Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-02-11

local Importance, and giving it more
than passing notice, when they are in
formed that the Floral is the first and
only quartz mill at Phoebe. all our ores
heretofore having been reduced at Bull
lionville, ten or eleven miles to the south
east, where wood and water are more
abundant
THE BOILER ROOM.
We first entered the boiler room, and
there spent few moments very profit
ably. There are two boilers, each fifty
inches in interior diameter and 16 feet
long. The steam-drum is 80 inches in
diameter and nine feet in length. The
smoke stack is So inches in diameter and
so feet high. Live steam pipes and ex-
haust pipes cross each other at almost
every angle, extending from the lower
works in all directions. The whole is
set in solid stone masonry. From to
6 cords of wood are daily consumed.
The boiler room is Boxes feet in extent,
including wood house.
THE ENGINE ROOM.
Passing from the boilers, we entered
the engine room; and there, truly, did
We behold, at a glance, enough steam
mechanism of the highest order to repay
us for our half mile walk through the
mud and melting snow. The engines
are horizontal with the patent adjust
able cutoff attachment by means of
ha nj nvko ,f
can be instantaneously regulated while
the machinery IS in full operation. Won
derful example OF the ingenuity and in
telligence of man! With its massive
steam-chambers, in which is ever con-
lined and ever passing the strength OF
hundred stout horses, its gigantic steel
arms, tirelessly keeping in perpetual
motion hundreds of tons, this mighty
| motive power operates with the smooth
ness and regularity of the pocket chro-
nometer. The awkward freight wagon
| jogging along the road makes more noise
| A full detailed description we would feel
| incompetent to give, had we at our COM
| mand the space to do so. The fy-wheel
is IL feet in diameter, makes 60 revolu-
tons a minute, and weighs 10000
| pounds. These works, like the boilers,
rest on solid masonry foundation, eight
feet deep, which is built up from bed
rock.
.-. MANUFACTURERS.
The steam works of the Floral Mill, at
Phoebe, were turned out by the "Risdon
Iron and Locomotive Works, corner of
Howard and Beall streets, San Francisco;
and Pacific coast artisans need offer no
| hat tar nf hal oh w. 70 !
manufacturers in other parts of the
world than they afford.
PANS AND SETTLERS.
There are six combination pans in OPP
Grafton, of highest capacity and con-
structed from the best models and in the
most substantial manner. They are pro-
PEELED by Lighter wheels. And Just be-
low them, reached by short flight of
stairs down 5-foot breast of masonry,
are three settlers, feet in diameter and
3 feet in depth, which are connected in
the usual way with the
REToRT ROOM.
Entering the retort room, which is
36x20 feet in extent, we find there every
modern facility and appliance for pre-
pairing the precious metal ready for coin
age. There are three retorts, each of
1,0O0-pound capacity, with refining
works, etc, complete.
THE ORE ROOM
Is supplied with magnificent drying
furnace, 10x3l feet in extent, over which
J from 20 to % tons of ore are easily dried
each day, ready for the batteries. But
: the most important feature of this de-
partment, and deserving of special no.
tice, are the excellent dust chambers
connected with the batteries and drying
: furnace-constructed by Captain Benz.
, Evans, the builder, ON an entirely new
principle. By means of these the int.
rior of the mill is kept free from flying
dust and almost every particle of the
3 ore is saved. The dust, entering the
chambers, ascends few feet above the
roof, where it is arrested and returned
below to be again precipitated into thu
4 batteries.
ORE CARS,
Above and below the batteries, NIGEL,
adjusted on iron tracks, with turn plat
attachments, obviate entirely the use O
9 the shovel in removing the ore afte
4 pulping
A. THE WATER SUPPLY.
4 A few yards distant IS monster water
- tank, which will hold 10000 gallons
. from which water is conveyed through
:, pipes to all parts of the mill. And G. H
u Light the Superintendent of the mill
has wisely utilized this inexhaustibl
l. water-supply beyond the regular bus
# mess wants of the mill, by providin
hundreds Of feet of hose, extending a
9 through and to the farthest corner of tn
70 building, as a precaution against fire
r The tank is directly connected, by pipe
s. of sufficient capacity, with the Florf
+ Spring Water Company's works, and, G
course, there is no danger OF the suppl
- ever being deficient.
s. A BLACKSMITH SHOP,
a. As complete as any in the city, is COZ
+ nected with and part OF the mill prof.
% erty. ...-..-
y, AGGREGATE COST OF MILL.
- Something over 100000 feet OF lumbe
was used in the construction OF tn
,e building, at an average cost OF $75 pr
,e 1000. But as the entire basement
"a constructed of massive granite walls, tn
~ cost of lumber does not bear as grei
y proportion to the entire cost as might
+" supposed. Elegance, as well as strsngt
and durability, has been considered
ut the erection and completion OF the flor