The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-02
MINES AND MACHINERY
Some Reasons why Messrs.
Rankin and brayton are
Successful In the sale OF
Mining Machinery.

Messrs. Rankin and Brayton, propri-
etors of the Pacific Iron Works, San
Francisco. with that progressive spirit
that has distinguished them for many
years in their business, have made a
new departure, which will materially
enhance their traffic with the mining
world, and which must prove of in
terest to those who contemplate the
purchase of mining machinery. Real
izing the difficulty of explaining by
correspondence the various appliances
constructed at their shops, they have
hit upon a device that will obviate the
trouble. They have issued In chrome
photography, a series of sectional views
Of every variety Of mining plants
manufactured by them. They are Of
convenient size for mailing (ex9 inches)
handsomely colored, finely executed in
the drawing, and each Is an accurate re-
presentation Of the article illustrated.
For instance, No. / represents a free
silver mill, showing q sectional view of
the interior Of the building,the location
Of the machinery, and gives a very cor
rect idea of the method for the reduc-
ton of ores. This mill has four bat
teries of five stamps each, twelve ANAL
gamating pans and six settlers, with
rock breaker. retorts, bullion furnace,
boiler, Wheelock engine, and every ap.
pliance complete for the rapid and
thorough execution of the work it is
designed to performed. Its capacity
Is twenty tons of ordinary rock per
day. AS it IS the policy of this firm to
underestimate the capacity of its ma
chinery. it may be safely estimated
that this mill will over-run the above
figures eight to fifteen tons per diem.
No. 2 is a dry crushing and roasting
mill, having swenty stamps, eight
amalgamating pans, four settlers, one
Blake's improved rock breaker, Pacific
rotary dryer, Howell roasting furnace
Claimed to be superior to any roasting
furnace now in usel. bullion furnace,
retorts, boiler and Wheelock engine.
Capacity (underestimatedl twenty tons
per day. Each portion of this machin-
cry is represented in exactly the po-
position occupied in the building o n
tanning it.
NO.3 shows a silver smelling and
cupelling plant, with three of the cele-
brated Rakin and Brayton water jacket
furnaces, with u capacity of thirty tons
per day from each furnace. or ninety
tons daily from the plant. These fur
naces often run as high IS forty tons of
ore per day. The plant also has q Gu
polling furnace, for separating and re-
fning silver, u brick dust chamber,
boiler and Wheelock engine.
No. 4 shows a copper smelling plant,
with one Rankin and BraytOn water
jacket furnace, Blake's improved rock
breaker. a blower driven by a separate
engine (uprlght), and an upright engine
to drive the rock breaker on other ma
chinery.
No. s is a roasti ng and lixiviating
mill. dry crushing, with ten stamps.
This has u Pacific chloridlzing furnace
flor lixiviating process.twelve lixiviat-
ing tanks. boiler and Wheelock engine.
Capacity twenty-four ton per day.
Noe illustrates on a large scale, one
Of the very effective Pacific chloridiz-
ing furnaces, manufactured exclusively
at the Pacific Iron Works. This is a
rotary changing furnace. of an average
capacity of eighteen tons per day.
These plates may be had upon appli-
cation, personally or by letter to Messrs.
Rankin and Brayton, Pacific Iron
Works, 1877 First street, San Francisco
and will be found OF great value to
those contemplating the purchase of
mining machinery.
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