Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-06-24
ORE, FIRST REQUISITE.
Mining Camp to Be Successful Must
Have Lots of It, and Then More Ore.

Elk City, June Is, 1915.
To the Tribune: The writer once
asked an old argonaut the question
what is the great prerequisite to the
success of mining camp as such
core" suceintly replied the philos-
opher of dips, spurs and angles, of
clines and anticlines; ore to begin with
and then more ore-ore all the time
Following that, adequate transporta-
ton facilities, plus men-men of techni-
cal training and experience in miner
alogy, geology, the extraction of ore
and it's reduction. Also they must be
possessed of some brains. Those condi-
tons granted your camps future
should be reasonably sure, always pro-
viding that she starts with bankroll
big enough to choke COW.
Which, of course, is the A, B, G of
the industry, but which seems to be the
most difficult part of our local opera
tors in the past to realize. Success
along some other line of endeavor seem
ed to be though sufficient training for
the development and operation of a
mine. The writer recalls particular
case of this nature. 1t is worth while
relating: The president and general.
manager of the company was real
estate man, the superintendent was
druggist, and the mine foreman was a
market gardener. All lacked the most
rudimentary experience in the business
1t is hardly necessary to say they fail
ed. However, it would be unfair to lay
all the failures to the above class of
by men who tackled "E. M after their
names; many by the chap who worked
the eastern pay shoot at the cost of ~
local; some may also be charged to the
oversanguine plunger who, on the
strength of promising outcrop, nnler
took to make the prospect develop it,
self, with effort without the romfort
ing support of cowstrangling bank
rolls, usually fail.
But criticism, merely for the purpose
of saying something unpleasant or
smart, is, of course, idle, and is in
dulged in here only for the purpose of
making clear the causes, in part, for the |
astonishing number of failures in
mining central Idaho has to her credit |
to date. Other causes there are, i'm. |
portant once, which will be reserved |
for treatment in another article.
However, it is truism that great
evils carry with them their own rem.
edies, did we know where to look for
them and how 10 apply. In our case we |
know the remedy to be a water grade |
road, or falling that, which so far we |
have, then a cheaper method of ore |
reduction than any which has hitherto |
been tried. This last problem seems to
have been successfully met and solved |
by Maynard F. Tytler, +. NJ. man of
wide experience in the reduction of the
sulphide ores of this region; a chemist |
OF standing, and millwright of ex
perience.
While Mr.. Tyler has not progressed |
far enough beyond the laboratory stage
to speak with absolute authority, he
seems confident of his ground, He
now is making the second run of several
tons of ore from the Colonel Sellers.
When this test is completed Mr.. Tytler
will give the Tribune the net results of |
his researches. In the meantime he
would discuss only the results of his
laboratory tests of 800 pounds which |
showed a saving of 90 to 95 per cent and
his projected crushing units, which for
a cotton plant will comprise roll jaw
crusher, 5000; coarse rolls, 5000; oar
roasting furnace, $4,000; cyanide tanks,
$500 total of $4,000.
According to Mr.. Tyler's estimate,
about one-half the cost of a stamp mill |
of the same ton capacity, and will re-
quire but one-quarter the horse power
to drive, without entering into the ques
ton of renewals, which is, of course, of
the first Importance. James McCaf
frey.--Lewiston Tribune.