The weekly Butte record., 1866-07-14

TEE OPHrR MILLs.-This is the name given to
the extensive Touring mills now approaching CON-
ple:ica in 0roville. It is owned, and has been
built by Messss. perkins, i BROOKS, whose energy
and enterprise in supplying the want Of the COM
munity in this respect deserves and viii, We here
receive an abundant prosperity. The mill is not
surpassed by any in the State, and congratulate
the surrounding farmers On its completion in time
to afford them home market for their present
crop The architect of the mill Is Mr.. FRANKLIN
HIcKox, Of Pine Creek, in this county, and the
promptness and workmanlike manner in which he
has manufactured and placed in running order the
complicated and extensive machinery Of this mill
stamp him master mechanic, and entitle him to
the award due to skill, labor and fidelity to the
trust reposed in him. Taking the twostory theatre
building, with its pit, parquette stage, greenroom
orchestra and shifting scenes, he has transformed
If into four-story. rstelass Touring mill in about
three months time, and where the stagestruck
youth ranted his hour in sock and buskin, or the
balletgi delighted the bald heads of the orchestra
as she aoated before them in a cloud of snowy mus
lin, may now heard the puff of the eng ine and the
busy whirr of the mill stone as it transforms the
products of the soil into the staff of life. The
building is massive brick, 40 by so feet exclusive
OF she'd for the boilers and is located the
Of Bird and Huntoon streets. It has been trans
formed into three stories and basement feet in
hight, which is occupied as an engine room, gear
ing of husk frame, and wheat barley and corn
cleaning apparatus. The engine is ii inch cylin
der 80 inch stroke, with fy-weel Ii feet IN diam
eter and weighing 900 pounds. The engine makes
81 revolutions per minute, equal to IS horse power
The engine and machinery was manufactured by
Messrs. Prescott & SHIELDS of the Marysville
Foundry, and is plain and beautiful specimen of
the ceaseless toiler, working without jar. There
are two tubular boilers, 40 inches in diameter, Is
feet long, from the Union Foundry of BoorH &
Co., San Francisco The hight of the first floor is
ID feet on which are located the run of stones
three for wheat of capacity of 400 barrels of -four
every twenty four hours-and one for grinding
barley with capacity of two tons per hour; also
one principal wheat garner capable of containing
10000 bushels wheat; also, shutting room, with
one of HIcKox's upright shutters, three powerful
suction fans; the Office and receiving and delivery
rooms are also located on this floor. The second
floor is ten feet in hight, and contains merchant
and custom bolts; the merchant bolt consists of 4
reels each 40 inches in diameter and twenty feet in
length; the custom bolt reel sc inches in dame
ter and 20 feet in length; supply gamers for Burrs
capable Of containing 600 bushels of wheat 500
bushels of barley, and 20 900 pounds of middngs.
also supply garner for shutter with a capacity of
$50 bushels of wheat; also machinery for manu-
featuring selfrsing -four, and litter for meal
The third floor has hight of nine feet, and con-
tains elevators, capable of eevating 600 bushels
of wheat in twelve hours also conveyers for -four
and wheat, and the principal gearing of the mill.
Wheat is received by running car. on which there
is hopper; railroad track extends to the farmers
wagon at the door who dumps his wheat direct
from his wagon into the hopper whence it is run on
to one of Fairbanks patent scales, capable of
$500 pounds, ard after being weighed, slide is
opened and the wheat runs ont instantly into an
elevator and is carried above to be ground or stored
for future use. For protection against fire, they
have tank 40 feet high, with capacity of 1000
gallons of water, pumped up by machinery. Ad-
joining the mill is wood yarl 100 IT. front on Bird
street, running back 1872 feet to Miners alley The
mill is now receiving its finishing touches and will
commence running by the first of the ensuing
month. May success attend the enterprise.