Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-22
YELLOW JACKET I

at Empire City. We were conducted to
the premises by Mr.. Charles Van Gorder,
in the short space Of three-quarters Of an
hour-the distance being about ten miles.
There is no disputing the fact, Charley's
team is a fast one-and on this trip to
Empire they did some very active tro,tng.
Arriving at the mill, we found quite a
large number of gentlemen there-repre-
Sentatives Of some of the principal mills
and mines in the State, and other distin-
guished guests. Among then we would
name: Senators Nye and Stewart, James
Morgan. Chas. Bonner, B. F. Sherwood,
John Gillig, AK. Grim, our cotemporary'
J. T. Goodman, of the Enterprise, Senator
Kellogg, Senator Hastings, DR.. Zabriskle,
John Wild, Colonel Schamp. Colonel
Lightner, William Sharon, of the Califor-
MIA Bank. DR.. CASTOR. Captain Taylor,
Mr.. Warrington, Alexander O'Neil, Louis
Janin, ]. B. Low, Mr.. Walker, S. 7. Gage,
Mr. Frank. Will. Campbell-and a whole
host of Others, whose names have slipped
u memory Just now. After %partaking
Of refreshments at the Office of the COM
pany, the visitors went On a tour Of in.
.pection of the mill, the machinery of
which had been started up, and worked
10 a charm and a brief description of
which may not be uninteresting: The
building is situated on the sloping bank
Of Carson river, the crushing and amalga-
mating departments being adapted to the
different grades. and arranged with ad-
,nirabl economy and convenience. The
crushing capacity of the mill is estimated
at one hundred tons per day. There are
forty stamps in eight batteries. Twenty
Of the stamps weigh 1850 pounds each,
and the other twenty but $50 pounds
each. Immediately back of the batteries,
on a lower level, is the amalgamating de-
partment. consisting of thirty Hepburn
pans and fifteen settlers. The capacity Of
these are adequate for the crushing de-
partment; but, it may be as well to men,
ton here, neither is adequate to the
capacity Of the Yellow Jacket mine, for
while the former is only calculated to
reduce 100 IONS of ore per day, the latter
Is at present yielding an average of 200
tons, and the production will soon be in
creased to 800 tons per day. Back Of the
matchmaking department, on a still lower
level, is q range Of furnaces and bullion
safes. The engine which furnishes the
motive power is pronounced by all who
have seen it to be the most beautiful and
we'll finished machinery in the State. 1t
is of 250-horse power, and manufactured
It the Vulcan Iron Works, San Francisco.
Its proportions are elegant and finely
finished, and the rough portions of the
cylinder and other parts are encased with
black walnut, after the style Of the Corliss
Engines. The fly wheel is a ponderous
affair of Is, 1000 pounds weight. There are
four boilers, in two sets. The dimensions
If each of these are ffty.four inches by
sixteen feet in length. The crushing and
matchmaking departments are propelled
5y different motive powers-the former
being run by water and the latter BY
team. The water for the purpose is con-
veyed some half a mile in a large ditch and
is applied to n turbine wheel. The master
uillwright of this new and elegant struc-
'ure, is Mr.. J. B. Hitchcock, who was
also the builder of the Pacific Mill, now
owned by the Alpha Company. in Gold
Hill, and reflects the highest credit upon
him as a master workman. The entire
machinery has been erected under the
supervision Of Alex. Stegar, who will con-
rinue to supervise it. The reduction OF
ores will be under the SUPPLEMENTARY Of
Mr.. Neary; while John b. Winters, the
superintendent Of the Yellow Jacket Com
pany, will exercise a general supervisory
are over all. The working OF the en-
zine. the stamps, the pans, and everything
connected with the mill, was truly admir-
able, and pronounced about as perfect as
my mill could be made. 1t must have
been highly gratifying to the engineers,
mechanics, and men employed in the mill,
10 hear their achievement so eulogized by
% many persons capable of passing cor
rect opinions upon their work. For our
.elf we would say, that n Of the most
beautiful and cheerful features about the
Yellow Jacket Mill is a handsome flag
taft on top of the main building. from
which floats, in all its glory, the beautiful
emblem of our Nationality, the Flag of
The Free. Long may it wave over the
mill of the representative mine of Nevada.
After the visitors had feasted their eyes
upon the handiwork displayed in the mill,
they were invited to another feast-one
cheerful to the inner-man. Mr.. Winters
and Mr.. Bonner did the honors at the
table- and for several hours the scene
was truly gay and festive" Wit, senti-
ment, anecdote, and laughter-provoking
Jokes ruled-and we might fill a whole
page of u paper with the proceedings, if
we could only remember all that took
place. Suffice i. to say, the banquet was
QUARANTINE GRouNDs.-The San Fran
cisco Board of Supervisors at their meet
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