The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-03-03

| with the Lone Pine. and the other
near claims owned by the company.
These plants will also do custom work.
Each will have a capacity of 23O tons
per day. Ore will be delivered from
the mines to the mills by electric cars.
The mills are built on the unit system,
Each unit is complete in itself, and
handles ID tons per day. When one
unit is completed concentration begins
without delay. Most of the machinery
is of the most improved invention, time
tried and tested. Mr.. Taylor has inn
proved on some of the parts, adding to
the efficiency of operation. The equip
ment consists of crushers, wet rolls
revolving screens, power jigs, con-
centrating tables and slime tables.
The first plant will be erected on a
mill site secured from Mr.. Alamanda,
about one and a half miles below Night
hawk. 1t will be completed and in
operation within 30 days. An expert
mental concentration is now being used
to test ore on claims owned by Dell
Hart, and if satisfactory, and terms
can be agreed on, this ore will be
treated at mill No. |. The No One
mine, owned by corporation, is tribu-
tary to this mill. The second mill, or
mill No. ,, will he located at the power
site. Work will commence at once on
this mill. The exact location of mill
No. 3 is as yet undetermined, prob
ably near Rich Bar.
An electric tram road from the Lone
Pine to mill No. will be begun at
once and may cross to the Kruger
mountain copper mines, if arrange.
ments are made with the mine owners
for ore. Or the Kruger mountain
claims may be connected with No. ;,
at Rich Bar, or further down the river
to accommodate the Golden mines.
The concentrates will he conveyed
to the central plant, where they will
be first passed through the reverbera-
tory furnaces, where the lead is ex-
tracted. These furnaces are the in
venton of Mr.. Taylor. The special
large crucibles We're made by The Jo-
seph Dixon Crucible company, of New
jersey. In the reverberatory furnaces
all sulphur, arsenic and other fumes
are convened through water and sui
phuric acid is made as Il by-prOduct.
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the fumes that are usually the great
objection to a smeter. These furnaces
will handle any kind of ore. The Stag
from the reverberatories, called grey
Stag. still containing some silver, is
then sent to the hot blast furnace for
extraction. The hot blast silver-lead
the Colorado Iron Works, of Denver
Mr.. Buxton is now at Denver seeing
to the shipment.
All machinery for the concentrating
plants has been purchased and is at
Spokane awaiting the completion of
the approaches to the new bridge at
Nighthawk so that the freight can be
hauled from the railroad to the points
where it is to he installed.
Another by-product made from the
Stag after passing through the blast
furnance, is building blocks.
The company has filed on lime rock
quarry, and iron ore for iuXing has
been located by Tom Feeney and Mr..
Taylor.
1t was the intention of the company
at first to locate mill No. ; and the
smelling plant at Orovile, near the
Great Northern bridge across the Sim
ilkameen, but after going over the
ground and sizing up the situation it
was found that it would be necessary
to build Il bridge across the Similka-
meen, special siding at the railroad
and run the electric power line and
car tracts distance of four miles over
and above that already provided for.
The fact that there is no wagon road
initiated against this plan.
Ores from 1onasket, Chesaw and
other points on the railroad will be
shipped to mill No. |, which will prob,
ably he the smelter location at Night
hawk.
No boarding camp will be established
as most of the employees will be mar.
ried men and occupy their own homes
Taking the miners, mill men anC
smelter men within 80 there will be at
least 125 men employed. AS the plant,
are located in such position as to be
approached by electric tramways there
will be but little team work, the only
freight being silver-lead bars, copper
matte and coke for hot blast furnace
1t is estimated that ores which are
found in large quantities and contain
values as low as 81 per ton, can b,
handled at a profit.
A foundry and machine shop will b,
located at the smelter, and will be il
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