The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-02
PRONOUNCED ACTIVITY
AROUND MANHATTAN |
PLANT OF ORE REDUCTION AND
REFINING COMPANY NEAR
COMPLETION.

Manhattan Mail
Three plants for the treatment O
ore are being erected in Manhattan
at the present time. One of thes,
plants, that being built by the Man
haitian Ore Reduction and Refinins
company, is rapidly nearing compile
tion Work on the other two plant.
was begun this week. Barring acct
dent, all three plants will be in Cd
GRAFTON by the first of the next year
Ground was broken Monday OF
Wolftone acreage for the Foundation
of the 10-stamp mill of c. S. Lemon
and associates. Fifteen men are en-
gagged in eXcavating and that portion
OF the work will soon be completed
Construction of masonry for the ma
chine equipment will follow, and b,
the time it is finished it is expected
that the stamps, tanks and Other
mechanism VIII. be at the site por
tion of the machinery is now at TO
nopah and is to be, freighted here
within ten days. Other portions o.
the plant are en- route, and should
reach their destination several week.
before the machinists are prepared tt
| pun tHeIl III place.
The plant will consist of two 5
stamp batteries and cyanide equip
ment, and will have daily capacit,
of forty tons of ore. In erecting the
building for it's housing sufficient
space is to be allowed for additional
batteries, until, ultimately, forty
stamps are in operation
Water sufficient for all mill re
quirements is to be secured from the
Mustang Extension shaft. Mr.. Lem
on announces that he has closed con
tracts for ore in sufficient quantity
to keep the stamps in constant opera
ton for period of seven months
1t is probable that the first run will
be made on ore on Wolftone dump.
This morning force of men be-
gan eXcavating at the site of the pro-
posed Chapman-Moore mill on the
Black Jack claim of the Gold Wedge
company Survey for elevation, fall
etc., was completed by the firm oil
Sherron & Tate yesterday, and re-
suited in the selection of a site or
the east side of the Tonopah trail
| instead of on the west isde, as al
| first contemplated.
| Water is to be secured for milling
purposes from the pipe line of the
local water company, conveniently al
hand.
| The plant will consist of a 6-incI
Huntington having a daily capacity
of forty tons of ore. Overstrom con.
centrating tables and cyanide equip
ment. The machinery has been or.
dered from the Allis-Chalmers com.
pany of Chicago, and it is expected
that shipment will be made by Sep
TENDER LIST. Three months from the
time the machinery lands here is the
time allotted by Messrs. Moore and
Chapman for the starting of the plant
| The Overstrom concentrating table
to be utilized in connection with the
plant is somewhat new to the south.
ern Nevada country, and is said tC
be superior in several important de.
tails to the Whitley tables generally
used here. 1t is claimed that its
steel and iron construction gives
| greater rigidity to the frame and
results in increased smoothness oil
| table action. The new head motion
is said to have less wearing parts
| than any other device of like charac.
| ter, and it is asserted that the carry.
| ing mechanism is the most perfect
yet devised.
| The table top rests on four long
| rollers, extending the whole width
of the table, which gives more than
| twenty-four feet of bearing surface
| These rollers cannot wear flat. Rack.
| ing arms are used to impart recip-
rocating motion to the table, produc.
| ing an action that is practically per
| feet, as the mineral particles are adj
vanced with great rapidity. AS the
table is diagonal in shape there is g
very close and clean concentration.
| The past week has seen a most
substantial progress made in the
building of the large mill of the
| Manhattan Ore Reducing and Rein
| ing company on Mustang Hill. F. l.
Bosqui, metallurgical engineer fol-
| the plant, inspected the work last
week. All timber has now arrived
on the ground and the frame work
and trusses for the main building are
erected, and for the power building
and the cleanup building the trusses
are framed and are about to be erect
ed. The 175 h. p. engine, together
with the other machinery for the
power house-heaters, pumps, etc
are on the ground, and the first car.
load of the cyanide tanks has ar.
rived, likewise portion of the filter
equipment. 1t is reasonably expect
ed that the next three weeks will see
all material delivered in Manhattan
The mill site presents an animated
scene from Main street. On Monday
at one period, there were four IA
horse teams unloading material al
one time, the freight coming from
both Tonopah and Austin. AS the
frame work of the plant goes up the
camp is beginning to realize the ex
tent and magnitude of the enterprise
The builders have projected mil
to treat 120 tons of ore per day, with
the maximum possible extraction
sparing no expense in fitting the
plant to do the work most economic
ally, so that the mines of the CAMP
will be assured an absolute market
for their ores at the most reasonable
rates for treatment.
An important meeting of the board
of directors was held in the Richards
building a few days ago. The policy
of the company towards treating ore!
in mining companies not interested
! in the mill was further discussed
and it was determined to contract fol