The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-02-04
MoFFAT's Blo MILLS.


largest sampnng works IN the state 70
Ne Erected.
The coming season viii witness
great Increase IN the facilities for thc
reduction Of the. ores NJ the Cripple
Creek district. The constant Increase
In the output of the camp has mn,lc the
question Of reduction one Of great i'm.
portance. The railroads have all they
can do, the reduction plants are run
ming night and day, and the supply Of
low grade ortis II rapidly swelling to
enormous proportions. At one time
last spring there was so serious n giut
that some ~ the properties were com
PEELED TO. close down ON account OF
their inability to market their ORES.
since then the Arcqun mill has boon
erected the chlorination works nj Colo.
RADIO City have had their capacity
doubled, aud the Florence Reduction
works have had their capacity largely
Increased. SIN the ore IL coming out
IN quantities that threaten another
glut while new mines are constantly
coming Into production and swelling
the output of the camp.
During the coming summer partial
relief Of the situation viii be afforded
by the erection OF the largest sampling
works In the state, with a capacity of
900 tons per day ON the property con.
trolled by the Smith. Moffat comhina.
tion near Goldneld. The entire plant
VIII he under one roof. i50Xdj0 feet,
and VIII be- equipped with the best ma.
chincry that can be secured. The plans
are not entirely completed. hut Il was
admitted az Mr.. smiths Office ycstcr-
Jay that they were In progress and
that the plant would probably be
erected
The building will require i.0O00OO
feet Of lumber for It's construction un-
less II should be- decided 10 erect u
steel structure. II VIII be located n
short distance from Goldncld. nj u
point convenient to the properties
owned 10y Smith a Munnt. who con.
lrol the Legal Tender. the Victor the
Anaconda, the Granite aud other prop
critics within easy reach. II IN prob
able that the mill win he employed en-.
tlrcly for the Snmpllng OF the Smith.
Moffat ores.
The mill VIII he automatic through.
out. The orr cars viii be carried above
the mill, and the ore taken by gravity
through oil the several processes un.
III the finished product IA delivered TO
the cars below for transportation 20
tue reduction works. II IN said that
the mines controlled 10y the combina.
uon can. II necessary, produce 1000
tons OF ore per day aud that this big
sampler IL but the beginning of the
improvements contemplated.
There are strong probabilities that
| the construction OF this sampler win
be followed by big colonization plant
capable Of handling the entire product
NJ the mill, M the necessity for more
reduction works has been under dis
[ cusslon for some time and II II known
that the parties Interested have been
engaged IN the Investigation OF the
subject This plant would be used fol
the treatment Of the low-gFnde ores
which cannot Ind n market nj the pres
cnt TIME, and would greatly incrcns,
Tho output OF the calnp. "a ..sa-.,,.-l
lively sintcd by Cripple Creek men res
terdny that reduction works were In
cludcd IN The plnDs OF Smith aud Mpf
fat aud that the, construction Of III,
sempllng works would be but the pre-
llmlnary step In that direction. II Il
estimated that there ARE now on IN,
dumps Of the Cripple Creek dlstrlc
many thousand tons OF orr that win no
bear transportation. aud which onl,
needs the construction ~ plant OI
this character To become available. The
plans under consideration are va vas
that considerable time win be- required
for their completion. but they are wei
advanced and the work VIII be CON
l menecd within few weeks. and N,
, plant win probably be- In operation be
, fore the end " the coInlrr sea-on.-
Denver Republican.