything is done automatically precluding possibilities of error in the weight or measure of ore treated the machinery in the building consists of two gates style D crushers one set of rolls one and another two pulp grinders a horsepower bullock motor one double bazine sampler one duplicate bazine sampler electricity will be the motive power and for this purpose a transformer house has been erected adjacent to the main building in which is installed three transformers the capacity of the works will be eighty five tons of ore daily and provisions have been made for the increase of this output should necessity require the company has a substantial office of four rooms a building for the sampling of ores and an up to date assay office all that now remains for completion before the treatment of ores will begin is the laying of the railroad track leading from the main line to the works and this will be finished in a short time the works are under the general management of R 0 hobson a gentleman of wide experience in the treatment of ores |