The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-11-20

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Repeated s~xpsriSsntal tssts In Ne
past tvo or three years having fully
demonstrated that 'heat Of Q superior
quality could b rised In the several
valleys Of this couny, more convenient
and better milling Abilities became It
once . necessity.
Cognizant Of the ituation our lead.
ing business mon. nth Characteristic
energy, resolved 10 Onstruct . Touring
mill which would be centrally located,
Of ample capacity. AID TO embrace all
the latest and most improved methods
for the manufActure q -four. In March
last q company va organized. COM
posed Of merchants and farmers, the
necessary funds subscribed, and with
John Ainly ~ President, J. P. Edof,
Secretary, and J. L Martin. Superin-
tendent, they sommeiced active opera
tions at once.
The south fork Of tie Humboldt, at q
point about folr milei west from where
that stream energies from tho Ruby
Range. was selected q the site for the
new mill, this locally possessing the
advantage not only OF being easily
accessible to the most productive wheat
growing districts. bat also furnishing
one Of ths finest water powers in the
State.
A substantial water ditch was first
constructed. having a carrying capacity
Of nine hundred cubic feet per minute,
about one-thirt in excess Of the quantity
required. Tie said ditch Is about
twenty-cight hundred feet in length,
and conducts the water to q perpen-
dicular height If forty-fve feet at the
mill.
TIE MILL.
Ground was broken for the
foundation in My last, and from that
date to the present work has been prose-
cuted with the utmost vigor, nothing
but the very hca material being used
and the most experienced millwrights
employed. 1t J quito an imposing
structure, 40I62seet, and three stories
high, over q large and w~ell-arranRed
basement. On .he first floor We iud
two sets OF Fench buhrs forty.two
inches in diameter, one set Of mid
dlings buhrs thfty-six inches, and enc
set OF barley Iuhrs thirty inches in
diameter; also bran buster, -four and
brans bins, ant two sets Of rollers
one smooth and corrugated. The gen.
erGl Office will aso DO located OH this
floor. The second floor contains bolt
ing chests, stock hoppers, brush smut
tiers, seParators, ETC., etc. On the third
floor is located the bran reel wheut
shutters. sepantors. purifiers, dust
rooms and coneyors. This floor is
connected with the basement by nine
sets of elevators. The basement CON
tains o l5-inch Turbine water. wheel,
exhaust fan. and other machinery which
We have not space to mention.
All work has been done in o most
thorough and substantial manner, aud
the machinery is SO complete and con-
Veniently arranged that -four can be
manufactured with tie least possible
expense. This, in connection with the
fact That water furniihes tho motive
power, is a decided advantage over
steam mills, md will ,nablo the COM
pany to pay the highes price for grain.
In addition TO the mill thoy have
erected q large grain warehouse, 3OIlOO
feet, with a storage opacity OF one
thousand tons, and which now contains
over twelve thousand entails OF wheat.
Everything being readyon Monday last,
oil the machinery was put In motion,
which moved off Withhold q hitch or a
jar, and to the entire sEisfsction Of all
parties in interest-a fad highly credit
abloto Mr.. dwight, the mister mechanic.
To-day grain will be turned into the
hoppers. and tho most important onter-
prise since the organization Of the
county will be fully imugurated-an
enterprise not alone OF special interest
to the farmer or the owners thereof, but
Of tho utmost importancsto the general
public. The mill will have q capacity
OF eighty barrels per t~woity-tour hours,
Is situated in the centT OF tho rich
g~rain-growing district CT die South Fork,
and distant from other points about as
follows; ElKo, % miles; Cnrlin, %;
Mound Valley, 10; Pleasant Valley, 10;
Lamoille, 20; Star Valley. 50; Bullion,
20; Huntington Valley, 20; Clover VAL
ley, co; North Ruby, IS; South Ruby.
40; Wells, Go.
Good roads to the valleys above mon.
toned already exist, or will DO con-
structed during the next year.
To conclude, the Eureka Mills will
undoubtedly hereafter DO on important
factor in the business Afrnirs OF the
farmer and merchant, and will have
much TO do In regulating tho -four and
grain trade for Eastern Nevada.
We arc informed by Mr.. Edoff, the