Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-04-08
MAYER ASSURED OF
THE HALL PLANT.
(From SATURDAYS DailYl

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The Chamber OF Commerce has
been flooded with inquiries regard
ing the proposed erection o. 4 re-
duction plant in Ya.apl. county by
capitalists in correspondence with
w. A. Hall, OF San Francisco.
Recently, several kilograms have
been received from mining mcn in
the East who are interested n
properties in the Big Bug and
Crown King districts. In reply to
recent telegram requesting rnfor-
nation. sent by Secretary Fraser.
Mr.. Hall wired March Is, au.horiz-
ing the Chamber of Commerce TO
reply to kilograms received that a
reduction plant under the Foss pat
;ents, to have daily capacity Of J.
000 tons of ore, would be erected
in Yavapai county; that the ion-
tracts have been let and that con-
struction will commence on June !.
The plant will be ready icr opera
ton not later than September Is
At the time OF telegraphing, Mr..
Mr.. Hall requested that no publici-
ty be given until his immediate
plans were decided and yesterday
the following letter addressed to
the secretary was received:
San Francisco. Mar. 81, 1914.
Dear Mr.. Fraser:
Il have been awaiting develop
ments before | wrote you and have
little further to say now, but fear
to delay and be construed as be-
ing negligent.
Il wrote and tclegraphed to the
inquirers whom you referred to
me. Expected to be in Prescott,
April l, but will delay visit as our
English friends cannot begin con-
struction OF the plant in Yavapai
county before Jur- l. Another and
additional company has been organ
lied, to begin at once This COM
pany now contfol patents for the
Foss International Ore Reduction
Company for the United States,
with the exception OF the one to
be erected at Mayer, by the Lon
don company, to commence June
first
Our new company will begin
erection Immediately on Il 1000 ton
per day plant near Death valley in
Inyo county, California, and l leave
today to select site and figure ex-
tent OF ore on dumps and in mines
nearby. They have now 100000
tons on the dumps, the value OF
which runs at about $50 the ton.
Machinery will be ordered and
put up Immediately after l make
my report and i'll the meantime,
| will visit the Mile High City, as
the new company will erect several
mills i'll Arizona. | will bring en-
gineers both OF the new company
and the English company, when l
visit Prescott.
Mayer has been selected as the
location for the plant and actual
work will commence by June l.
"Thc Inyo county plant we hope
to have i'll operation by July / to
Is. AS soon as this plant is I'M
der way, we will look for another
location and you know | am CON
WINGED that Yavapai county pro-
vidcs a good field. y portion Of
the new company have interests
i'll Inyo county and it is only ma
tural that they want to work their
own mines. The ores OF Inyo are
very complex. full of sulphur, zinc
and arserics and this section, like
Yavapai, has been dormant, waiting
for a process to treat It's ores at
home, at a low flat rate for reduc
ton charges and due saving in
transportation.
up to this time, ores valued
at $40 to $50 could not be trans
ported and treated with profit. l
predict that as soon as we show
just what our process will do fDr
the complex ores and by turning out
from 5000 TO $4,000 i day. that
we cannot supply the demands for
mills.
Sincerely yours,
"W. \. HAIL.