The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
MORNING STAR.
THE MILL.
One Of the Finest Mining Structures
in the World Finished.

The Moulton 40-stamp mill is a min.
ing enterprise that the Butte District =
may well be proud of. 1t seems almost /
impossible to realize that Were this
rand mining structure now lands was
but four months ago a barren hillside. I
The mill, one of the finest in the world, !
is now receiving its finishing touches at /
the hands of skillful mechanics. The
first shovel full of dirt in the excavation
vas thrown out and the first w~agon-load
of lumber was delivered Oh the first day
of last May. When the work of erecting
the mill first commenced the l.. N k
said it would be one of the finest on this
continent. All the mill-men, miners
and experts who have examined it pro-
nouncei it a grand work. Among that
number we may mention r. c. Cham-
bers, Superintendent of the Ontario mill
and mine, of Utah, and Mr.. George
Hearst, of San Francisco, Cal. Boil of
these gentlemen were lavish in their
praise of the mill after a thorough EXAM
ination of it. The design and plan of
the mill is the wo. k of w. H H. Bow
ers, the Superintendent of the Moulton
Company, and the edifice to-day is Il
monument that reflects the highest
credit on the designer.
Before undertaking. a description OF
the interior of the mill, we will briefly
remark that a front view will show that
the building is evenly balanced. No
projection or point is found on one side
that has not its corresponding point or
projection on the opposite side to balance
it. This is Il feature rarely carried out
by designers of quartz mills. Entering
the mill it is found compIeted-the car
penters are merely arranging some mi
nor matters, such as stairways, closets,
etc. Everything can be made in readi-
ness in forty-eight hours to commence
dropping the stamps. The mill will be
started inside of ten days. This delay is
, OccaSiOned on account of the failure to
complete the water ditch to supply the
. mill.
= The mill stands directly south Of the
hosting works. The ore. hOisted in
cars from any level of the MoultOn mine,
is run in ears on Il splendid r rail track
to the mill, aud dumped directly into
r the ore-house. 1t will be difficult to
t point out all the advantages and changes
made in the mill from the ordinary
: quartz mill, but we will try 10 note II
e few that attracted our attention.. First,
Q the ore is fed into Il rOck-hrCakPr in
o the usual manner, but instead OF drop
Iinr into 81 hHDn tn hn ntfppNklr ri -
handled, the ore drops directly into Il re-
II v0lving dry-kiln. wher" all the mos
d ture is expelled, previous TO beinG fed
is into the batteries. The ore, after pass
e ing through the dryer, is dropped into IL
hopper and then, as required, the ore is
is drawn into Il car, and tracked TO the
" selt-teederS, in front of each battery, and
n dumped as needed. 70 perform this
work, we were informed, it only requires
e three men, when it usually, under the
'c oid method, required the services OF
IS eight to ten men. On either end Of the
r battery is placed the SAT- mills, where
E. the coarse salt is fed in to he ground, anu
8. thence drops into the elevator at the
S same point that the oreis deposited from
the battery convcyOr. The roasting and
chloriuizing furnaces are what are
W known as the OXland Il ..ockinS fur
10 naces-something similar to the How'll
NJ ~roaSter, but possessing many improve
20 nlents. The arrangement OF the floors
le of tie mill is most convenient. The
X pan and settler room is The same us is
ID usually found in silver mills, and OF the