Show MINES AND MINING EDITED BY F. F W. W SPRAGUE GREAT T MILLS START I GOLDFIELD NEW NEN ERA FRI I Annual Output of Two Plants to Reach Nearly MODELS OF CONSTRUCTION Mills of Goldfield Consolidated S and Florence Built for Business True to promise the creat graat Goldfield Consolidated mill on Sandstorm hill the tho finest quartz mill In tho the world started operation and the hour of 3 8 a. a m. m December 26 20 1908 signalizes signal signal- izes Izea the tho beginning of or a new era In ir InGol Gol oldfield says sas tho the News The machinery was started up on or what promises to be a a. record breaking run both In length lenth of time and value of product rho Tho mill had been tried out thoroughly so 50 that when It started It was In rc regular ular commission and will continue uninterruptedly for the mill millIs millIs Is perfect in ever every detail an and prepared to treat GOO tons of ot ore oro a day daj a Tho Thc mill was started without ceremony or 01 formality That had all passed Last Lasi week George field Ing gave a largo large banquet hanquet to all heads of departments and all men In charge chugo of mill construction construction construction tion to the number of ot 75 or more In honor of the completion of ot tho dated's milling plant Tho The Florence mill will start sometime sometime some some- time during this week The mill has been tried out and the entire plant was In motion yesterday yester ay and an could without alterations alterations altera altera- have Jave kept going any or chan changes es whatever er had th the pipeline been completed There Thero Is about a 3 halt half mile of the line lino yet ct to lay Tho The management will not start art up the tho mill until this 1 gap Is closed in the thc water waters s system stem for while the tho big reservoir has a good supply of water no chances will bo be taken whereby through an ex exhaustion exhaustion ox- ox of tire water supply the mill might have ha hato to be bo stopped Roth Iloth Mili Complete So often have descriptions of ot tho mills roms of the respective companies been presented to the tho public that It Is unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary at this stage to go o Into details details details de de- de- de tails regarding their construction suffice to say sa that on their different lines they thoy are aro complete In every particular particular par par- ane and strictly up to date Tho The Consolidated mill Is a n model built on principles that embody over every automatic auto auto- matic and saving labor device de that Is known to mill constructors And from the viewpoint of ot extraction nothing nothing noth noth- ing has omitted In either cither mill that will not keep this up to the tho highest highest highest high high- est standard With two or more miles of or railroad aT arid and railroad equipment the Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated mill hR has cost in the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of ot Tho The Florence mill with Its waterways ys and other essentials essentials essen essen- has made ronde a big hole In the half halt million dollar fund that the company more mora than a year ear ago set aside for mill mUl construction This expenditure on the part of ot both hoth companies however will be but us nS a trifle trIne when is considered the fact tact that tho the mills are aro to outlast a generation generation genera genera- tion and that thC tho the companies companies' mines will not not overtax o their thelt reserves os In furnishing furnish furnish- ing lug nn an amount of ot ore sufficient to keep HO S J t rJ 1 or d But of the golden that IB is to the tho commencement mont of or opera opera- operations follow mills That Is la what thol tho the mining at al world the CI ta l interested in tuUA It 2 8 act from tho many cx- cx an that been p l that do o o ot the tho estates u of the tho the and tho Florence com com- pl ni 8 tl thit mt a R. minimum average o of ot 30 ro oro can b be maintains with i h a n. atamo- atamo ar eo go V capacity of ot and ana five O tons to o othe the stamp In tn every 24 4 hours it means that tons will be bo handled In a n. day and m measuring this ht by y the tho lowest valued ore oro that will be lie C put through a adaily dally daily output of ot will be bo secured In a a. year ear this amounts to lo tho the stupendous ous oils sum of And this is the pro product of only two mills and a small handful of or mines What will the harvest harvest harvest harv harv- est be bo when whon other othor new mills be begin ln their operations and when the other meritorious mines of the district are aro producing to their utmost |