Show BUSH OF TO that camp Is as usual receiving accessions VALUABLE FIRE CLAY FIND john W hill and P M evana mado made it tho the now new tit at cintio bully zo a mr packard Is in getting on the Mam mill hill curries carries improvements that put it in tho the arout rank bank its extensive water supply notes A na N butts a well known mining man of Ifor mercur cur Is in tile the city ho to la now nom working on the viking mine lie has bag sunk a a shaft shad over 20 feet act and bild thinks that he la Is nearly to the vein ho says it has been all ali spring and a great many men are dally daily at anulli at the camp to look 1001 over the mines there oro and bullion wells fargo go co received ve iter lay day I 1 bullion 2203 ontario tax 1 bullion ore total 21 T tt jones co received yesterday base bullion silver anil and lead ores 2500 total Valula blo fire MAY clay john W and 11 NI evans old mining p ra pec tois t ha having ing made in tie a valuable a discovery ery of fire clay deta depoe its ita at black stork a mile froni from gai field beach the bed Is 13 about fourteen feet wide anti and appears to be ot of great creat depth in places as aa much as aa feet the J he tit discoverers cover ers have recorded tile tho claim and expect to commence com monce on oil it very soon r samples amples of the clay have been analyzed and ie deported ported lepor led favorably tor for bi ick making pur pow nea ellas elias worris morris la Is making some practical leat experiments mith vi ath it and so tar far it 11 has been found noto and personal Pero onal bill ayd the well known minine M man a n or of wood R iver ida who v ho has been ill at ai st marya hospital tor for some weeks Is now able to be about C I 1 L thompson who has a machine tor for saving the gold on snake rl river ver says nays that he Is getting a large lanso num number ber of 0 ln lit tor for the ibe rocker and ill that t reveraa parties are now using the machine on the river will not mot close the virgi tita enterprise says bays that ihal the minor that at the comstock min mines esmere were to ca 0 so april lot lat Is unfounded the various I 1 us compa companies riling operating on the comstock coni lode are in as sound a condition financially as at any time since their in ili A majority of them have a balance ot of cash on art hand ample for for several months without tile the necessity of levying assessments and a a glance at the delinquent list nill ai show chow that in most cases nineteen ot of tile the amount levied has been t cen paid MILLS BULLS AT TINTIC mr packards structure the nam mam metals improved plans flam it Is rood good to nofe that the owners ot of the large producing mines ere arc waking up to lo the importance ot of build building I 1 ng concentrating cent rating mil mills 18 til in tills this lies iles the present salvation and future prosperity of 0 the camp ores that could not be mined and shipped under present condl conAl tlona Wons can cain be handled at the mine by the new and improved processes which ure tiro now being introduced into the ahe modern mill THE PACKARD MILL mr john Q richard packard is now en enraged aged la in building a very large and fine mill for the or 0 eureka ore the amme work is ils well up s and nd the found foundation atlon timbers for uie the fonty blimps with which birbich the mill will are in place the Is made gur cut violently large to lave have ample room tor for double that number of 0 stamps george ad adilen amz of 0 adams sons sona OD co neam has hai the contract for or the creation cotlon er of 0 the building while A buckbee Buck Duch bet bee a very albe I 1 a and rid mill builder 2 lias mis the general supervision ot of details and will place the machine ma chinel y when completed this will be the larg asit lt and best beat equipped mill in the ter ellory it Is to be a combination concon contrad ing and amalgamation mill something nile ke the ilia view new mill fit at main be but on account ot of its great grumt size and the im benoe quantity of 0 machinery to be used it will require a long time to ret get it ready for th treatment of orea cre i As intimated the he building of these mav Is i now and u mill 1111 be the galva alon of MN and the othor camps of utah tho purchase purr haae find and use of 0 the great croat amount of limber of machen fry belting fuel etc ate required mein employ moin tor for lumbermen n I 1 iron ran minors ironworkers Iron workers machinists s etc before the la IV brought