The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-12-22
ANOTHER QUICK
PLANT FOR CITY
Good Profit Available in Quicksilver
Due to Tariff Causes Develop
ment of Another Plant of
Value to Community


ings and development Of a revolu-
tionizing invention known as a
mercury boiler" details of which
are given below, another quick
silver plant is in prospect for this
community, although it is probable
that this city will not benefit there
by to as great an extent as in the
case Of the Goldbanks property and
its production Of a quarter Of a
million dollars annually, because the
new plant will be situated closer to
Inlay, a railroad town about 80
miles west Of this city in Pershing
county. The new proposal is by w.
G. Adamson, who was instrumental
in establishing the Goldbanks prop
erty, and the plant is to be in El.
Dorado canyon. The principal
Offices of the company, as yet un-
named, would be in this city, how
ever, and it is certain that a great
amount Of business would be trans
acted here because of that fact, be-
sides the employment of men at
this point.
As in the case of the Goldbanks,
the El Dorado property has pro-
duced in years gone by. During
1884 a retort plant was run
there which produced 900 TASKS Of
quicksilver. The retort, however,
is an inefficient method of mercury
extraction and the mine to this day
has not been developed to a point
which justifies the erection Of such
an expensive plant as that which is
now in operation at Goldbanks. A
large amount of furnace ore" has
been uncovered at the Ell Dorado,
and development work has been car
ried on there for a number of years
principally by ]. w. Ferguson of
this city, who is interested with Mr..
Adamson in the property. Work
remaining to be done consists Of
$50 feet of prosecuting to connect
with the tunnel and as soon as this
is complete it is practically certain
that the instigators will be ready to
install a modern recovery plant.
Negotiations for the financing of
the enterprise are now under way.
Development of cinnabar mines is
something which is likely to become
an important matter in the mining
world, for, as stated, tariff duty at
the present time makes possible
the competition by American pro-
ducers with the foreign product.
Not only is this fact of great i'm
portance, but one other modern in
vention is certain to result in a
greatly increased demand for mer-
curry. This is the mercury boiler
invention of William Emmett and
the late Charles P. Steinmetz, de-
veloped in the laboratories of the
General Electric Company at
Schenectady. This, in brief, makes
possible, through the use of mer-
curry vapor, the generating Of steam
at greatly reduced cost, conserva-
lively put by engineers as a method
of making one pound Of coal do
the work of two, even under the
newly developed turbine methods.
This invention has created nation
wide interest mad has been freely
designated as "a new era" in
American industry because of the
cheap power thus available. Utiliz-
ing mercury, that mineral is of
course destined to become very
valuable and in consequence pro-
ducers thereof will prosper.
A few weeks ago the first mer-
curry boiler was installed in the
power plant of the Hartford
(Conn.) Electric Light Company
and people Of that city are now
using current developed from a con-
trivance which boils mercury in
stead of water and drives the tur.
bine of an electric generator will
the vapor of that metal instead Of
steam, with saving of 81 per cent
in fuel-a most important item
when the enormous number o.
steam plants of the United State