Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-20 | Page 16 | Over Million Spent on Buckhorn Mines

OVER MILLlOia SPENT ON Bf 101 MINES Milling Plant to Handle 400 Tons Daily Now ReaiJy for Work. The milling plant being constructed by tho Buckhorn Mines company, which is controlled by George Wing-fiold, Wing-fiold, will bo ready i'or operation by tho end of tho week. The mill will havo a capacity of between 350 and 400 tons daily, savs the Bono Gazette. A power plant "for tho operation of the mill has been constructed at Boo-wawo Boo-wawo on tho Southern Pacific and Western Pacific lines of railroad aud on iho Humboldt rivor. Power will bo generated by tho combustion of crude oil. Tho Buckhorn Mines company is owner outright of fifteen patontod claims. They include the entire trend of a quartz lodge which paus on the surface and whicu has developed valuo and dimension with depth. There is enough, oro in sight to keep the new plant an full operation for sovoral years, even if not another foot of development de-velopment work is done in the meantime, mean-time, although it is Mr. . Wingf iold 's plan to not lessen tho reserves at any Btacro of tho proceedings. Tins property was purchased at $90,000, and the paymonts have only recently been completed. Tn tho meantime mean-time the development operations havo rnn tho cost of tho enterprise np to about $1,100,000.