The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-03-09
AT euLLloNvlLLE.
Capacity of the Reduction Works
to be Materially Increased.

4 Rd'n Co., promising as they do to con-
tinue for many years on the material
known to be on hand and ready for treat
ment, in which respect they differ from
the ordinary mining operation, are OF
general interest. The work OF the past
few months has demonstrated the |
practicability Of pro6tsbly working the
immense beds of tailings there. and the |
work is to be facilitated by the addition
of more teaching tanks.
Six new tanks of fifty tons capacity
each have just been ordered from San
Francisco. These will replace eight of
the present ton ton tanks, so that the
teaching capacity will be raised to 800
tons for the six large tanks as above. and
go tons for the six small tanks which
will be retained. making total of 800
tons capacity IS against lao as now.
By giving six days in which to run
through a charge of ore there will by Ave
charges per month, equallizing 1900 tons,
or 60 tons per day.
With such ample facilities for time 10
teaching, q weak hyposulphite solution
will be used, by means Of which the sill
yer will be extracted, and the bases for
the most part left unaffected The sui
phides, moreover. will assay. up in the
thousands, and altogether yield much
higher profit than has been possible
under the former treatment.
To meet this increased demand. in
addition to the large Howell furnace,
which can chloridize fifty tons of sands
per day. new reverbertory furnace has
just been completed which will chlori-
! die from ten to fifteen tons of shines per
day. From what has already been dona
no doubt is entertained that the chlori.
: nations from the Howell furnace will
reach at least IS per cent. while those
from the reverbertory will be consider.
ably higher.
The only thing now needed to enable
this large quantity Of roasted pulp to be
handled with ease and economy, is add
, tional cooling floor, and for this adequate
provision is being made by utilizing thu
old Stag dump adjoining the reduction
y works on the east.
8 The new teaching tanks will be fifteeI
o feet in diameter by ten in height ant
will be loaded automatically by mean
of chain elevator. which will take tn
: roasted pulp direct from the cooling floor
:, The reduction in cost of treatmen
which will result from these improve
ments will be about one-third, while tn
gain in extraction in silver and gold wi
:. doubtless be as much more.
Already the mill is running steadil
and turning out sulphides in good quar-
:. tity, despite the disadvantages undo
= which the company is laboring, the ne
: results of which have abundantly den
: onstrated the stability Of the enterprii
a and bespeak for the early future lara
- and continuous profits, even at the pre-
; ont low price of silver, somethirg by I'll
:, way which we regret to say does nj
!. apply to the generality of our min
hereabouts.
:, Altogether, the outlook for Bullion
- vile is more than promising, since som
~ thing like adequate compensation for Il
ho time, labor and money spent on this 9
Of terprise is now absolutely assured, 81
"a. it is pleasing to note that the indom
N. able will, energy, pluck and logged pr
~, severance of w. s. Godbe, who has
,w ready done go much for this section, al
, y who appears never discouraged no matt
ion what difficulties may present, is to tina
n. for the success Of the enterprise.