The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-28
BURRO MOUNTAINS
SCENE OF MUCH
ACTIvITy
Power Plant Under C%onstruc-
ton and Experimental Mill
Is Working Night and Day.


Construction work at the operations
OF Phelps Dodge 4 Co, In the Burru
mountains is going on rapidly aud
preparations are being made for the
erection OF the 1 OOO-ton daily Capaci-
" min three miles northeast 81 Ty-
rome. The experimental mill. design
ed by Or. Sanburg OF Bisbee. Is run
ming day and night and various meth
DDS OF ore treatment are being tried
out: the successful method being the
one that viii be embodied In the large
treatment plant Grading II under
way at The mill site and Il Is be-
lievcd that within two moEths' time
the general construction of the mill
will he under way. A townsitc near
he mill has been surveyed and al
ready some building erection N being
done. There viii be two towns at
the Phelps. Dodge operations, one at
the present site. Tyrone FOR the mine
and power plant employees and one
near the concentration.
The silver city Enterprise. in a re-
cent report on the district says;
The experimental ore treatment
plant Is now treating thirty IONS OF
ore per day. The equipment In the
plant comprises. one Blake Jaw crush
cr, Frazier rolls. Whitley tables Hard
ing conical mill. and oil flotation
tanks. Up "a the present time ho
definite conclusions have been AR
rived at AS to the success OF h oil
flotntion process, hut Il II most likely
this method 81 treatment viii not be
used on the Burro mountain ore. The
ore being treated In the experimental.
mill comes from the main unncl n
other workings On Phelps Dodge
ground.
The concrete work OF the power
plant. located year the NJ. 2 shaft
IL completed and the steel construc-
tion work H. now under way. The
plant viii he equipped with two 1000
horsepower Diesel engines n power
Will be generated for the operation
Of the mines and also the mill.
The Niagra haulage tunnel Is now
i70O feet In length n IL connected
with the company's workings at Leo
pold. a standard gauge track Is laid
In the tunnel and electric mules VIII
he used IA transporting the ore TO
the portal. Some form OF the CaNing
method OF mining VIII be used In The
future operations of the company's
mines. This IN one of the most dan
perous but at h same time most
economical methods OF ore eXtrac-
ton.
The water supply. which has been
the cause for much discussion since
the erection Of a mill was first am
n1iuved. " settled as Il has been
found hat a sufficient quantity can
be pumped from the No, 1 and No. :
shafts Ia run the mill ana ~ other
OF the OPERATIONS demanding water.
II at any time this supply IL not htrgr
enough a pipe line from wells AT the
head of The Mangas BE- planned To
furnish water.
steel head frames are 90 he erect
ed at the No. . and No. 3 shafts and
electric hoists Installed upon the com
plction of the power plant
There are al present 200 men ON
the company's pay rolls engaged in
development YORK excavation, eN-
detrimental mill work and other oper-
/, ations az Tyrone.
when questioned as 10 an cstimat,
Of ore blocked out. Manager 4, N,
!. sawyer of r. Burro Mountain Cop
per company said, There Is "A sur
ucient quantity To- warrant the con
struction Of a mill with a Thousand
1 ton daily capacity. At present We ar,
, not looking ahead 60 anything great
, ~ in this type Of mine" Develop
, mcnt work Is bciug pushed steadily
AT an parts OF the workings, cspe'
cially in the NiagFa tunnel WHORE
drifts and wines are being driven
There ~ az present n churn arr
on thu property bu two more VIII h'
added within a short time.
r. NJ Sawyer has charge OF al
construction work Of the compan'
and is general superintendent OF TN
! operations In the Burro mountains
Mir Fraser-Camphell Is chief engineer
e. A. LcGrando. designer OF the pow
CT plant, Is at Tyrone.