The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-20

! pletion by the LIST day of August, soon
after which it is confidently believed
/ that the company will begin the ship
ment of gold bullion and the payment
of dividends.
The contract for the machinery of
/ the plant was let some time ago TO
/ the Mine. Smelter and Supply company
| of Denver and The Herald is Informed
/ that when the works are completed this
will. be one of the finest mills ever
f>erected in the west, and it will well
be worthy of the mine, which is said
to be one of the most promising pro-
ducers of the yellow metal ever opened
up in this intermountain region, and
as work progresses in its development
the ore bodies are gaining in size in d
most encOurag ing manner.
The mill which will be as nearly au-
tomato in its workings as a mill can
be. was designed by Thomas Weir, the
manager of the property. and A. j..
BEETLES, the well-known millman. while
the plans We're drawn by Herman I'm
ticker the draughtsman in the en-
ploy of the Z. P. Ellis Machinery COM
pany, and the details were worked out
by the F. VI. Davis iron works of Den
yer.
plant will embrace two Blake crushers,
Sx1O; two revolving 1S-foot dryers, three
sets of 15xS0 rolls. six amalgamation
pans, three settlers. ten teaching
tanks of steel with a diameter of %
feet and a depth of feet 10 inches;
two storage tanks. one stump tank. two
gold solution tanks, one 16x24 Hamilton
Corliss engine. which can be COM
pounded if desired, and two 16-foot
boilers of the best make.
In the reduction of the ore. according
to the plans. the mineral will be con-
Neyed in ore cars from No. tunnel.
which is the working level and is 400
feet from the crusher. After being
crushed the pulp falls into bin with
a holding capacity of 400 tons. From
this bin the crushed ore is conveyed
automatically to the dryer. from where
il falls over a screen. the fine product
elevated TO ore bins above. The coarser
material is conveyed to the sizing roll
er. where. after being sized. it also
passes into the elevator. At the top of
the elevator the coarse and the fine
ore are passed over a Bartlett screen.
the finer going through 20 mesh. and
drops into a bin below. while the coarse
ore runs over an S-mesh screen and is
into another bin, while the
coarser product is carried back 10 the
rolls. where the process is re-
peated
1t has been demonstrated that very
large portion of the free gold IS in the
fine pulp, which is conveyed into the
pans. where it is sue
cessfully treated. while the coarser ma
terial is carried to the teaching tanks
for reduction.
BY this combination process it is be- |
ieved that a very high saving will be
made, and MeSsrs. Wier and BEETLES |
state that from experimental tests al I
ready made they are satisfied thar
they will be able to make 4 saving
ranging from 50 to 80 per cent of the /
assay value of the ore. and while they (
10 not say SO. it is plain to be seen I
hat they expect TO make even Il high i
n saving than this.
The ground floor of the mill building
viii be 15fx196 feet. The structure will
De built on a side hill so that the law
Il grayitation viii largely rule in the
of the ore from the time that
enters the crushers until il comes
nut below in the shape of tailings. 1t /
would be hard to describe the dimen-