El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
MINING NEWS
REPORT SAYS BIC
MILL IS PLANNED
Confirmation of Inspiration
Enlargement Lacking; In
creased Shipments.

Miami, Ariz, May 21.-Reports cur
rent in New York to the effect that
Inspiration Consolidated has entered
into a contract with the Minerals Sep
aratiOn company. Limited, for imme-
diate construction of an 5000 ton mill
at its Miami plant, lacks confirmation
General manager Q. j.. Mills is at
present in New York city and 7. r.
during the absence of Mills, states that
no word to that effect has been re-
ceiyed here from the cOmpany'S eastern
office Mr.. Booth, who has charge or
the mill design and construction de-
partment during the absence of CHIEF
engineer II. Kenyon Burch, states that
he doubts the authenticity OF the re-
port. basing his opinion, first on the
fact that the success OF the uOtauOn
process on a large scale is still prob
lematical, the 600 ton mill now being
erected being projected for such a test;
second, the fact that Z. Fl. Nutter,
chief United States representative OF
the Minerals Separation company, Linn
tied, is absent on a visit to San Fran
cisco.
The present apparent indecision con-
corning the milling system to be used
has in nOWise affected the technical
force employed at the engineering OF
flee at the mill site the same number
as before being employed y draughts-
men. six engineers, and the other. en-
pIOyes. At the mine the inclined sup
Dly shaft was finished at a depth or
467 feet below the Joe Bush tunnel and
all stations. tunnels and tunnel con-
nectiOus were completed about May D.
A contract has been let and work al
ready begun on the sinking Of two
more compartments to the depth Of the
present single compartments bottom,
the finished shaft to be a three COM
partment bore Because of the neces-
sity OF lifting the mines waste
through the present compartment con-
tinually the easier method of raising
had TO be abandoned for that of sink
ing and a % horsepower gasoline
hosting engine is being brought from
the Scorpion shaft to handle the work
on the two new compartments.
On the LANCE group, about one and
one-half miles west Of the South Live
Oak development property A. LANCE
reports a strike Of considerable sui
phide and carbonate ore on the granite
pOrphyry contact and in the pOrphyry.
Experiments Successful
Among the notable changes made at
the Miami Copper cOmpany's mill, the
experiments being conducted in none Of
the sections of unit number 8, are the
most interesting. A double deck sand
table has been installed and has proved
very satisfactory. II Is one OF the
Deister brothers latest inventions and
is owned by the Deister Machine COM
pany In an endurance test Of 60 days
the table has met all expectations
alike in extraction and mechanical re-
liability There has also been in
stalled on the sand floor a Deister-
Battle cone classifier that has given
good results. 1t is very simple in con-
struction and is easily operated
on the slime floor all the feed form
erIy handled by the No. 5 slime tables
is now treated on four Deister multiple
deck-tilting sinners. These machines
have been in operation for some tiIne
and are making a high recovery. With
the higher extraction obtained by the
use of the multiple deck sinners and