The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-09-14
New Company buys Mill.

New Company buys Mill.
Papers were recorded Wednesday with
the county clerk showing the transfer of
the Idaho Springs Mining and Reduction
company mill on the corner Of Sixteenth
avenne and Water street in this city.
from the Lowell Hardware company to
the Empire Gold and Copper company,
for consideration Of 10000. cash
payment of f2s, 900 was made down on
the property and the balance is payable
st any time within three years The deal
was consmmated while Mr.. Lowell vas
in New York City. some days ago The
purchasers are . recently incorporated
company which has acquired the Adud-
dell lease and bond and several impor-
taut mining properties along the line Of
the Newhouse tunnel. While no an
hncement has been made. it is under
Stood that the work of placing the mill
in condition to handle a hesvey tonnage
will be under way in the near future.
The mill is in good shape for the recep-
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main portion of the building have been
cleared, and an automatic arrangement
for the handling Of concentrates has
been partially constructed.
The mill building is one of the finest
to be found in the state, and there is
splendid railway connections for receiv-
ing the crude ore and shipping the
finished concentrate. 1t is not known at
this time what machinery will be in
stalled, but it is likely that tube mills
will be used in the process, as expert
ments have shown this method to bc ap-
plicable to the copper-iron sulphides, and
that closer saving of values can be made
by this method than any of the generally
used systems of regriuding.
The entire plant will be made as nearly
automatic as possible, which will do
away with the services of large number
of employees on each shift. and thereby
both increase the capacity as we'll as
lessen the cost of operation.
Humboldt Connected UP.
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Lamartine to the Humboldt mine on
Ute creek, was connected up last Sun
day and the current turned into
the motors to test the machinery.
Vlkerything was satisfactory and on
Wednesday the mill was started
up and will be kept in continuous oper.
ation a. long as water for milling pur-
poses is available In Ute creek. The
stream derives its supply of water
from several springs as we'll as the melt
ing SHOWS. and there Is q short season
Of the year when there is not enough
water FOR milling purposes. Chas. Hook
ing, an old time millman, will be in
charge Of the mill
While the mill has been enlarged and
overhauled the mine has also been re-
ceiving attention and adit levels have been
cleaned out and retimbered SO that the
old slopes as we'll as much new ground
is now in condition for steady mining.
There is an ample supply of milling ores
blocked out and the management pro-
poses to mine and mill the ores method
ically, in accordance with good mining
business judgement. The rich free
gold smelling ore which is frequently
found in the mine, will be marketed as
shipments accumulate, but the high
grade material will be merely q by pro-
duct.
The Humboldt mine has produced in
the neighborhood of $2oo. 900, according
to the best information obtainable, and
it is estimated that one-half of this
amount at least is from medium gra de
ore treated at the old mill. With the en-
ged capacity of the latter, the output
should now add very considerably to
the lower Clear Creek total production
for each month, aud it will be mainly in
the form of gold bullion for the mint.
H. A. Riedel, of the Banner Consolida-
ted Mines company, came up from his
Denver Office and was in camp Thursday
between trains.
Claude Sachs. of the Mining Investor,
Colorado Springs, who is interested in
the future of the Big Five, was in town
Tuesday, registered at the Club.
E. M. Bsbeoek, Of Denver. who has
spent the past few weeks doing ssses
peut werk on the AAefican Boy and B.
l. claims n Cascade creek, retained to
Denver today.
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