Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-08-19
THE RANDOLPH MILL.
Successfully started Tuesday -- A
 Successful Hun Predicted.

About month ago the Hopkins mill,
 situated about two miles west of town, was
 purchased by the Randolph Mining Com panv, and active preparations made to put | il in running order The mill was in a
 rather dilapidated condition from disuse
 and many thought it WAS an unprotiable
 investment for the Randolph, as the mill
 could never be placed in good working or
 der. It is understood that $10,000 was
 paid tor the building and machinery com-
 plete as it stood. The mill was t! indeed in sorry condition when the
 purchase was effected. The engine rested
 on ! wooden foundation, that shook like a
 woman with the ague when any person
 approached it. The pans and settlers
 were cogged and broken, the battery
 dismantled, and the gearings and shatting firmly welded with dust, rust and con gealed oil. There was not an article in the
 establishment fit for use; but Mr. Fuller, with characteristic energy, set to work to
 remedy the defects and put the mill in | working trim. The first move in this
 direction was made when Charles J. Kaig-
 han was made chief engineer and superin-
 tcndcnt. Perhaps there is not more con- petent mechanic on the coast than Mir. Kaighan. For nearly ten years in | the employ of Prescott, Scott & Co.,, erect | ing machinery, afterwards chief engineer of the quartz mill at Harshaw, and subse- quently assistant chief en gineer of the ex-
 tensive mill and hoisting works at the Minas Prietas in Sonora, there is no ques-
 tioning his experience When Mr. Kaig-
 han received his appointment, he set 10
 work with avidity to make mill out of
 the wreck he was given charge of. A solid cut stone foundation was placed under the
 engine, the scattered parts of the pans and
 settler were placed together, the stamps
 were put Tn place, the gearing cleaned off,
 many belt frightened and tested, and in less than a month he was able to announce to the managers that he was ready for ore. At half past nine Tuesday morning steam was turned on. The shafting immediately
 moved, the influence was conveyed to
 the gear wheels, the pans revolved, and the
 stamps with angry thuds, began to dance
 in their fasteners. It was complete success. Never did pans or settlers revolve more smoothly; never did stamps go through their perpetual dance | with less jarring. In five minutes after the steam was turned on everything was
 running along as regular and smooth as if the machinery had not stopped
 for century. The ore crusher, the
 battery, pans, settler, pump, everything
 performing it's functions perfectly. Well
 might Mir. Kalghan feel proud when he
 stood on the top and contemplated his work.
 The purchase of this mill was really an experiment on the part of the company. A good many practical mill men are of the opinion that the Randolph ore cannot be reduced without roasting, though both. Mir. Fuller and MT. Kaighan believe that it vii! work all right in tue ordinary way.
 The mill is entirely paid for, as is the l mine, and the company can calculate on what bullion is produced being their own. At the organization of the company half the stock was set aside for working cap itsl and more than a quarter still remains have started In producing bullion under
 more favorable auspices. More than a thousand tons of ore now lay on the dump at the mine, aHd there is suffi cient in sight to keep twenty stamps I working for two years. The purchase of the fve-stamp mill was solely to ex- pertinent on the ore, and it is more than probable that if the results of a few runs | are satisfactory, the erection of moro ex- tensive mill will be commenced There has no ore been stopped out ot the mine as yet, development work being solely per formed. Tine success of the mine is tatter- ing in the extreme to the perseverance and
 judgment of Mr Fuller; Only four
 months of active work has been performed
 on the mlne, yet it now takes rank with the leading bonanZas of Tombstone.