he here re then tit the e building placing machinery mason work u ork grading and other allter work ot of erecting a large mul gives work to a idarae arg a number of me mechanics hanics in wood and iron kabot era end and others and Is it a blessing to the people these hard when completed and jn in working ork order it requires the fhe services of a large number of miners mill rn mon ln all nap baraco to keep go eo 1 irge a plaat pant in ope rayon ion all this thin work la Is created by the use of the mill as the ore tro trooped oded not beier chipping pIng ore would rot not be mined or hol holt sted fd it there nio ma no mill uie the tt ramt ait benefit accruing to it ft a camp by the bu buli iding dini of these theae M milla 1119 tho the mine owners ae also alao benefited an ad ill shift of 0 a MAI they trtat grid and derive corive from ores orea that would otherwise be of no value THE MAMMOTH MILL through tho courtesy of mr o A robertson superintendent superIntend ert of the limmoth mine and ail mill your co colw 7 wee riven given an ai to M mr P J Por envin of one ia all abild anil vaa by that hat 9 chown through UK the plant plaint mr donahoe la Is oi na o i old od and expert experienced e arwed mt mil man and mit mi m i ch phinist inIst bravin havone g come litre here from the drum lummon in ili Monte montana puit chero tie he hual been d fit it ills ilia buo business intas for years yeara the mill 1 built the ficle ot 0 a aluir aboul thre fourcha ot of a mile west of nd be bebow ow the mine the or ore la is haul od by wagon at pr amrit but n u tr araway will vill be bult built soon oon by which uie the ore wl wll 1 be the je dimmia lre ire driven acrons a lorl dirc to the he ore oie bin which to a W IG feat tr above the floor of the boiler bailor room the ore ti is dumped on tho noor through which le by gamils of trap door to a large cates coot nitric crusher slaving A t batly el ci J kiclty of 0 20 tons from VMS it Is carried to a barge revolving ac adreen reen arid and the comise that do not of drop through the are through the open end of the screen a spout to a dodger Pr fru uther hir directly over the ore bin bb aroni the latt 0 r bin it t goes by gravity li 0 l i the ilio auton lit battery feeders act arb ead and 14 I 1 awl to uie the four batteries of five st seaming staming aming each attached Attio Attao hed to each battery Is a 0 coopper al vor am ai plate on 01 wilted in caught the fhe of the go gold 1 d delow below jae altes p arteg axe are twelve irue frue inners in three r rowa avs which concentrate the tha acad ore orcal nc lr ir oichi rw or 0 is A 0 drying arring moral where the concentrates ar plied piled onil and thoroughly ehly ablY dried by means men no of ilie aboul three cars cans of chaon ioni are arc aai week avi in ili value from three to five ounces eod d to one hundred bundred and airty silver nuver with a good cenceni aita ff in bowl and copper to i he ton baw the va i berm nerm ars are sixteen rami CL maUng turg IW daht emilei and two large lareo agit autom the charging of 0 the mil mili I it 11 requires require an immense amount of quicksilver heik heike e urn thit article la Is purchased and brought to lo the mill in carload rc lots lols by the use of it a lorai clarit alaba retort wt cn li kaaua ted in 11 a building close to the mill ari 1 l in which are arc RISO also r atu lu wed the assay ollices end tile joint depot of bor railroads ony only IL a snail percentage of the quick 14 li lost there I 1 li 1 a bood 19 furn turna moc ic alio whereby t the l 0 amalgam adall aln from wat and pans pana are converted into gold go d and rilva buligan bul ion ready for the metal markets of the world four boilers balem of GO CO horga deriver r each cach wy almly team stearn tor for the mill abile the I 1 power is IB SUP tied by a larke large corlies a engine only one tie side ot of the engine Is set up now but the main I 1 chaft antl bed tor for the other side eldo ore are in place one tilde ilde belne nought SUMA to furni farni sli power tor for the mill tda bt present it 1 it 14 4 estimated liet there aro are to la elshot in the be dump find and in ulie the mine tona tom of mUni ore everything la IS lit in re idna idene for doubling doub ang the capacity I 1 of the civill the grading tor for an ex I 1 levalon of at the ahe building Is about completed earni comi I 1 ale pd the cho other rde ede of the angne ci be put pui in won cind and baal kissli mi an with a lively small outlay against the