Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-11-24

with SO in silver. at different depths.
The mines are about the same as to
the richness of ore at each foot of
depth. the ore growing richer with
each foot Of descent.
Th" mines are easy of access from
the highway. and the only difficulty
encountered is the lack Of water on
the highland To operate the mill where
the quartz is crushed. To secure this
amount it was found necessary to 10
cate the mill on the shore of Nahum
keag pond about one-half mile away.
The mill is situated on land belonging
to Il. .t. SNOW. who lives a few roads
below the Pendleton farm. near the
cemetery. \ ROAD has been cut
through the woods To the mill. anG
over this road the quartz will be
hauled y feature which shows the
energy with which the work is being
carried on is the fact that Just a
month ago. Wednesday. work was
begun for building the mill. and to-
day the mill is nearly completed. Dur
ing that time the road was Duill
through the woods. the lumber ana
machinery hauled in to the shore ot the
pond and placed in position. and with
in ten days ore Will be crushed in the
mill.
The mill itself is Il curiosity. at least
in Maine, as the accompanying illus
tration will show. on the ground j.
6lX2O feet inches. and A. feet high,
and is being constructed by Granville
Moore OF Randolph. The peculiar
shape OF The building is due to the ar
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tracing the gold from the quartz. for
from the moment the ore enters the
mill its course is downward. until the
gold is freed from the quartz, and the
pulp as the crushed rock is called.
passes out to the dump at the rear Of
the mill.
The: point at which the ore enters the
mill is not shown in the illustration.
but is s. feet from the ground. and is
reached by tramway. which is built
on a level. and runs from the mill
some distance back to the bank.
AS the ore comes into the mill it is
dropped into the cruSher. which in
principle is not unlike any stone
crusher. and falls below into the ore
bin. The capacity of the crusher is
about tons per hour. From the ore
bin an automatic feeder carries the
ore to the mill. where il is reduced to
a pulp as fine as -four. AT this point
is where the water becomes necessary.
and the contents of the mill becomes
a rocky pulp.
Some people might see in this mill Il
resemblance to the beater engine of I
paper mill. It is circular in shape.
perhapS4 feet across and deep. Inside
three heavy iron rolls turning against a
die ring crush and mix the ore. and
three ScraperS force il against the
sides of the mill On the front side of
the mill are three tine wire screens. ~
neshes to the inch. and through the
screens comes the pulp. AS II comes
through the screens it flows over a
series Of electro silver plates .6 inches
wide AMI about feet in length me
nurpoSe- of these plates is to retain the
,.oId while the other ingredients OF the
pulu PASS on. AS some gold might be
lost bv stopping from the mil, the
u,ates are carefully dressed by slight
" coating them with quicksilver
whereby not "A grain ot gold escapes.
Every day the anna lSam that is. III"
gold. silver and quicksilver. Is care
fullv brushed back Oh the plates WIFI
a fine. brush or piece of chamois skin
until il forms a wave. ana is then re-
moved Ii is then placed III an IRON
ratort having a pipe leading from it's
cover 10 4 bowl Of water. ana tx