Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-12-14
4 SUCCESS i!
THAT IS WHAT THE NEW WJSWELL
MILL IL.

1t Crashes lis Pulp to q unifsrm Size,
Makes No Shines, and the Tallings are
Worthless-The Dosovan Nine q Quar-.
~ Of Ore.
The Wiswell mill was cleaned up
Yesterday by Frank Wiswell, General
Agent Of the Wiswell Electric Ma
chinery Company. The amalgama-
tor in charge Of the mill stated that i,
had run close on to ~ hours, aud that
II to II tons of ore had been put
through. The result was bali Of
hard amalgam weighing about eight
ounces, which would yield about II
ounces Of fine gold. 1t was locked up
to await tho next cleanup, which will
be made in about one week.
J. c. Conklin, who came up from
Salt Lake on purpose to see the clean.
up, was present. He examined every
working part most critically, and with
the exception Of the gearing, which,
he thinks, is rather weak for such ef.
fective work, he considers the mill 4
perfect success.
Captain Lusk was also present, as
were number of miners and old mill.
men, and all pronounced the machine
built on correct principles, and evil
IDENTIFY capable Of doing excellent
work. Ex-District Attorney Bruner,
who has had several years experience
in quartz mills, was quite enthusiastic
in his encomiums of the Wiswell, and
intends to order one before spring, fol
use on Lost River.
Superintendent Ole Rorem, of the
Donovan Company, expressed it as
his CONVICTION that the mill would
work closer than any gold mill he eve'
saw, and that it would do the work o
IL stamps. He said that in a shor
time, the company would doubtless re
quire one or two more.
While great credit is due to all par
ties concerned for the manner in whicl
the work was done, j. F. Wiswell i
especially deserving Of mention for tn
ability he displayed throughout. Iii
no small task to build a good mill ant
start it up as soon as completed with
} out hitch or break, even in summer
when the weather Is favorable, an
} everything needed is at hand. Blu
when all this is done in such col
, weather as we have had, and in
, mountainous region where nothin
can be obtained except at great e.
pense, after long delays, and wit
much difficulty, it evinces much mi
E chanical and business ability on tt
part Of the guiding and dircctin
q minds. In this case Messrs. Wiswe
9 and Rorem have proved themselve
: possessed Of ability OF high order.
z As before stated, the mill makes i
u pulp of uniform size, makes no slime
o and its tail,ngs are absolutely wort
n less. A sample assayed by Eph Ds
e showed small "trace" Of gold onl
n 1t is therefore evident that all that
5. needed to make the operations at tn
IS new ntelprise success, is good OF
d That the company has in sght-a'
n plenty of it. Besides some 800
!. 400 tons on the dumps, a force of mi
~ - ers is at work near the top OF a h
IS opening what seems to be massi
,r deposit of ore. 1t is quarry, rath
At than a vein, as, although comparat;v
a. " little work has been done upon
~ it is already opened a length of abo
). so feet, the ore being fully II fe
d wide from the grass roots to the wor
n ing level, and the thinkness Of ore /
r low is unascertained. From poi
=, Immediately above the workings t
p. lode can be traced for a mile or mo
1t across three ravines and three hi
" The only question undetermined M
.. is as TO the value of this ore. TT
i, time alone can demonstrate. II
10 much, however, is certain, tow
Or That even $40 ore is very desirab
NJ since less than IS per ton will pay
:. expenses. There is no discount o" g
IS neither is there SIS freight per