Show BERLY HAS FATH IN FUTURE 01 OF BIG CAMP gold mountain con arranges for erection of thousand ton oil mi to take place of old annie laurie reduction plant it is impossible for those who have not i visited the property 0 of f the gold mountain consolidated mining company st at kimberly to form a conception of the greit wealth of th the C mines ind the magnitude of the campini Is s undertakings er list week a represent representative etive of the reaper visited I sited kimberly and accompanied to tino of the officers of the mining company through the mill blacksmith shop saw mill and through several miles of workings his guides robert C hanks assistant general manager who aho his has charge of the kimberly end of the companas comp anys business and frank tahi a shift bo boas s I 1 took look him through the tun celb ie and stop es where inhere by climbing the ladders lie he was vas enabled to examine the immense ledges of ore that are exposed at frequent intervals throughout the workings ithe the party begin its tour about 4 lock in the afternoon and remained in the mines until 2 the following morning they entered tunnel no 5 which extends under gold mountain for a distance of more than two miles after having examined the workings in this tunnel in a cursory manner they entered tunnel no 4 about feet above no 5 where they climbed the ladders in the are great ledges of low grade ore on every hand from 15 to feet wide and averaging anywhere from 4 to 50 per ton one of the important adjuncts to the corr con i Is s t is the zall saw mill mil bich furnishes all the lumber used in the mines huge logs measuring two feet in diameter are brought from the companas comp anys timber properties and are here sawed into lumber it may be explained that all of the machinery in the sawmill is strictly modern and its work is i t credit to the institution the company has wo two plants one at operated by steam and the other at fish creel creek propelled by water these furnish electric lights and power for the mines the mill the blick mith shops ard ollices offices and all the business buildings in the town tonn of kimberly the use of electricity is not net limited ho however homeer weer to furni bing light and power for these places for every le level leel el in the mine has telephone connections with the offices ind with the lodge the home of the general inana managed gei the lodge I 1 is a modern 3 loom building situated on the lull hill above the plant it is nicely furnished fuini shed and well nell located the company is now employing about men ind is ar ringing with a denver firm to erect a new 1000 ton mill capable of saving 90 pot pel cent or of the values in the enormous bodies of low gr gride grade ade ores th tint thit it have haie been blocked I 1 out and are ready to be taken out of the mines the new mill will handle these ores dt at a cost at ane present time they are arc taking out ore that luns from 20 to 1 I to the ton but on oil account of not ll haing axing ane facilities to the low lov grade ore they must let it stand until the new mill is ib in commis commission aon it is thought however that when the new mill is in operation the gold mountain consolidated soli dated will have a proposition equal to tint that of the ho Home ra e take at deawood Dead Dea nood dood the present mill was inas huilt built in an aarif earl day and was operated at greater capa capacity cit than the designer de sigrer intended the result is that it is not giving satisfaction is by the present method of treatment the ore is dried in big furnaces after which it is run through several crushers and liter later it goes into the vats where the metal is extracted by the cyanide process there are now tons and tons of slime and waste on the dump which will average from 1 to 2 and probably more per ton which can be profitably worked over when the company gets its new mill another adjunct that cannot bel be overlooked overlooks d is the company companas comp anys Is ranch it is located in the valley near the mines and furnishes food and pasture e for the mules and horses that are used in the mines and around the workings the gold cold mountain consolidated mining alining company is the result of the consolidation of the mammoth Mom Alom moth sun rise and annie laurie laune companies thus for far its hol holdings lings box hae a co t in th thi neighborhood of alfred carr of new york is its pre president and general manager and R C hanks is its asis stant general manager M mr r clapp formerly of new nen york but recently of kimberly nev has succeeded mi M mcarthur as office man the town of kimberly is rejoicing over the prospects and its citizens are expecting great things when the new mill is erected as it will furniss employment plo ment for hundreds of men all the merchants merc hints of the town are con that kimberly has a bright future |