Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-02

Nevada Is about 10 add another branch
to her already numerous sources Of wealth
The sulphur beds near Steamboat Springs,
which have been worked for several
months. have developed into what Is con
.idered to be a irstelAss quicksilver mine
The ledge Is nearly . mile In length. and
the groupings show good prospects
wherever they have been cut into. The
deposit seems to DO inexhau.tible. A
Nrws reporter recently visited the location
mentioned and made an inspection Of
TuE NINE.
They are situated two miles north Of the
Steamboat Springs. the ledge or deposit
seeming to follow the eourseof tho springs,
which formerly existed tho same ~ those
where Low stand the hotel buildings. The
owners of this property have incorporated
under the name Of the Nevada Quicksilver
Mining Company. They avn iive claims,
comprising i0l acres Of surface ground.
Tho
ORIGINAL LOCATIONS
Were Steamboat. Steamboat Extension,
Nevada. Nevada Extension and Clinton.
Tho reduction works ara upon the Clinton
claim. From the reduction works . car
track IL run IN ono 81 the cuts, where
some very fine ore sand has been obtained.
II appears In the form of sulphidcs and
chioriies Of mercury. the sides OF the cut
being Of q beautiful vermilion color.
Further mp the hill they 1nd what the
miners technically term "black metal"
the extreme darkness 81 the sand being
caused by tho presence OF u large amount
Of Sulphur.
EFFORT AsslSs
Give results 81 from :. % I per cent. "
IL per cent. Iu California ore giving y
Of I per cent. Is worked successfully. In
consideration of this fact the owner oil. Tho
Nevada quicksilver mine are well satisfied
with tl,sir prospects. and are going righl
along with their developments. They arr
not on Oh. sell. being content that their
mine shall stand upon Its " merits
The machinery which WAS put up failed u
work. and no quicksilver has yet been oh
tanned except in the rctort assays A. men
49,. 49,
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ihE MACHINERY
Consists Of q furnace. an engine and II casl
,,o, oon,.n.u I'll. mr., AMI 4. mt into
~.-,I.--.I.., o..
ah"pper ~hieh Is si'uA'eu a"o,' '"' '"'
mace. II Il carried by an endless screw
into q 3O-foot revolving cast iron cylinder
which is inclined and Joins with the fur
mace at tho lower md. Tie ore IL made
to pass down this cylinder ey ! susiiot
,An' Ana Is 'Ansn a. h,i.l
Al tho bottom Of the incline Is q second
brick chamber connected with the drst BY
an aperture sixteen inches square
Through this opening AMI thence through
the second brick chamber n through .
connecting iron pipe pass tho
1865.
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Into q third brick CHAMBER i"ls '"'i'
chamber Ia divided into two nearly sepa
rat. r,,,. The yapor. and fumes from
a.. -, IN. NJ am,
'"'
.sr,,,ion' anI ,hsir ,xit Al an opening
irom tho lower side 81 tho second com
psrtment They are tlence eonune'eu pi
asso's myn p.ps ' nj ,so ,es, IN lame.
,.r t.n fe,t lang and connected with each
other. Thcss condcnsers are placed at an
incline. la order that the quicksilver ina,
the moro easily 10 drawn of or taken
from the eondenser.. Water tronshs es'
tend over each condenser
SMALL A~rEArraEs
A, An. haitian, NJ these trourh, allow
IN T.. v-.,,on. ni,c.,
s"'Aiu'" "'"' . a..
on the condensers. lily this means t'
eond.p.ers are kept Al a sufficiently Low
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