The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-10-14

ore 1t Is known TO contain Will De stopped ont
some day or other, most likely in the near
future ; the mill will once again enliven a
prosperous town with the thunder of its
stamps; and when that time comes Phil
ipsburg will enjoy the prosperity which should
long ago have been hers.
At Tower, the little town built up in the
vicinity OF the North Western works, the stag
nation caused by the general stand-still of
that company's affairs, is much more notice
able than at Philipsburg. At Tower nothing
is doing, nothing will be done until prepare
tons are taken in hand for starting up the
mill again.
But the advent of the good times antici-
pated at Philipsburg by no means depends
altogether upon the resumption of work by
the company mentioned. Straight across
from Phillpsburg, ON the other side of the
divide, separating Flint creek from Frost
gllch, a tributary entering Flint a short dis
lance below the town, we come to the new
works in course of erection by the Algonquin
Company. This is the Algonquin 20-stamp
mill, whose points of excellence have lately
been discussed by some of the Eastern mining
journals. 1t is situated on the right bank of
the gulch, located on a steep hillside, in a
situation where the most careless observer
cannot approach it without remarking the
many advantages it possesses altogether owing
to its location. First may be mentioned its
security from fires. At first sight the mill
presents a curious appearance from the fact
that no smoke-stack projects from its roof, no
steam pipes, save the whistle, are anywhere
to be seen. Upon making enquiries as one
naturally will, respecting this popularity, his
attention is directed to a strong brick 1ue
running up the steep hillside for the distance
of 33S feet, where it terminates in a large
smoke-stack, through which the smoke,
steam, and yapors of all kinds originating in
the mill will find vent. The f1ne is we'll con-
%stSlcted, broad and and strong, and IS five feet
high in the centre of the arch. This fue
affords absolute protection against the greatest
danger to which mills are commonly EXPOSED
the danger of being fired by a spark from
the smoke-stack. But this measure of secur-
ity is not the only advantage Of the favorable
location selected for the new mill. The hill
side upon which it is built is steep enough to
afford all that's needed of that great desidera-
tum in a quartz mill-grade-and consequent
~ q great saving in labor is thereby effected.
From the mine the ore teams follow the road
graded along the hillside to the platform on
the uphill side of the mill. Here tie ore is
dumped into chutes without shoveling. The
chute delivers it upon the steel bars of a
''grizZly" through which the fine ore is sltted,
falling into lower chutes by which it is led
at once to the dry kiln. Lumps too coarse to
pass between the grizzly bars are delivered at
the lower end of the grizzly to the Blake
crusher, through which they pass, reduced to
the required size, to the dry kiln. From the
kiln the ore is shoveled into the hoppers of
the Tulloch automatic feeders by which it is
fed to the battery of 20 stamps, each weighing
$50 pounds. From the battery the ore will
be taken by conveyors, Standish feeders, ETC.,
to the Howell improved roasting furnaces,
whose capacity is to be 20 tons a day. The
amalgamating room is to be provided with
eight pans and two settlers, and here again the
oAh III oS SASotAy soSilltdICu ny LAlC tlUcldl
grade, the pulp falling from one level to an
other without the trouble or expense of hand
ling, until at last, in the lowest room of all,
the ~letorts, and smelling furnaces are reached.
From these the Ore which reaches the dry
kiln in the form of commonplace looking
L" rock " issues in bars of bright bullion, to be
sent East Immediately for coinage. The mill
has a frontage of lob feet by 1870 feet in depth,
a large proportion of the latter consisting of
excavation in the hillside, the earth walls
bein" we'll supported with masonry. The en-
CINE manufactured by Hall, Fontaine & Alb
bot, of Philadelphia is of l25-horse power,
and thoroughly tirst-class in every particular.
Its strength and size may be estimated from
the dimensions of the fly wheel which is 16
feet in diameter and weighs 9,745 pounds.
The battery and all other portions of the ma
chinery except the engine, were made by
Griffith & Wedge, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio. The
Algonquin mill was built by Thomas W.
Fisher, by whom also the plans for its con-
structioE were drawn, the work being execu-
ted under the personal supervision of Mr.. j.
K. Pardee, the Company Superintendent ,
who also selected its machinery and decided
in advance upon the general character OF the
works. Most of the machinery is already in
place, but some is still at the terminus. Ere
manJ months the hills surrounding Frost
gulch will echo with the first stamp to drop in
that locality.
At Cable a great mining revival is TO be
noted, the indications being favorable for a
revival of the camp to its old-time Importance.
The Pyrenees owned by Kelly, Cameron &
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