Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-05
The Milton Mining and Milling Com
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we.clip the following from Prof W. f.
Stewards Geological Report of the Milton
mine at Sullivan. or the work already
done he says:
Under the watchful and Intelligent su-
pervsiOn of the uperintendent-Mr John
Shoenbar-a gentleman who has had many
years of practical experience in the leading
mining districts on the Pacific coast and
elsewhere. the Milton works are being per
fected In manner which must be really
gratifying to the owners of the property.
Every appliance and every structure in
and about the premises is being placed so
as ~ combine strength and durability with
convenience and elegance.
The principal building at the Milton is
named "Shaft-house No. 9" This struc-
ture is l0l feet in length. by 80 feet in width
and Is two full stories in height. In fact,
one portion of the building Is two and one
half stories in height. In this house are
the principle adjuncts of the mining work.
consisting Of machine shop. carpenter
shop, engine and boiler room, dressing
room, etc. In brief, the building contains
every appliance now used in a irst-class
mining establishment The most substan-
tial object at Shaft No. 2 is the shaft it,
bering and the lofty gallows-frame about
1t. The shaft is a double compartment.
each compartment being four feet by four
and one-half feet In the clear.
In order to obtain an elevated position
for ore dnmpage, the shaft has been cribbed
up from the ground surface to the second
story of the building. The cribbing is
formed OF massive timbers. each set being
firmly bolted with iron. To add further
sOlidity TO the elevated cribbi1g, the whole
rests upon walls OF heavy arched mason
work. which extends to the firm bed rock
twelve feet below the surface, and the sum
NIT Of the crib is stayed to the building by
strong girders Of hard pine. The gallows-
frame is constructed after the latest model
aud. for new mining camp, is really a
colossal affair. Its dimensions are l6 feet
by is feet span at the base, and its eleva-
ton above the elevated cribbing. OF top of
the shaft. is So feet. The sheaves are
feet in diameter. aud the hoisting cable is
a steel wire rope OF one inch In diameter
The entire machinery Of the works Is now
driven by Copeland & Bacon engine Of so
horse power. On the outside of the build
ing stands the largest brick chimney or
stack. ever erected in Maine for mining
purposes. This stack Is model of elegant
brick masonry, and Is 80 feet Ia height
above the ground level. The inside diam
eter OF the stack Is four feet In the clear,
aud the structure rests on q pier of solid
granite, which itself rests on firm bed rock
The present depth OF Shaft No. 2 Is sixty
feet, but when the big hosting gear is
completed the work Of sinking will 20 rap
idly forward.
Shaft No. is ei2hty-nve feet deep. 1t
is a double compartment, each chamber
being four feet by four aud half feet in
the clear, the whole being substantially
timbered. The company is now engaged
At shan No. In erecting complete steam
hOisting works upon the COmstock plan.
In addition to the Improvements mentioned
at the Milton, there ID = fine two-story
frame house. twenty feet In width BY fifty.
two feet, In which there IL An assay ONCE,
. business Office and lodging Departments.