Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-11
THE COCHITI MILL.
Progress of Work on Novel Plant
for the Treatment of Ores
Mining News Notes.

The mill of the Cochiti Mining & Mill
ing company, st Allerton, is progressing
rapidly. The frame work was raised on
Saturday and it will be entirely enclosed
in few days. The work is of the most
solid and substantial character, and
plainly shows that the company is fully
expecting to stay and enlarge.
The location is admirably adapted for
development, and year hence, it is pre-
dicted, will see the mill extended for at
least 100 feet further. Mr.. John W. Bail
ey, the general manager, gives the con-
struction his personal supervision. The
plans are his own, and his associates
have the utmost confidence in his skill
and experience. Several carloads of
machinery are on the way from the Colo
RADIO Iron works at Denver, the last be-
ing shipped on the 9th.
The mill will take the ore from the
wagons at the highest ground elevation,
and from thence it will be shoveled to
the crushers. From that point its course
will be automatic, as follows: To Cor
nish rolls, and then to revolving screen
which will size the ore, thence to roast
ing furnace, thence to amalgamating
pans and settlers. The taillngs from the
settlers will pass over concentrating
table for the extraction of any sulphides
that may have escaped amalgamaton.
Those who are familiar with milling
operations will perceive that the Cochiti
mill follows the lines established by the
most practical and scientific men in the
older mining regions Of the country
where smelling is not employed, but one
of Mr.. Bailey's important inventions will
be employed here to increase the saving
of gold. All that is known by others of
the particular process to be here applied
for the first time is that the agent is cleo
trical; but how applied or in what exact
part of the treatment, is the invention
and secret of Mr.. Bailey. It is not to be
expected that the real facts will be d.
vulged at anytime, but the success OF the
works will be watched by milling and
smelling men in all the ore reducing CEN
ters of the country.
The man who can save or 10 per cent
of values in excess of what others can do,
and at cheaper cost than by the ordi-
be watched with the eyes of hawks, and
Cochiti will have the honor of the first
works in the world which will demon
strate this advance. The company is the
owner of the Iron King mine, but will not
confine itself to the milling of its own
ore.
Mr.. Bailey expects to have the mill in
operation by the 18th day of July, and at
first to handle about twenty-five tons of
ore per day. The New MEXICAN has the
pleasure of informing its numerous read
ers that they will be shown at an early
day, after the commencement of work by
the Cochti mill, shipment of gold and
silver bullion that will convince any
skeptical ones of the great richness of
these giant mines.
MINE WAITS.
Edwin Steever, of Ouray, left yesterday
to inspect the Cochiti mining district.
The enterprising promoters of Eagle
City have resolved to put in system OF
water works at an early day.
new voting precinct has been estab-
lished at Allerton. B. H. Shaw is justice
of the peace and George Green constable.
Col. R. L. Nichols, of Denver, is here
looking over placer fields in the interest
of Colorado capitalists. He will leave in
day or two on trip to Dolores, Golden
and San Pedro.
Messrs. Pete. and Cy Smith, of this
city, have driven fifty-foot tunnel on
their claim, the Central, on the left fork
of Pine canon, in the Cochiti district
and seem well satisfied with the results Of
their work.
Mr.. ]. W. Aksrs has specimens Of
quartz from the Cochiti district that lit.
orally bristle with free gold. As to what
particular claim they come from "depon-
ent sayeth not"
No. of Vol. of the Cochiti Cal
comes to hand this week filled with good
news from the various camps in the dis
trict. 1t notes, among other things, E
rich strike of $40O ore in the forty-fve
foot ledge of quartz on the Albemarle
claim and says the Miners Union claim
has been sold on thirty days option fol
$4,000.