The Elk Mountain pilot., 1883-06-14
Our Mines,
LATEST REPORT FROM THE
PICK AND SHOVEL.

condition, and It is no little job tc
haul heavy machinery. The boiler
weighs between three and four ton,
which Will give the freishters some
little trouble at this season of the
year.
The Rose & Reed company's con.
centrator Is about completed. ard vii
be ready to run in few days. The
betting is on and all. the connection:
about made. A part Of the machinery
has been started up and found to
work like charm. The mill will be
complete in all Of its appointments,
and there is very little doubt but that
it will be complete success. In the
course of a week or two, we hope to
be able to chronicle the successful
WHihiIlSo VI tiiC i'lil.
Mr.. Thos. Mower hrs started up
work on the Oakes mine, but will not
put on large force until the surface
water goes away sufficient, SO that he
can work to an advantage.
Mr.. Wilder will Immediately COM
mence making preparations for the
erection Of his concentrator. The
mill will have a capacity of about
thirty tons per dav. The process Of
treatment will be by the Emb,ey table.
A sixty horse engine will be used to
furnish power, and the mill is SO erec-
Ted as to admit Of enlargement as the
necessity Of the future may demand.
The ore will be crushed by Blake
crusher and pulverizer for the tables
by one of. Morris, Tasker & Co.'S.
thirty ton pulverizers. 1t will differ
in some essential respects from the
Rose & Reed mill. A site for the
nill has not as yet beer absolutely
determined upon. L. was Mr.. Wilder's
to put it near the Lead
Chief, but he nav change his decision
and build nearer the town. We are
inclined to believe that 1t would be
more to the advantage of the mill as
we'll as to the camp. to have it loca
ted IN the town. Hendey & Meyers,
Of Denve.. are the builders Of the en-
CINE and boiler, and the tables, crush
ers and pulverizers come from the
Morris 'rasksr works. Of Philadelpllia.
All the machinery is now on the wav.
With the two mills in operation. Ruby
Camp will have all tie facilities il can
ask in the wav of milling ores.
1t is encouraging for the miner to
work his prospects, when he can have
a competing market ri ght at home for
his low grade ore. ard We hope to see
much more work done THIS year than
ever before. There are plenty Of pros
pecis thar Will yield from forty to
sixty ounce ore, for which there Will
be market fer ct a small profit to the
miner, when the concentrating mills
get in operation.
Notwithstanding our season being
fully three weeks later than usual, Mr..
Samuel Aughe will commence work Oh
the Shaft of the Little Maude lode.
The vein shows splend dly at the
present depth, and Mr.. Aughe pro-
poses to work the claim diligently
this season. Mr.. Aushe has been in
the mountains before and sno "tender-
foot" and is competent to work the
Little Maud to good advantage. We
expect to hear good reports from this
property as it is one among the many
promising claims ON Ruby Hill.
DR.. Cornell proposes to survey for
a patent on the Little Frank lode, and
the extension, the Little Dick. TIE
owners of the Yankee Doodle also in
tend surveying for patent. In fact
Ruby Hill will have many claims
patented this spring.
The owners OF the Floridi lode, sit
uated on Ruby Hill, are mlkiag pre-
parations for to commence work in
the shaft, on the lead soon. The
Florida shows we'll for the amount of
work done on II. /.
A California paper states that, year
or more since, gate post that had been
painted with so-called zlnc white. was
noticed to appear blat K all dav, gfay in