The Florence tribune., 1900-08-04
The close-Down at Kelvin.
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KELVIN. Ariz.. August

KELVIN, Ariz., August 7.
 The big steam plant has been brought down from the Ray mines and is being put up in the mill here to work in connection with the gasoline engines in generating power sufficient for the ponderous machinery. The steam plaut is to run the concentrate ing tables, which require steady motion, not the jerks and spurts of the gasoline power. For all the other portion of the mill, however, the gaso- line engines are we'll adapted, and are neat, clean and economical. Mir, Weber, the gasoline engine expert, is here and is quite confident of their ultimate success in connection with the steam plant. If this mbination works all right the shut down may not be for more than two or three weeks. If, however, it is necessary to change it to an entire steam plant the delay may be from two to three months.
 The ore bodies are immense, and average, am reliably informed, much richer than is generally supposed. New and rich bodies are also being constantly developed.
 MT. Hill and many of the largest stockholders in the Ray Copper com pany are also connected with the Rio Tinto mines in Spain, and as will be seen from the following clipping from the Mining World they are accus- toned to do business on large scale, and say they are prepared to do so here, even if they have to expend a million dollars or more before taking out pound of copper. The following clipping explains itself:
 ". B. Carlyle, superintendent of the Rio Tinto mines in Spain, writes to ID American friend: "This is a monster. There are 135, 100000 tons of ore in sight, of which we must extract l,000,- 900 tons this year. We have a very good railroad, 375 miles long, with thir. ty locomotives on the main line and fifty at the mine, and this year we will handle 5,000,000 tons of ore. There are very extensive underground works. The other day, down on the 200 foot level, was shown solid body of ore 66O feet wide. There are 10000 Span iards at work. We only pay here from 50 cents to S5 per day"
 It will be seen from the above that miners in Spain get but little more than ordinary laborers. Yet miners in this country who get from s to $3.50 per day do a vast amount of grumbling over their hard lot.
 The temporary stoppage of work will inconvenience many people, es- pecially those with families, but such is to be expected in all new mining ca mps, and people who go there to better their condition have to take pot luck in all the varying conditions. The outlook at Kelvin is, however, highly encouraging, as the company is one of the most substantial in the world, and the ore bodies, as far as can be ascertain ed, are as large and rich as those at Jerome, Bisbee or Clifton, which are fair representative samples of Arizona's great mineral bodies, which are very similar to the great Rio Tinto mineral body in Spain just mentioned in this article. The country here for many miles is under laid with sulphides, just as the country around Pittsburgh, Ps., is full of coal. It is country for big companies to take millions out of the sulphides, all of which requires big plants aud lots of capital, yet is one of the best busi- ness mining propositions in the world.
 Yours truly.
 Ta.