Arizona republican., 1899-10-02
Mines and MINING

CruSLEuS IOllSy NulCH weigh ON6F sew
enteen tons. From these rolls the ore
is elevated with endless belt elevator,
passing through a revolving screen,
then down through another large set CT
high speed rolls weighing 10000
pounds. The ore is again elevated
through revolving screens and passes
down and is fed into horizontal end
less chain conveyor, which carries the
crushed GRE to any of the numerous
tanks desired. These tanks are twelve
in number, holding twelve tons of Gre
each; they are all suspended on trun-
ions with worm screw gearing so they
can be dumped over when the pulp IS
finished. 1t required over 10000 feet
of lumber, costing S35 per thousand, to
make a construction to suspend these
tanks.
After the copper in the ere is put in
solution it is conveyed down into So
luton storage tank; from that it is
drawn into precipitating tanks, in
1 which revolve immense copper drums,
with scrap iron inside of them to pre-
cipitate the copper. From this the
precipitates are taken to the refining
| furnace.
| There are many seemingly compli-
Gated appliances which operate with
compressed air, with steam pipes, air
pipes, and launders in a perfect net
work About all Of this we did not
inquire, as Mr. Fleming does not care
to expose the whole plan until later on
We were shown sample CT 10 per
cent copper ore, and the tailings of the
same after being treated. The tailings
in appearance resemble the barren,
coarse sand found in the beds Of
streams. and assays less than 1 per
cent copper. Mr.. Fleming assured us
that they can make copper for 616
cents per pound The capacity Of the
plant is 100 tons of ore per day Ow-
ing to the acid works at Denver burn
ing down, from WHICH Mr.. Fleming
expected to get his acid, he will not
be able to run full capacity fer the
coming three months.
We passed again up above the reduc-
ton works as must be remembered the
works are located on hillside; so that
the ore from the mines coming in at
ths top of the plant is always going
down grade with its own pravity until |
finished, and find two large steel tanks. |
lined with lead, for acid storage tanks |
In this connection we would also saw
that the company has a similar tank |
located en- the ella Valley, Globe and |
Northern railroad switch, near the |
United GlCbs smelter, where the acid |
hauled in wagon tanks out to the
works and emptied into the storage |
tanks first mentioned. Located near
the acid storage tanks are three other /
large water tanks; one, we believe, is /
called the mixing tank; the water IS I
pumped from a large well, fifty feet
deep, located at the foot OF the hill. I
There is pipe lima from this large
water tank that supplies all the houses
on the nat below, making a complete
system OF water works. Near the
works is large ore bin, where ship
ping ore is dumped and loaded into
wagons. All the buildings are isolated
one from the other so that in case CT
fire all will not be likely 10 burn
After leaving the plant we started
Tor the mine over the eighteen-inch
gauge railroad for one and one-half
miles, We first passed over track L
scales, where all the ore is carefully /
weighed as it comes in
All the machinery for this plant /
was furnished by the Colorado Iron
works company of Denver and it is |.
certainly a great credit to them.
we passed along on a two per cent
graoe made so mule can haul I'D
Inr5e empty cars with ease, and when /,
loaded with ore the grade will allow
them to run gently down by gravity
around the point of mountain. soma {
Two hundred feet almost perpendicular j
tC Rhe nat below, until we make a
snalp turn to the left and go directly
INTO the mountain. We continued IN
rnls course for five CT six hundred faet
until we came to Junction. from
Whlch there is shaft through the ore ]
- the surface; from the junction one s
track turns to the right, another to {
ING Ieft; bC-h extend for several nun |
urea Ieet, with gates fiom ore bines ]
az cl..e-ent places, where the ere cars /
are -i1-.2d almost instantly and ready 7
- Continue their way by gravity down
10 the p-;E5. The cops OF these ore +
pms extend up in the ore. conseouent- y
~ I'll that Is necessary is to quarry the
ire Z ret II drop down to be loaded i
N G :. requiring little or no shovel {
Eahc1ihg. The ore veins are in some f
places seventy feet wide, all of which q
.Eeldge e4gEt - ten per cent copper J
nese ore bodies are explored on it's
dip, at one place for 800 feet deem the Y
cree ONE up to grass roots, in fact IN i
some PAGES the roots OF the mountain {
shrubs extend down into the ore. Mr.. h
Fleming estimates that they have 2OO,- t
100 tons OF ore that can be mined and +
delivered to the plant at a cost Of 81 b
per ten. Y
The Hon. James A. Fleming has
lad hard fight to bring this mining
property and plant to perfection. {
When he came here in March, 1896. ne y
explored the district thoroughly; :
sometimes sleeping in the holes in the Y
'ocks on the mountain sides, some 4
lines travelling en- horseback and F
sometimes on foot. When he became Y
thoroughly satisfied, he secured the a
irst property. but was handicapped s
IN every turn, when he attempted to i
get capital to help him. by mining ex n
Derts who continually reported I'M r
,avorably on the property. 1t was I
also time and again set forth, by men
Who are supposed to have more or less
that the ores could not be