The weekly miner., 1880-08-03
TOWER ANN NJ.
MARK
succe.sfui Operation Of the New a,-.
4o'n "'i-H"ps Mill Steadily at
Work-Nsrthwestern still Ida
Sershie Appearance. Of the Alssnou,,
Mine, Etc. Etc.

From Our Travelling Correspondent,
Editor Butte MINER:
Inc ride on horseback from New CHICAGO
TO fhlllps6lirg, a distance of % miles is .
peasant she en July morning, when a
heavy shower the night before has laid the
dust aud impaired fresller green 10 the
meadows and gardens encountered OH tba
road up the Flint creek valley. From Deer
Lodge river to the junction of " illow creek
WIN filht, are great many pleasant hnma
'"r'is' The residents are mostly engaged in
stoch raising. a can several miles in
length, is passed, then the valley wideus Ont
AGAIN. should Judge it was used for pastu,-
aSe and hay lands from this point to Phillips
burg.
ihillpsburs is an old 66 town, and holds
It's own well. On the north of the city life
s'me OF the best paying mines to be found
ahy where. Three stamp mills have been
erected for treating the oles from the various
mines. Two Of the mills are now in suc
crssiul operation, and the third is standing
| die; Tor what reason failed to learn, as the
Trout mine from which it obtained its ore
supply, is being actively worked by Caplc,
u Smith, and the ore shipped to Butte for re
| ductiOn.
The Hope mill is running on tailinss, the
company having about twelve thousand tons
Oh hand. The superintendent and foreman
| OF he Hope, Informed me that the tailincs
paid them we'll for working. They are run
ming them through the pans and sttlers.
The Algonquin mill is said to be the finest
in Montana, aud l believe 1t is. The plar,
consists of IA 100 horse power engine, the
steam being furnished by two immense boil
ers. huge rock breaker crushes the ore as
it is brought from the different mines, thence
the ore drops upon drying floor, where it is
thoroughly dried and the amount of salt for
chlorodizIua is added. Then the ere is
charged into the hoppers of The Hendy au-
| tomato feeders, four IN Lumber, there beiu.
one feeder fol- eac five stamps Of the batter.
a trough, worked by q screw, to a reservoir
from whence it is elevated and runs into the
large Howell cylinder, 40 feet in length by {
feet in diameter. When tho ore has passed
tho oush this cylinder it is thoroughly chloro
died and ready for the pans. No salt is
added to the pans in this mill, and they gen
orally save q higher per cent. of silver thar
the chlerination assay shows, on account O
The metallic silver in the ore. l should judgt
that the Algonquin mill saves irsm IS to OF
per cent, which is very close work, consider
ing the baseness of the Algonquin ore. 1t il
mixed with ore from the Salmon mine W hicI
is much more tree in character. The Algon
quin company is one of the few we'll mall
aged concerns Of its kind in the west. 1t
past success has been the pride Of Montanians
and have no doubt that its future will be a
brilliant as the past.
/ visited the 800 foot level of the Algonquin
mine and 6 W the largest body cf silver bear
ing ore hav yet seen anywhere. Their
is no telling at present of how vast an eXten
this orc body is, but there is enough in sigh
to keep 20 stamps running for many msnths
probably years. Steam hoisting works will
be erected over the mine at au early day, a
the depth is tso great for hosting with
whim. The mine is very wet, two pump
being required to keep it drained, one at tn
D 200 and one at the 800 foot level. X.
a 500"