Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-25
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Che work If rsesassructing and en-.
tagging he Del smar min il 10 near.
i completed that ! description Of
the improvements made i now in
order Shersiy after Capt. rlnmmcr
necasne manager for the company he
tod tks Norge, inining man that,
pending she construction Of tho new
and larger mill which had been pro
vided for By tho company when or.
sanissd, 10 would recommend the
enlargement: d The presen, mill,
which no Thought could be madcsn
sficicns plant, With double ils then
capacity, without much increasing
the running expensss. This is the
Improvements which has nov been.
made and, with the exception Of some
minor details, y ccmpIete;
TO properly descsibs what has been
done 70 make this probably the most
modern and complete amalgamsting
min il Idaho. il il Grst necessary 70
give ! brief description q the mill
when the work u remodeling was be.
gun. Tho mill then had twenty
stamps, eighteen combination IRON
pans and nine iron settlers, with sium
tanks, quicksilver elevators, etc, and
WAS regarded As quite complete
gravity mill, Tho power was sup.
piled hy two forty horse power en-.
gines and four flue boilers. The en-.
gines wrrs attached to the main driv-
ing shaft At the end Of tho rows Of
pans ard settlers The reconstructed
mill has an entire new power, ten
additional 95o.pound stamps, with
double discharge batteries and with
tho original batteries changed to i
double discharge, 80 that the present
thirty stamps have double the cspaci-
~ Of the original twenty. Six Of the
original pans have been removed and
In their place the latest improved
combination pans have been added,
making twenty four now doing ser
vice, instead Of eighteen. Two Of
the former settlers have been taken
oat and six larger ones have been
pat in, thus now giriag the enlarged
mill rwenty-four pans and twelve
settlers, with their fall complement
Of gravity pulp tanks, amalgam tanks,
cleaning pane, ETC., oil built on tho
same lines with the originals.
in order TO make all the improve
ments with the least possible stop
page Of the mill, new engine and
boiler houses were first constructed
IN front q tho original mill, and the
new power put in complete shape
before any Of the old machinery was
disturbed The new power was
placed directly opposite the center Of
the long hne Of shafting and when
all was complete, it required less
than farty-eight hours to put. on a
new driving pulley and again tho ma
shinery run BY the new power. Az
y.
Ter this was done, the old engines
were removed and the space occu.
pied used for the extension Of tho pan
iloor, and the shaft extended and the
aew pans and settlers added with but
few hours delay, making the entire
stoppage oil the mill, while the changes
wefo being made, less than three
days.
Tho new engine is tho most com
plete piece Of machinery ever brought
INTO this county. 1t is Corliss, slide
valve, cut.of motion, with 30x4S inch
cylinder, with fifteen foot iiy. wheel.
weighing 1900 pouads, ten.foot
driving pulley, weighing 5000 pounds,
and a crank shaft eleven inches on
bearings. 1t IS connected with the
machinery shaft by thirty.inoh belt.
II is supplied with steam from two
5l-inch by 16.feet steel tubular
boilers. The four old boilers, which
formerly supplied steam, have, how.
tor reserve. r-fiss ssKgsAhe fib ca, bAs sllsa
tanning only the engine and electric
light dynamo, is handsomely fitted
sp sad everything runs SO smoothly
That i can scarcely be heard. The |
engine is run at o5 revolutions and |
ne stamps drop SO times per minute. /
The new combination pans that have
bssn put in are the latest improved
Nth wood sides and false bottom.
'ndss which tho steam discharged
rom tho engine 10 utilized 10 heat
be pulp, thus saving live steam
'hsoh j. generally used. The settl. r,
ave also wooden sides and ars larr,
than the old iron ones. A. the old
ans and settlers still in use arc worn
~ fkaS 0~slr l.tt :. /.