Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1868-12-25
The Rising star.-The burned man

ner % this statement u what We saw IN
| Pint on Wednesday aud Tharsday viii nee
esssrily D. incomplete and unsatisfactory to
Ourselves snd al concerned Our return
/ YESTERDAY. through one 81 the most violent
storms rs ever saw, brought Us to olr posi-
! IN the sanctum 10 the afternoon, cold and be
/ nuraDe,i 10 such an extent a. 70 leave ~, on
the eve Of going 70 pre-, in no 1T condition
70 d., either the sutjs7ct Or ourselves anything
ike iustioe. We shall therefore leave until
/ Tuesday mornings issue the duty Of at
tempting TO describe With any particularly
tie working Of the machinery, us application
70 the breaking. crushing ami roasting appa-
rafus, etc Suffice it, at present, that even
the most sanguDe friends Of the enterprise
are more than satisfied They are perfectly
delighted With the perfect manner in which
every portion Of the mill from the rock
breaker to the pans, performs all ii was in
tended to
Il il no e1trayagaut assertion 70 say that,
il rs tie most complete, perfect, and econom-
/ zeal application Of power, 90 large scale, to
The driving Of Machinery that We have ever
had the pleasure Of examining The expo
rienoes of all past quartz milling, have been
consulted. the good adopted and the bad re-
ject..d, until it is not probable that there Is
to day, in existence, a quartz mill that ap-
prOaches go nearly toperfection- The forgo-
ing remarks We make. not az an expert
| but after having examined all the principal
Mills in Washoe and this Territory, as well is
mlny 10 California Montana and Oregon,
and having a slnatterbg knowledge Of Ma
chinery IN general Nor is 1t strange that this
/ degree Of perfection should be reached when
il is reinemb red that the Owners, Supern-
| tendents and Mechanics engaged IN .he work
are all old Nevada miners and workmen,
who have brought 10 their assistance the ex-
periences Of that model silver State The
feature, however, that has elected greatest
attention uld admiration, among all classes
Of people, and that commends itself to those
Interested in the reduction and successful
| treatment Of Flint ores in particular, il the
O'Hara Furnace We attempted ON former
occasion to give our readers some idea Of the
manner OF its operation, but fear we must
have failed In properly describing it, IN fact
We feel that no description can be given that
would prove half 50 satisfactory as personal
examination We, therefore, recommend
those who feel interest enough in our min
| ing prospects TO wish an intelligent under
standing Of the appliances, that we honestly
and sincerely believe, are torevolutionize the
working of these rebeIiious ores, to make q
visit u the Mill and Furnaces for personal
inspection. In Mr.. SanbOrn, General super
intendent; Mr. Roberts, Ag't ; Mr. Boardwel
Sup't Of Construction; Mr. Meyer, Chemist
and Assayer: Mr. Ahern, Engineer; and
| Mr. O'Hara. inventor and Superintendent o.
the erection and management Of the furnace.
you will lind kind and obllging gentlemen
who not only understand thoroughly the bu
siness they have in hand, but the amenite;
aud polite attentions due their fellow men.
| AT the time OF our visit, two weeks ago
the 0sHara furnace, on SO large a scale, haf
never been put to a practical test, now it isi
perfect success, as any one having ordinary
judgement aud eyes TO see, can satisfy them
selves by witnessing The operations of the
three now in full blast in the Rising Star
feeding themselves, roasting the ore thor
oughly, stirrlug il perfectly and raking ii int
the receiving bins with as much regularity
as the sands Of an hour glass.
That the whole establishment from begin
ming to end is a perfect success there can be
no doubt, and now only remains to be proven
by the cleanup that will take place between
this and New Years, when We have every
confidence that not less than 500, 600 wiz
find It's way into the Golfers Of the Company
in san Francisco the product Of the iirs
week 5 run. Should the first treatment o
the roasted ores, however, prove faulty fol
want Of experience, it will be no matter 0
encouragement, as il IS positively known by
actual yield in the mills that the metal is il
the ores and that roasting will bring il out
if properly handled. Ii may take a few ex
perimcnts 10 tx on the right condition.
What a sublime set Of warblers arr
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