Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-28
THE KING or TIL WEST.
ITS CONCENTRATING WORKS In
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION,

The Ore In Sight-It Will Suilce to
Keep the Hill Busy for Over . Year
Bat the Oatpat will Depend Upon
the Rate Of Freight-Etc.
The now concentrating mill Just /
built on the King of the West group
Of mines, in Smoky, was started up
Tuesday. After few trial runs and
unavoidable several stoppages for
the purpose of making slight aIters.
tons about the jigs, tailings sluice,
etc., it was finally started yesterday
noon, since which time it has run un.
interrupsedly. That it is expected to
work satisfactorily is demonstrated by
the fact that Colonel E. A. Wall and
Charles Read, secretary of the com.
pany, who came up from Salt Lake
City for the express purpose Of seeing
the mill we'll started, have returned
home.
The mill is of 60to daily capacity.
That is to say, it can concentrate 80
tons OF crude or undressed ore, and
thus make from FIVE to Is tons of
shipping ore per day, according to
the character Of the rock put through.
The mill, Colonel Wall informed a
TINES reporter, worked like charm,
and, as far as the machinery was con.
cerned, it seemed as if it could run
; forever.
"And how about the mine? ?" asked
the reporter.
swell, hardly feel at liberty to
express myself freely about it," re.
piled Colonel Wall, las I am not an
owner IN the property. But this
much l may say, to.wit: That the
vein is the best. defined, most regular,
: and finest that l have ever seen in
\ limestone"
REP.-Anywhere?
COLONEL WALL.-Yes, anywhere
I REp.-And how does the ore show
up?
COLONEL W.-ltimproves in guam
tity and quality with depth. Thu
e lowest level shows the best OF any i,
b" the mine. The ore is getting cleaner
t, higher grade, and there is more OF i
/. that is, the ore.vein is wider Their
j. than in any other part Of the mine.
n REr.-How does it occur? In larg
! kidneys?
B Col. VINO; l should say tha
~ the ore.vein is continuous--that i!
lie that it is generally fertile whereve
81 exposed.
.. REp.-How long can the mill b
is kept going?
tn Coz. WI should say that the'
~ must be ore enough in sight to kee
10 the mill going at full capacity, for
year or more. That means 60 tor
per day.
IN WHAT CONTINGENCY THE NIL
MAY BE SHUT DOWN.
eJ George A. Black was next see
He said that, as far as he knew, Il
od mill had been started, it was in su
to cesslul operation, and 1t would r.
ar. uninterup,edly, night and day, whit
er: and summer but on condition that
Y a reasonable rate OF freight should
ms obtained from the railway conpan
its If such a rate was not got soon, t
ow mill would be run long enough
Sc. demonstrate the productive capacl
of the property, and then shut do,
to to await cheaper transportatie
o., This the company would prefer to {
ave haus,ing its property without derivi
- any benefit from it. 1t could "
we afford to do this, as it owed no one
tier dollar, and had money in the tire
ent ury.
MR.. READS OPINION.
When applied to for informal
,.. concerning the mine Mr.. Read So
this II do not care to see my name
hes print, nor are we anxious to boom
it'll property in any way; but, for
'ital good of the country and in defere'
sa . to yourself as its exponent, we
M, willing to let it be known that g
Or. thing has been uncovered there.
mp think that we have a very desiFs
TAX property. The orc occurs in sh
and which extends from the top to ,
"s'y below the bottom of our pres
-" workings. 1t is not found in