building of a now new mill U ui I 1 plant can be doubled when so coin om I 1 it twill will require the labor of ony only four int m anen to operate the mill there are now emp on both shifts twenty mon men in the engino room Is a dynamo namo of great power iun on by a separate engine which till 11 offices and bearding house bouse with 11 flient WAR WATER the used at al oae mine and for tho the town of Mami mammoth noth waa piped nine I 1 mijck bhea from death dea h creek to a pun p 11 in tile vahloy below belou tho the wail from cicro it t u was as Vulli bumped ped to the latter the corn ciny expended last year lit in lie iset ting in ili a larger and much longer line alln for the purpose of supply supplying nv the mill W with ill water orin llo kwea as ranch with bis hl right t to the witcha of cherry i crek creek and vernl birge springs on his fria ranch in west tincle was nag purchased last yew year and the fhe lage age a ge pipe line ine mentioned will be extended across the west jc ranee this reason the water of cherry creek will iop br pumped to the summit something IMP in I 1 lve milea ond arid from there it will now flow by gravity gravit to the mill the completion of this line will r quire tile the expenditure of 0 an additional sum or of IlS to none ot of the water Is id allowed to go to waste at the mill as 03 tanks are placed lit in every advantageous vant ageous position for the purpose of catching the seepage and wastage and tor for catching arid and bottling the tailings from n which aich tanks it 11 Is pumped back to tile the largo large reservoir tanks on the upper tipper levels everything in anil and about the mill la Is in pet pel feet working order ow on ing in a great measure no doubt to tile policy of the management in employing only flint class clasa men to look niter after the working of f the plant the assay 0 office ti conducted by jr ir C bacon formerly of drum lummon and granite mountain montana in ili the construction of the mill feet of lumber was used this la Is called a combination mill ns 13 it la Is a concentrating gold find and amalgamating mill all combined the process employed la Is bound to bo be very extensively copied as it Is almost impossible to low lome any of the value or of the ores prodded the right kind or of men are employed to handle bandle it mr watson st 31 nesbitt the present superintendent of the beck and formerly of the mammoth anti and a millman of large ex perl per lonee enre as well as a very successful experimenter peri menter in ili the treatment of ores in a conversation with the writer ariter a few days ago said that the system in use in the mammal h mas as the bust best yet adopted c d and duld surely revolutionize the milling and mining business a oc this district whet where 6 more or less paid fold Is found in connection with other oilier ores orea in all the mines L 0 trent who no as agent tor for prayer chalmer CT almer the machinery ranc mac c paid while on oil a visit to I 1 the ile mill that it was beyond tit all odds the he best system lie he ever saw ile air george 11 robinson naon manager for the mammoth company who has had bad all a extensive experience in leadville Lead ix villo and other colorado camps as an weil as aa in lont ajia and recently from the he drum druin lummon Lu minon Is in to most moat of tho the credit in out and bringing bring lne to its present stage stac of usefulness this process A of ore treatment at the which adjoins the mammoth superintendent daila la idman Is working it a knodle force of men A and rid Is shipping considerable high grade crase ore from tle mine while it a number of teams are employed in hauling the dump to tile cars care below for ship mert to tho the copper plant at salt lake till THU GROUP above and south of adjoining the Is a group consisting of the phoenix and champlain this property its Is under hand bond and lease to A H holcomb clay and ot otherl lierL ja R G wll son aon of eureka alfo alao owna an Int entert Inter ert cut in the property and in the lease five men were employed on the property when the writer visited it a few lays days aso ano the shaft Is down clown SW feet some good looking ore win ivan exposed expose in the face of the th drift As it 11 1 1 in a first class locality loc allty it can not help but prove a good property A W whim him Is if in place and altogether the lea leaders leasers sirs have expended more than in the lie development of the mine FRANK DURK 1 utah march 31 1891 |