The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-29

surround us. Mr.. Penn the resident
proprietor was our c,cerone; it's long
process and involves large outlay of
money. He informed ns thai forty ,hous-
and dollars had been expended in get
ting the works to their present state,
and that Fifty thousand more would be
used in completing it. In the frst place
the rock or ore has TO be broken into
pieces, something like that used for ma
cadamizing roads, which is doEe at the
mine; 1t Is then loaded into wagons and
drove on to u PAIR OF Fairbanks adjoin-
ing the Midland weighed; it is then shov
eicd INTO bins, resembling tight board
stalls, 10 keep each mans grist separate,
from there it goes TO the drying ovens,
where il is heated and stirred till thor
oughly dry, when it is hauled from the
mouth Of the ovens and .aken 10 the
rrushcrs. A mouth or hopper receives
1t with Il crushing, grinding force, and
soon yon discover passing along the
spout that connects with the pulverizer>
below, PARTICLES of stone like fine gravel.
which Ia due time is reduced 10 the Gne
ness Of flour by The puiverizcrs; il is now
ready tor the roasting ovens, into which
ii is conveyed, and when hauled from
them on to the cooling floor u, their
mOlth, ~ carried tu he leeches. These
are IN u large room, and consist of a
series OF tubs or watts. 1t now undergone
" hat Is called the COLONIZATION process.
which | can hardly attempt TO explain;
but suffice it 10 say, when il emcrge>
from this process The gold, silver &C.. are
in solution, then by different chemical
processes the gold and silver are separ;-
ted, and they have the result OF the va
rIous manlpulations of the ore in IA tan
gible and valuable shape. There are
different processes for reducing the ores,
some of which demand AN enormous out
lay, and others comparatively limited
expenditure. But impr pvements and
economy a:e I'll order of the day, and
the lime will soon come when these ores
will be treated with the same certainty
Of results. as the grinding at IL bu.hcl OF
wheat into -four. After doing The mill we
commenced the ascent OF the Salina
mountain at the foot of which the mill
stands. Perhaps you are aware it is q
lille tedious elm bsDg such elevations rs
We have here, ihai the rarity of the air
combined with the sieepness and rig
sidne>s of tho decliviiy produces ! short
ness OF breath, that reminds one of the
ease with which our breathing apparatus
can be sQucIehed when old death takes
notion TO press on our wiBdpipe. Our
i5inghamplon friend, Though, is equal to
any emergency; fail, is not in her vocab-
nlary. 1t eveD taxes the splendid phys
iscal powers Of The Judge To keep IN
talking distance Of her. By noon we
have learned the history OF ihis heauti
iul summit since the DAY it was christen-
I'd SalIna, visited the numerous shafts
that have been sunk on The pay s;reak-
With which il abnunds, and descended To
the valley below with sharpencd appe
tites for our noon repast. After dinner
We visited the shafts aud tunnels so fire.
4uent along the gulch, examined ores
aud learned some Of the pecnliarlties of
lha people Of this rugged country.
Every man You meet talks abon, his
.revicc, his lode, his mine, or his tunnel,
specimen rocks that will assay
into the thousands, is sinking a shaft on
a splendid vein that pays irom grass
roots down, or has Just strutk blind
ode in his tsnaei that VIII pan c,at .wen-
v thonsan.' d,dlars 10 the ton. Salina
choices in claiming % or so very good
mines, among which might be mention
81 the Victoria" Victoria No. q
: Goldsmith Maid 4" and Colorado
Jsmstnck "--on 4 mile creek, two miles
below Saina, and the rich and recent
discoveries Of the tellurium ores, that
.annot be eXcellcd in the world for their
'ichness iii precious metals. We inter
;iewed one Of the owners of newly lis
Covered lode. His price was one hun
fred Thousand dollars tor his discovery. |
They had been offered eigh,y-ive thou |
and Il tow days before, and refused il. |
We left him working ~ hard ~ il he |!
vas a Saline comfy farmer, and hat re
minds ms of the recent gold discoveries
u that Colorado Of Kansas, specimens
Il which have been sent here for az ay
The aSsayer ~ busy upon them and il
aklng 81 good deal of pans to be corr,cr
L. i. employed by the mill eumpany.
nd devotes tho time To other ASSAYS tot
rquircd by them. No doubt bur the pre-
ipus hetals are To DO found IN yonr To-
ality, bnt whether IN paying quantities
. serious question. "Wednesday morn
ny, weather delightful, appetiies cant
~ beat. We visit Sunshine camp to-day.
udgc too busy 10 accompany u. II i.
My the other side ofihe mountain ~
~ leiI, a. You pass down the guIch
Z here i, ia summit do YOU ak Climb
alf way up. then look ~ far a. vrur
isl ~ extends. 'Ld may be Won will see
. We say II and gained il after much
ibor aud heap Of resting, and then
-e wendcd our way down, down. down.
Il we iclt a. n we hal the truth of the
Iare "evrry mp has It's down." ground
ITO the .olcs of our bnnis; but we felt
chly repaid tor our efforts when we dill
zach bottom, for truly this j. "a valley I
sunshine One hundred houses are
ready built and occupied families arr
instantly pouring ia and new houses ]
eng nreried To shelter them. The prin-
pal paying mines here that are being
.vpluir.i and fortunes demanded a. r
,cir pri'r, il the Grand View" the
imerican," the "Charcoal." the ..Shoo-
:" the " Dead Medicine" the Ten
,<sce," ana "a number of others that We
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