The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-06-17
The Initial Step in an Era of
Prosperity for the Faithful
Who Have Stayed by the
Town of Ncihart.
AN IMMENSE UNDERTAKING.
The Diamond IL. Mining Com
pany Making Extensive I'M
prOycments at Neihart.
Deferred Hopes To BE Realized

All preliminary steps regarding
the proposed Diamond r concen-
traitor were completed last Friday
evening when the town council of
Neihart passed the ordinances aban-
doning certain streets and alleys for
the mill site and the right of way for
the hume. The feeling of assurance
among the business men of this town
since that date is quite noticeable,
as already the population begins to
see the star of salvation rising. This
is the first public statement of such
stroke of enterprise, but the move
ment is SO far advanced that addi-
tional description of the entire plant
by courtesy of the manager has
been furnished our reporter.
The concentrator is to have ca
pacity of 300 tons, or thereabouts,
daily with facilities to increase as
the output demands to 800 tons. 1t
will stand on the north side of low
er Main street about 40 feet off the
street at the nearest point, part rest
ing on the Frisco townste and part
on the Equator lode. The building
will be 250 feet long, l35 feet deep
and from the lowest floor to the
highest part, 102 feet in height. 1t
will cover the ground now occupied
by the 's'Castle" and the Banks cot
tage, and extend far above the big
red rock on the hillside.
This building will be constructed
as two mills, all under the same
roof. One side will be for the ores
of the Diamond r mines, the other
being wholly for custom work, The
two divisions will be approximately
of equal capacity. One motor will
drive all the machinery, but custom
ores will be treated entirely separate
from the company's ores.
There will be four floors, or steps,
in the elevation. The lowest floor
will CONAN water motor by which
the power is generated. This motor
Is to be 8 or 7 foot tangential
wheel, played upon by three streams
of water, and capable of furnishing
600 Or 700 horse power. The same
floor will be traversed by a railroad
spur, running the entire length of
the building.
The main works, with the tables,
jigs and other machinery will be all
on one floor above. The machinery
of the mill will consist of crushers,
rolls, elevators, screens, jigs, con-
centrating tables, leeching tanks,
etc, so built that no extra handling
of ore is required. The ore will
leave the mine by gravity; dump it.
self into bins; fall to the crushers,
go through the entire plant by gray
ity, and SO automatically will every
thing move that, il is estimated, a
force of ten men can run the plant
to full capacity night and day.
These will have nothing to do but to
handle levers, control gates, and
watch the machinery.
The tramway from the mine to the
mill will be a three track device
with a switch in the middle. 1t will
be ], 200 feet long, with a fall of l7O
feet and will operate on cable by
gravity. The cars will dump auto,
matically.
The fume conveying water to the
mill will be $4,000 feet or about "a
miles in length tapping Belt creek
just belew Arthur's mill. 1t will
have an average fall of Ii inches in
100 feet and will terminate on the
hillside 1914 feet above the water
wheel. To this the water will be
conveyed by large cast iron pipe
The water will flow through square
box nume, 3x2 feet of planks, entire.
ly enclosed, and capable of carrying
approximately 900 inches.
Contracts for the various con
structions will be let in few days
The work has been divided in {
reasonable manner in order to expe