Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-22
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
AT THE GREAT TORN KING MINE
The New Mil Now Crushing Ore and Pro-
ducing BuDion==Diamond Drill and
Other Improvements.

200 tons capacity per day in full oper-
alton.
A complete water system will also
be installed for the camp. The pres
ent fire protection will also be greatly
enlarged and improved. a large res
revoir will be built on top of the hill
just back of the camp which will give
the water a pressure from nearly 200
feet elevation.
A petition has been forwarded to
Washington for the establishment of a
postoffice and it will undoubtedly be
granted as there are over 200 people in
the camp.
The hosting plant has been greatly
improved by the addition of a 80
horse power friction clutch hoist built
by the Hendrie IL BolthoF company at
Denver, and another one of similar
size has been ordered fer the new
three compartment working shaft.
At shaft No. a GO horse power
Frost boiler is ready to be installed
for operating hoist at that shaft.
While the large new mill at the
Iron King mine was ready to start up
month ago, on account of the delay
in getting the pumping plant installed
and in operation the mill did not be-
gin to pound rock until few days
ago, when the ponderOus machinery
began to move and the thump of the
stamps have been heard in the camp
day and night ever since. Like all
mills, and especially one of this size,
it took few days to get the machin-
cry "1imbered up and perfectly ad-
justed, but those little difficulties
have now been about all adjusted
and from hence forth the Iron King
will be one of the steady bullion pro-
ducers of this part of the southwest.
The mill at present consists of six
stamps, each weighing 1000 pounds
charge battery, each stamp capable of
crushing about nine tons of ore per
day, or in round numbers 30 tons per
day Also a 50-ton cyaniding plant,
giving the entire mill capacity of
100 tons each a hours.
The plant was installed by the
Joshua Hendy company, of San Fran
cisco, one of the oldest and best
known firms in the west, and which
has been installing mills on the Paci-
fic coast for the past 40 years. The
fact that this company was in charge
of the erection of the plant is of itself
sufficient guarantee of its good quail
tiles.
A Journal Miner representative was
shown through the new mill by l..
Cummins, who has charge of the mill
and assay office for the company. Mr..
Cummins is an expert mill man,
chemist, machinist and electrician,
being a graduate of the Colorado uni
versity and school of mines, and hav-
ing held important positions in Colo
RADIO and California, and the Iron
King is fortunate in having so capable !
a man in charge of its plant.
The mill building is one of the
largest and best constructed in the |
county, being 1GOxl25 feet in dimen-
sion, and was built with the intention |
of doubling its capacity should the
prove to be what was need |
ed for the ore. This question seems
to be pretty we'll established now and |
an order has been made for the mill |
to be increased to 200 ton per, day,
and an effort will be made to have
this accomplished within the next 60
days.
Every arrangement of the mill has
been made with the objects in view
of accomplishing the greatest amount
of work with the least expense and |
ouble, and also for the safety of the
employees. Electric touch buttons
have been placed in every place where |
there is any possibility of an accident
and also for the purpose of conveying |
signals to the engineer without going |
to the engine room. AS soon as the |
electric plant has been installed the