Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-10-05

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Salt Lake City, feels that it has been
most fortunate in fully rounding out
its enterprise at a time when condi-
tions, at home and abroad, have re-
suited in advancing the price of
quicksilver the world over, and feels
like congratulating itself over the
fact that IL is now the second largest
quicksilver producing concern in the
United States.
II was late in 1913 that the com
pany took over the property on which
such successful results have since
been founded, says VIII c. Higgins
in The Salt Lake Mining Review, and
for several months il was engaged in
its equipment, in the building OF
most modern furnace, the construc-
ton of office and residence buildings,
the installation of an electric power
plant, and the establishment of a
water system. And, it was not until
May, of the present year, that its
furnace was placed in preliminary
commission On the 22nd OF August,
however, the company made its first
consignment of quicksilver. eompris-
ing of $50 TASKS. to the eastern mar
ket, and now the enterprise is main
tanning a steady and profitable output
of about 400 TASKS per month.
The property consisting of twenty
six claims is located at lone, Nye
county, Nevada, 80 miles from Tono-
pah, So miles in a sOuthwesterly di-
rection. from Austin, the Nevada Cen
trail railroad A good wagon road
connects lone with Austin, the com
pany freight is hauled from that
place by motor truck, which also CON
yeys quicksilver to Austin for con
signment to market
/ Al the present time The gloryhole
1 system of mining is carried on by
the company, and mining costs are
thereby reduced to the minimum A
250foot tunnel has been driven in on
the huge deposit OF cinnabar ore
from the face OF which a raise has
been made TO the surface. on the
surface the ore is simply quarried
and dumped into the winze, falling
into mine cars which are run through
the tunnel mouth and over a 1000-fooi
surface tram to the crusher at the
furnace plant At the present time
the company is mining and treating
from fifty TO sixty tons of ore daily
While no complete returns have been
received, as yet upon which TO base
ore values, Il is believed that the re
covery is fully 2 per cent in quick
to the ton of ore. The company
gives employment to fifteen men
Method of Treatment.
The ore is crushed to a one-half o.
1. t.,.t -
cred to the dryer by means of I
screw conveyor The dryer consists
Of o revolving screen under which ;
3 low fire is maintained which dimin
ishes the moisture in the ore. From
the dryer the ore is conveyed, by cul
elevator, to the 50-ton bin on the Att
or top floor Of the building From
the bin the ore is fed onto baffi'
plates in the furnace. Through tht
battles a constant current Of air /
maintained that is heated to ten
perature above $50 degrees f., or SIS
degrees c., which causes the quick
silver in the ore to yaporize and pas
out. with the smoke fumes and gasei
to the condenser rooms Here, whe
the temperature has been reduced bt
low $50 degrees f., the quicksilve
is precipitated, flowing out of tn
condensers in pure metallic state.
At the bottom Of the furnace oTel
n ings discharge into cars on tracks
!, the arehway below. and the burnt or
: is drawn off and thrown over til
dump. This is done several time
daily, and the charge in the furnaC
is renewed from the ore bin abov
The furnace charge amounts TO abo,
$50 tons of ore. About two cords
20 wood per day is used in the oper
ton of the furnace The ore contain
II 4 certain percentage OF sulphur, Il
burning of which considerably ait