Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-18
xLECrRiC Ll0Mr IN MINES.

The NKws has heretofore made men
ton Of the great advantages which must
naturally result from the adoption Of the
electric light in mines. in case that much
invented light shsll ever arrive at sufa-
Glen, practical perfection for such use.
Much OF the risk Of Are and explosion.
even in coal mines. could DO obviated;
and here In the mines Of the Comstock.
where thousands Of candles have been
burning continuously for over twenty
years. IL would DO Of peculiar value.
The extra heat Of all those candles burn
ing. to say nothing Of the oxygen con-
sumsd thsrsby-ths very air element
which IL supplied at such q enormous
expense to the drifts belsw-wsuld be to
Q very considerable extent. II not On.
tirely, avoided. Aud the electric light Is
no tAllow dip. bat far superior to any
any other artificial light yet discovered.
furnishing . light similar to that Of
MONDAY. enabling the miner to see and
do his work better and much more
sfestuslly than BY any other under
ground light yet devised in the history
Of the world.
In some Of the gravel gold mines in
Californis the electric light has already
been adopted with good success and sd-
vantage, and % the various ~contending
styles Of the light are becoming more
perfectly developed its great utility 10
everywhere more sppreciativsly rscoe.
nizsd and brought to practical use. In
illustration Of the foregoing remarks.
We copy the following from the New
York Niaing Nsrs Of the It'll instant:
@. @. Ruthrauff. western agent Of the
Brush electric light. arrived in the city
last evening. his mission being TO supcrin-
tend the erection OF an electric light ma
chine ordered by the Bassick Mining Com
pany. These lights will Be the first erected
In Colorado. although the apparatus has
been ordered for other points. The intro
duction Of tho electric light marks . new
era in the illumination Of smelters and
so~ncsntrators and stamp mills. These
lights have been used In such well known
works a the Horn Silver. Great Basin and
Old Jordan mills In Utah and in the large
Alice mills in Montana. for some time and
with the most perfect success. and also IN
such ~wsll-known mines a.. the Calumet
and Hecla, Msnominss and Republic
mines in Michigan. The cost OF running
the electric light. outside Of power. which
can generally DO spared from the engines
in use. the amount required being small.
10 only one cent an hour per light. The
Bassick will use three lights for the con.
eentration works. the larger chamber and
the dump, at . cost Of thirty cents per
night. or . total eost Of sixty cents . night.
counting the interest ON the investment.
The apparatus requires M special attsn-
tion..
Mr.. Ruthrauff will probably take active
steps toward organizing . company for
city and store lighting. He has organised
three such companies, one in Salt Lake
City. another in Ogden. and . third in
Butte, Montana. In about two weeks he
will begin lighting the town Of Ogden
from Q tower zoe feet high, under q tive
year contract with that city. The electric
light - now perfected can be furnished at
the rats Of about 50 30 per thousand feet
for gas, but 10 practicable emily for large
spaces and not for dwellings. In . few
DAYS the Salt Lake company will begin the
operation 81 los lights in streets. stores.
ssloo-shind hotels. The light In quantity
e .sn times that Of gas. The current IL
gathered at . central lighting station.
powerful engines being used. and IL con-
vsyed through wires. 90 that there Is NO
such loss a. attends leaking gas pipes.
The plant costs one-fourth whats gas plant
costs. and can be run at far less expense.
Each electric light 10 equal 70 more than
q hundred gas jets, and makes the space
illuminated ~ light - day.