The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-19

during the last 60 days and shows an
unbroken body of good ore for the
whole length of the location. Two hun
dred feet of this mine changed hands
this week for coin on the ground. 1t
was purchased by parties from Hamil-
ton, together with 1000 feet Of outside
ground, and promises to DO a good bar
gain. There is upon the dump about co
tuns of first class ore, and the working
force is being increased. The mines
throughout the entire bolt are showing
we'll, and if they continue to improve, as
they bid fair to do, this place will eclipse
all discoveries that have been made in
the eastern part of this State up to the
present time. The Ely e. Raymond
mill is working ore for the Burke mine
and turning out bullion steadily. The
machinery for their large mill Is upon
the ground, and will be rapidly put into
place under the superintendent of
James Nee, who is also an owner in the
mill. This mill will give the miners an
opportunity of testing their ores by mill
process and reaping the reward Of their
patient labor.
This morning, upon invitation of Col.
Fitzhugh and Riplinger's suggestion that
no soap was required to make the trip,
we seated ourselves behind one of his
fast teams, and with q goodly company,
were whirled over q splendid road, well
laid out and evenly graded, in an easterly
direction to Dry Valley, So miles from
town (called Dry Valley because 1t is the
only wet valley in that section of coun-
try, l suppose), where the Meadow
Valley Company's mill is located. We
rolled up to the Office of Mr.. tanning.
the asssyer and matchmaking superin-
tendent, without a mishap. Here Col.
Fitzhugh called for liquid invigoratives,
which We all refused with a smile, ex-
pressed our views on temperance, and
adjourned to the mill. The main struc-
ture is S6x100, all under one roof sup
ported by q fine and substantial frame.
The engine occupies the western portion
of the building. and is q perfect piece of
of machinery with a capacity on
100-horse power, and with a sufficient
amount of boiler-room to generate
steam with perfect ease and safety
to drive all the machinery for the
reduction of 40 tuns of ore daily.
The rockbreaker is near the front of
the mill, and will discharge the ore upon
the platform in front of tho battery
which is a 20-stamp, in two sections,
each stamp weighing $50 pounds, ar
ranged for wet crushing, to discharge
through No. so Russia iron punched
screens, into a series Of pulp tanks, and
from these the pulp is conveyed into the
pan Immediately below and parallel
with the battery, and supported by abut-
ments of solid masonry. The pans are
ten in number, and built upon the Horn
plan, with steam chest and wrought iron
sides. They discharge the pulp into five
7-feet settlers below; from there it goes
to the ~agitators upon the lower or ground
floor, and is then carried to near the east
side of this floor to two Hungerford con-
centrators, where it is passed out as tail
ings. The machinery was put in motion
at 10 O'Clock, the 18th Of July. Every
thing worked in perfect order, and taking
it altogether, building and machinery, it
is as perfect and complete a 2O-stamp
mill as this State can show. The ma
chinery is from II. J. Booth & Co., of
the Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
and was put in place by @. C. Perkins,
one of the most finished and reliable
mill builders in this State. The bullion
furnaces and retorts are spacious and
perfect in their arrangements. The as
say office and Superintendent Office are
detached from the mill, and together with
the clearinghouse makes quite a town.
The completion of this mill, and the
vast amount of ore now on hand, with
the developments in the mine, bids fair
to put the Meadow Valley Company
among the first bullion producers in the
State, and opens to commerce a large
field for enterprise; and to the hardy
miner gives a promise that wherever he
may go, enterprising men will place the
machinery necessary for the reduction of
all the paying ores discovered. A. H. II.