The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-10-12
CHRISTENING THE MILL.

day as h guest OF w. ID. Linton We
jourDeyed to the mines in company
with G. w. Kinney and Martin Kline.
The drive up was without incident. At
the mill site we found, besides the
owners of the property and the en-
p~loyees, W. H. A. Pike, Peter Cook, DR..
r. Ii. Richardson, Rev. T. L. Bellam,
Hon. Lem Allen, Ben Douglass, John
Babeock, Luke Kearney and Joe Effrick.
Alter luncheon the mill was visited. 1t
is as neat a plant as can be found any
where in the State. The mill building
is some sixty feet long and proportion
ately wide and while built for use the
building has been constructed with good
taste. The site ID so admirable for the
purpose that it seems to have been especi-
ally designed for that use. 1t is
handy to the ore and handy to water
and handy to reach from every mine in
the district. The mill is a Huntington
OF 10 tons daily capacity, and when it
grinds one is impressed with the idea
that it will do irst-class work. The
| plates are of the best and chosen re-
gardless OF expense. The engine is a
Foos, gasolene, ten-horse power, and a
beauty. 1t works like a charm and re-
quires but little attention. The mill is
equipped with a No. Huntington rock
breaker and water is at present pumped
from the Whale shaft into a 5000 gallon
galvanized iron tank. An automatic
feeder supplies the ore to the mill. Later
the mill will be supplied with water by
gravity, this dry season pumping al
required. As a whole the mill has been
built with a view OF saving time and
labor and the work has been well done.
When the engine is harnessed up and
started everything works smoothly and
when Mr.. Goldie started her up for
the first time Friday we felt like burst
ing our throats with three cheers and q
tiger. The mill is now a part of the
Slip mine property and the equal owners
of the mine and mill are jeff D. Poole,
Charles McEchern and John A. Goldie.
We highly honor these men who have
such confidence in their own property
and in the camp that they make such
valuable and extensive improvements
as that min and equipment suggest. In
the Slip mine they have a wonderful
gold producer with some thousands of
dollars in sight. They deserve all their
good luck and we wish them an un-
limited supply of it. To the mines and
miners OF the camp the mill is OF inesti-
mable value. The mill proprietors are
as honest, as energetic and as public
spirited a trio as can be found. The
mill will afford prospectors milling faci-
lities for their ore and milling tests for
small quantities and a market for small
quantities of ore. 1t will do a world Of
good in encouraging development. There
are ten and twenty ton lots Of ore at q
number OF mines waiting for a milling
test and all will be given an opportunity
soon. The mill has a solid, substantial,
c~ome-to-stay look about it that promises
well for Olinghouse. 1t plainly says we
are on the road to a prosperous and
growing mining camp. The boys can
now work with something encouraging
ahead and about them. Once more we
wish all kinds OF success to Messrs. Nc
Echern, Goldie and Poole and the Slip
mine and mill.
Bob Arthur was the mill architect
and we all know Bob's work is always
just correct. Bob will be engaged steadi-
ly.at the mill. Dick Lauder is master
of transportation OF ore and blacksmith,
and the duties OF all are various.
Ore from the Slip goes anywhere from
$50 a ton to IS q pound and they have
plenty in sight to keep them busy for
some time.
Another rich strike has been made in
the Ora and Proctor & Allen will build
a larger mill in the Spring.
The placer miners are all making good
money.
John Babcock, Luke Kearney and
Joe Efrick are putting Is tons a day
through q dry washer and doing well.
Work is going on in the Emma L. and
prospects, are good.
The Badger is turning out ore right
along.
The Mountain Boy has plenty of rich