| Show I I I ORE DRESSING A T NEWHOUSE Method Practised in Reduction of ol Product of the he t Cactus Copper Mine MineI BASIS OF CONCENTRATION I Mill lihI 1 I From Irm J It 10 to tl 15 J Per IVr Cent Copper Stanch Shovel s Operation i The Tho operation op ol of ot the e mill millIn I In II which the ores of ot the Cactus mine In Heaver Deaver county coulty Undergo treatment Is IH portrayed by b H it I correspondent of ot the t Mining Journal Joural In n a I late ISU of ot that well known mining pub publication The he ores orte of or the tho Cactus mine It Is I stated are reduced on tIt the buds of ot from Crom remit six Ix to ten tn Into onu olie l n a 1 product containing from tom 10 to 15 IB per lien percent i cent copper from rota 3 2 to 43 3 In gold and Cia some aOle siRen it At Al present lt all ail ore sent tent to the mill mi Is Ie brought out of ot the mine through the tha tunnel which connects with lh the main shaft haft ut at ft depth Thin tunnel has hal a n grade grad o ot 01 6 5 In In fi CL f In It I me are lre laid lall rolls rails over which trains of o mine mile cars hauled by hy two to 00 50 0 ton toli locomotives are operated Within a I short time however hower the mill will wil be supplied with Ih ore oro mined by the theal steam al shovel hoel now nol employed In strip the surface Near Neur the tho entrance to the tho tunnel are ore located lo the crushing plant and the tho loading IO IIII station AH AM inch elch cur car clr comes front from rom the mine maine Its mile Ia contents are arc dumped au nu t a a Into bins with 1 I bIn wih lies lice Such ore as aa does not puss pass through i these theae grizzlies runs through the chutes Into tub the luke crushers where It II Is IH crushed down Into a product of ot I not lot to I exceed ono one In diameter From Froni the mill 1111 tutu rubbers crushers cru her tho the ore oro enters built bui with wih capacity for tor tons tuns Front From these bins the product Is loaded into Ingoldsby cars COr operated over th the Newhouse Copper Gulch Sliver Silver SIer Lake Lk Railroad widen Is owned by the thc tO company compo I nail and conveyed to the th mill mi about two tivo miles away On arriving nt at the mill mi the cars cur are dumped lute Into steel tell bins the capacity of or which U Is 1000 tons The mill mi Is erect erected cd ed In two to sections The ore front from rom these theRO bins Is drawn out by means orl of ot equipped eq u with wih wI tin plunger feeders nod and Is delivered to 10 the elevators of oC which there thel ore are two In each ench section of ot the mill one OM for tor dry 11 the other ot her for tor wet wel ores Ces The product delivered to Ui the dry ele ole elevator vator llor which takes It 1 to the top of oC the tho mill mil a 1 bight of itt lt 70 iO fl ft C goes gorn 1018 to a Hmm screen and Ind the oversize to a n set of ot rolls rolI whore where It Is s crushed to about H 14 mm size elze and returned to 10 the ele elo vator ator Everything Ber that thai passes through the thc screen and lies les on a passes lt es to the tho first two tO Jg of ot each section the th screens used on the Jigs In this case cne being heinl size Ilze The Tho ls is taken off or the Jigs front from rom a aside 1 aside side pt o discharge and anal It Is not put through the tho thO screen Into this the hutch The second size Is th the tho product which passes through a n 7 mm Olin screen creen and lies lieson Ics lieson on a 1 rm screen The product front from the latter latler later I ia then sent to the No 2 jigs In each section the Jigs bein In covered with wih a 1 6 mm nun screen and Jigged through Into the hutch Tho The tailings from tram both Jigs are aro con through the tha wet elevator eletor to a aset aset set Ret of oC In rolls rols which crush them a rown to 35 31 mm this being bing the finest grinding done In the plant The Tho material then pass passes through th the screens and remains on a R 10 mesh me h screen The Tho oversize In Is nt to another set of ot Jigs No 3 th the latter being covered rowed by a I screen while the concentrate Is drawn off or au nu U and delivered Into curs cars car for Cor I shipment to the smelters smellers From rom the tho th latler latter Jigs the start to toward I ward making finished tailings Is IH under I taken lallen The Undersize passing from the tho screen goes goeR to a n 16 mesh screen creen The oversize or orall oral orall all al remaining on 01 tho the I screen goes Ot to another set Het of ot jigs HeI No o 4 t with n a screen l Th The front from the 16 mesh leh en Is sent Rent to a n hy h Tho The fIrst firm size Ize from rom this title sizer Hizer Is IH sent 1 lt to another set net ei of ot jigs No o 6 5 and the remainder of the tho materiel material Is sized down to tour four our sizes nail then thea theas s lt to 10 the tho table and The headwater from Crom rain nil all ni the is II pumped up tip to a I slime settling R system stern Anter the slimes climes rom from this system are mire re retreated reo retreated treated over slime tables All the water walEr In the tanks tank talks Is IH collected col In one ole tank and anil used uHel to 10 supply the thE jigs with wih water On the Non Noti 0 3 4 and 5 I jigs JIA the tailings arc are din charged anI spilt sent Relt out of o th the mill mil The Tho product through the first and second jig I Is 18 returned through the elevator for Cor retreating The he middling front from the tite are nrc continually returned to the head of ot the same Iame table taho for or retreat ment whIle hil the product from rom tho the jigs JIJI and tables table Is II l delivered Into cars lar which are ara elevated and nn dumped Into the Ih con concentrate bins whence the ore Is I loaded loal Into the railroad mrs en r and nn In Is ready for or I to the smelters m lerl at salt Pall falt Lake Lakeover I over the San Pedro Pelo Ios Js Angeles Salt Leks railroad Th The hl mill mi receives It Is its water supply front from the Wall With Wah nh springs on the tho west vest WE t side Ildo of ot the valley vallY of ot that name Ime through h n a pipeline system tem 1400 H O fe t fet t In length The water r comes down by hv gravity and I is i finally stored In ft n huge bilge r above the mill mi and town of ot p po Xo No o mine In the Ihl State of ot Utah or In equipped th west than for Co or that tho the Cactus matter ls is better be Ier |
