Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-22
Starting of Two Concentrating
Mills Among the Important
Events for This Week.
FORMER IN BINGHAM CAMP.
The Latter VIII Reduce the Ores OF the
Stockton Mines-BOth Plants are
Modern and Expensive.

Probably the two chief events OF the
present week will be the starting Of Two
large concentrating mills, one In the
camp of Bingham and the other at the
new town Of Bull, near Stockton.
The former plant has just been COM
pleted at cost OF more than 100000 by
the Utah Copper company, OF which d.
c. Jacklng Is general manager. II
starts of with capacity for the treat
ment Of 500 tons Of ore per day, but 1t is
the intention Of the company ultimate
~ to double or treble this amount, thus
making It one of the largest mills OF
It's kind In the country.
Mr. Jackling has made the statement
that the wheels win be set In motion
within the next day or two for the pur-
pose of limbering up the machinery ana
making the preliminary adjustments.
ore VIII be turned into the crushers
the latter part of the week; probably
next Saturday.
Superintendent Frank Janney advised
the manager several days before his ar
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thing practically ready for the start
and II has only been delayed on ac-
count of necessary spur Of the rail-
road TO the mine not being completed.
The operations OF the Utah Copper
viii be watched with the keenest inter-
est by those Interested In Bingham,
both at home and abroad, for the
mine is destined to become one OF the
states greatest producers.
The initial run of the new mill Will
be witnessed by number OF officers
and shareholders Of the company, Pres
ident c. M. MacNeill and Secretary
Spencer PenrOse will be here, and ac-
companying them viii be G. G. Hamlln,
manager OF the Granite mine IN Cripple
Creek; Judge X. Il. Rabbit, general
counsel for the United States Reducing
& Refining company; j. d. Hawkins,
general superintendent OF the United
States Reduction 4 Reilnng company's
Colorado plants, and II. "A. Gillispie,
general cashier Of the sams company
The equipment OF the Utah's plant
Is modern In every respect The boiler
house, 30xl00 feet In dimensions, con-
tains four batteries of four boilers each.
capable OF supplying from 600 TO 800
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is contained In an apartment 26xi4 feet
IN length and breadth, and So feet IN
height The ore is delivered to the
crushers by means OF belt conyeyor
from the crude ore bins and Is reduced
to about three quarters mesh on pass
ing through TO Gates machines, After
this, the ore Is delivered to the fine
crushing department, 100 feet away by
means of another belt conveyor passing
over the top Of the building Into this
department the ore Is successfully re-
duced 10 about 80 mesh by means of
Gates rolls and Chilean mills. The size
OF the fine crushing department Is 26xlOO
feet, and the height Of the room Ia 60
feet. The ore next goes to the room
containing the concentrating tables, 40
in number. This room Is OF
large proportions, measuring 50x2i0 feet.
After passing 10 the vanning machines
in q room 2ix2iO feet the product Is
ready 10 be dumped into the concentrate
bins ready TO he loaded into cars for
shipment TO the shelters.
The mill at Bull, which was
scheduled to go into commission today,
was built by the Honerine Mining COM
pany, at cost OF about 100000 II, TOO,
IL a modern plant and will handle an
output OF about $50 tons Of ore per day.
1t will not be run at It's full, capacity,
however, until after the completion OF
the great Honerlne drain tunnel.