Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
NEW DESIGN FOR PUMPING.
The lsvsnsiss sf r. Aug. HUMBER
OF she Dallies-Cahlss u III
Of Pa0preaa-Whas n Cisiose
for shs Hysssm.

Not long since P. Aug. Humosrt
supsriutsndsn. Of the Bullion. told on
The Coms.ock Of an invention OF his
ovn vhich he claimed could b worked
BY any engine Of ordinary power and
vo,ld raise a. much water - the biggest
pumps on the lode. Al at that time let
tiers patent had not been applied for. he
refused particulars for the public. In
regard to this novel pumping apparatus
the San Francisco Buustin has the follow
ing:
"For Q long time mining engineers
have been seeking for some less expsns-
i've and cumbersome pumping maehin-
cry. and ct last . new system has been
invented which, Il 10 thought, will take
the place OF that now In use. Il 10 the
invention Of Pierre A. Humbert OF the
Bullion Mining Company. who has ap-
piled for . patent. The new system 10
very simple. aud apparently effective,
and will reduce. Il 10 claimed, the cost
OF pumping machinery ninety per cent,
a. we'll a. ~lessening the cost Of working
Il. By the new system there extends
from tho top to the bottom OF the mine
an endless iron rope, which at the van.
Gus pumping stations passes around
large pulleys or wheels. atteen feet 1.
diameter. To these pulleys are attached
shafts connected With and driving the
pis,ons Of the pumps. The rope. being
set In melton by the engine. a. In the
case Of one Of the cable street railroads,
imparts motion to all the larger wheels
from the top to the bottom OF the mine.
a. in the case Of the pulleys over which
the street cable rolls, and these In turn
work the pumps. There Ia thus avoided
the immense weight Of the pump rods
now in use, the only resistance to be
overcome being that OF the friction
OF the pullsys aud the weight o:
the water lifted. The former csn
be reduced to Q very small amount.
The difference in the weight to Be
lifted can DO very readily understood
when Il 10 learned that the cable will moi
be Obliged to sustain . strsin Of more
than 5000 pounds. This machinery,
which Il il represented will do ~ much
work a. that Of the Yellow Jacket pump
ing machinery. cau be driven BY an en-
CINE consisting Of two l6.inch cylinders,
with . 81 or 4.foot stroke. running
ainsle-action plupgsr pumps ~ inches
in diameter and IL inches stroke. The
greater speed at which the m.chinsry
can be worked will enable Il, 1t 10 be-
lieved, to do q much or more work than
the pond.rous, slow.working maohinsry
at nressnt In use. One thousand gal.
Ions Of water per minute can. IL is
claimed, DO easily raised BY machinery
Of the size given above. By merely
changing the size Of the wheels on tbs
different levels, the speed OF the pumps
can DO regulated to conform TO the
amount Of water to be handled. The
cost Of working this System OF ma
chinery will. II 10 thought, DO less thar
that now run. The principal ~advanssge'
claimed for Il now. however, are the
greatly lesssAsd cost Of the original ma.
chinery, the greater ease with which
water can bs handled. and the facility
with which the working capacity OF thu
pumps may BE- adapted TO the dow o.
water. No arrangements have yet beer
made to place the new machinery in any
Of the Mines"