Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
new MILL AT
LAMB MINE
1T is AN ALLEN CHILEAN TYPE
ORE MILL.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE
Over $4,000 Has Been Expended
This Season in Developing Well
Known PrOperty-It is Not a
StOck-Selling Proposition.

Much advance in the work at the
Bula mine, better known as the Lamb
mine, has been made this season,
though the general public has heard
but little of it as it has not been
hearalded with trumpets. 1t came
to the knowledge of the Tidings that
a new mill for reducing the ore had
been put in place and a representa-
tive was sent to investigate. He
found that over $1,000 had been
spent the present season in the de-
velopment of the mine and the con-
struction of the mill
The mill is placed about a mile
and half from the mine, over the
divide from Ashland creek, which was
necessary to prevent the pollution of
the city's water supply. The mill,
which was first started on Tuesday
of last week, is an Allen mill, of what
is known as the Chilean type. The
Chilean type of mill reduces the ore
by means of heavy but narrow rolls
which are attached to frame in such
manner that they travel in a circu-
lar path, the crushed ore being dis
lHGu anu D6luR Gov
cred to a depth of several inches with
water. The mill is driven by electric
power from the city's plant on Ash
land creek, the mine owners having
erected a high tension line to the
mine and mill.
The capacity of the mill, on hard
ore, is estimate at 20 tons per "a
hours, and as the ore at the Lamb
mine is very soft it is expected that
when things get to running smoothly
it will be possible to put through at
least 80 tons in the day and night.
The gold is being recovered from
the crushed ore by amalgamation.
Mr.. Lamb states, however, that il
may be necessary to also resort to
the cyanide process to recover all the
values.
There are at present four or five
men employed in the mine and three
are employed in the mill, running
three shifts of eight hours each. Mr.
Terrill, formerly with the famous
Goldfield Consolidated, one of the
largest mills in Nevada, is head mil
man. Mr.. j. ]. Coachman, who has
bonded the Buckman interests in the
The electrical installation was done
by Mr.. Coachman, all work being un.
der the supervision of Mr.. Lamb, who
has done much in the past sever
years to bring this mine to a position
to produce ore, and who is confident
that it is now where it will more
than pay its way.
Up to this time there has been
about $4,000 expended on the mine
since its discovery sixteen years ago
and this mill is the first real attempt
to recover the values from the ore
most of the money having been ex-
pended in developing There are
about 1 900 feet of tunnel and shaft.
ing on the property, which consists
of ten claims and about 800 acres OF
decided land, making a total of about
500 acres of land in the property. A
commodious camp is located on the
ridge between the mine and mill and
Mr.. Lamb keeps his family there
most of the time, while maintainine
a home in this city.
Mr.. Lamb is an enthusiast in the
mining business and says that the
man who produces dollars worth oi
gold is doing more for the commun-
1ty and country than the man who
produces dollars worth of pota
toes, grain or fruit, because the GOLD
can be used time after time and goes
on benefitting humanity for years
while the produce can be of benefit
but once. However. he says the
miner is looked on with distrust and
disfavor. Mr.. Lamb draws the dis
CT oil n
mine promoter and the mine devel
oper. He believes the promoter is
the worst enemy that the mining in.
dustry has today. The promoter has
rendered capital suspicious of legiti
mate investment and has made many
people avoid mining investments al
they would plague. Mr.. Lamb is
an ardent believer in the "blue sky
law which is before the people a.
the coming election and which would
make it impossible to offer mining
or other stock for sale in Oregon
which did not have value back of it
He believes that the Norehern Cali
fornia and Southern Oregon Minine
Congress is the best friend the legiti
mate miner has, and it should make
it its business to assist in huntine
down and exposing every wildcat
scheme.
Mr.. Lamb asserts that there are
enough undeveloped mineral re
sources around Ashland to furnish {
payroll of tens of thousands of dol
lars per month. The Barron mine is
one that he believes has great posi-
bilities.
The kaolin beds, he believes, could
be profitably handled by means O.
an aerial tramway. 1t is possible, he
asserts, to deliver the clay to The
Southern Pacific tracks at a cost o.
II cents per ton, instead of So as by
hauling. He also is confident thar
if properly put before the Southern
Pacific Railway Company they
would, in consideration of the volume
of tonnage, make a special rate