The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-03
WESTERN REDUCTION co.
Big Sampler and Hill Being Con-
structed in Coldfield.

StruCteO In UOhOuehus
The New Western Reduction company
is making rapid progress in the con-
strurtion of its big sampler and milling
plant. The building material is arriv-
ing with ever greater dispatch than had
been hoped for and a great deal of the
machinery is in transit and well on its
way to Goldfeld. Some time ago the
management hardly hoped to have the
plant in operation earlier than mid-sum-
mer, but o it is confidently believed
everything will be ready for the start
within six weeks.
The sampler will be of 100 tons daily
capacity. At first 10 stamps will be in
stalled but this capacity is to be doubled
at once.
The well which the company is sink
ing has attained a depth of 80 feet and
has brought in a supply of water suffi-
cient for all milling purposes. Sinking
is being continued, however, SO that
there may be no fear of a shortage dur
ing the dry season.
In addition to the stamps the milling
plant will be equipped with amalgamat-
ing tables of the latest designs, concen-
trating machinery and slime tables.
With these processes it has been practi-
cally proved that a very high saving of
values can be secured on Goldfield ores.
In speaking of the purposes OF the
company, Manager Todd T.. WoodwOrth
said:
at is our hope that $40 ore may be
handled 50 that after mining and mill
ing charges have been deducted a good
profit may remain for the producer.
Just at present the two great difficult
ties are the scarcity of water and the
cost of fuel. With the completion of the
railroad to Goldfield, however, II OF
these features ma be eliminated, leav-
ing only the water problem to solve. AS
to the solution OF this problem | am of
the opinion hat the most practicable
way would be to build a pipe line from
the Sierras. This would for all time
settle the vexing question and secure a
reliable and abundant supply. That
the camp warrants the expenditure OF
capital in such al enterprise there is no
doubt. With a constant and moderate
ly inexpensive supply of water and fuel
at, say, $12 per ton, ores of the value of
$l5 per ton may be handled so that the
mine operators can realize handsome
returns. This, l believe, will eventually
be done, and it will not be many years
at that"
Everything at the sampler and mill
will be so arranged that there will be no
unnecessary handling of ore. The
sampler will be above the mill and
after the ore has been weighed and de-
posted in the receiving bins, it will be
carried by elevators to crushers and au-
tomatically sampled The company will
check with hand sampling done by the
Selby Smelling and Lead company,
which is to stand sponsor for the new
concern here. While not antagOnistic
to the trust our plant will be operated
independently of the American Smelling
& Refining company. We expect to
give our patrons the very highest pos
sible percentage of extraction and our
settlements will be based on our auto
matte sampling, ~assaying, and must
check with the hand sampling done at
the smelter."
The officers of the company are: M.
Bates of Boston, president; Frank B.
Keever of Boston, secretary, and Todd
C. Woodworth, engineer and manager.