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HOIST SOON TO GO IN
AT THE BLACK BUTTE.
Machinery Will Arrive as Soon as Roads
Will Permit Its Being
Hauled.
IM C. A I Ion, uroln(ondeut of tlm
Itlm.'k Hullo, whl oh wiih taken over
limt fall liy Wheeler X Cumpiiny, of
Now Vork, came In .vttstunliiy to con-fin-
with .Manager (). (J. Wright mill
lofl on t lit h niiirnliiUH' (ruin.
Active prupiirntluiiH, Mr. Allon
hiij'm, urn being iiiihIii toward thu In
Htiillntlnii of a sinking iiliinl. Tim
machinery Ih expected tn arrive In
alinnt hIx weeks, which Ih pnrhnpH iih
sunn iih llio rninlH will iiilinll (if itx
trauwforronoo friini Wliltnoy In tlio
properly. Ily till time thu Imllil
Ingn will ho completed hiuI romly for
thu liifliilliillnn nf tint plant. It wiih
thu uiiglual intontliin In. nt In a
MMI font ilotph capacity hoist, lint
tlio plann Iiiivh been nhiiugoil mill It
will Iiiivh it depth capacity nf H.'O
foot.. ..
Tlio property Ih already equipped
with it Ion tdauip mill, which will ho
npouiloil ih hiiiiii im Hinklin; Ih begun.
The llliick llntto Ih IiiciiIoiI In tlm
John Day country, mid Superintend
out Allon llilnkh mi tlio mime vein
hjhIoiii iih tlm Dl.xiu Meadows. It's
un tint siimii porphyry holt which ho
hiij'h Ih easily triiL'ciihlo from inio to
thu other.
During thu early oporatlon thu
iniuu Ih accredited with thu produc
tion nf nvur 8250,000, and thu deop
cHt wnrkhiK Ih only 100 fcut. A
great deal nf rich oro wiih takmi nnt,
hoiihi, It Ih stated, going lit) high as
81 tn thu pound. Much of UiIh ore,
it Ih hiiIiI, wiih hIoIoii. pounded and
panned. Olio man wiih declined nf
having luken away thirty poundH
from which ho gnt i'M. Mr. Alien
liiHtiilled thoHtiimp mill and wiih run
ning It at n protll when tlio dull tiuiuH
ciiiiio un, creditor rushed III mid the
mine wiih forced In clone on account
nf litigation. The way appears clour
now, ami with sinking uiiichiuery tlio
property will mioii lie In the produc
ing oIiikh ngiilii.
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ASBESTOS.
One of I ho Most Wonder-
foul Subttincios Dug Out
of The Earth.
.Wheel of, one ol Hie uinxl wonder
ful HiilictiiufCM dug mil nf the eiiith,
Iiiih lioou much In the pulillc oyntdnoo
the lroiiiolr tlieatio illt-iiMcr. Now,
11 Ih repniled, the hulk of the world's
Mipply fur many years tn come Iiiih
lieeii nooiiiod liy tlio Standard Oil
InlercrtH, fur the purpoi-o nf making
lire proof "tliiilier"aud luiinol
t-hoiithlng.
The supply nf indn'ston Ih limited.
Mnxt of II cuuies from Canada, and it
in found InOieiion, Idaho California,
mid other 'vestern slaton. It also In
milled In thu Itiillau Alp, whence
muht nf thu supply came liefore It
whh discovered In Cmiiulii. Hut
except In thu littler country, the
thIiih of thu greasy- feullug silky
like Huron stuff are tun thin to he
worked with profit, fur the problem
of mining absuntos is found lu thu
disposition of thu foreign umtter lu
which the iihIiokIuh Ih oiituiiihed. lu
i tlm Canadian iiiIiioh only tiluuit I pur
, colli of the material ipmriled Ih an
i licHtie: the rent Ih iiiihIii up nf ruck
mid othr refuse.
Asbestos ucctiiH in voIiih varying
Iriiiii hair an inch lu four Inchon
llliick hetweeii layers of horiililouilo
orydnls. Tlio lunger, toughnr libers
hue fniiuil in the deepest diggings (ho
Ioch uiluaulc nxhohtUH -that Ih, llio
. clini t, easily pulvoiled llhros- im
I found near llio t-urtiicc. The minim:
i Ih much liku ruck quarrying. Moles
I in itt 1 1 lft I mill dynamite exploded In
lilaxt mil a lnyoi, which falls to the
llnur of the working, Thu workmen
: In i ak nut iih much of the pure iih-
hoi oh in iih liuue Iiiiiiih iih possible,
j load llio lumps Into tulm or kipn
Hind tend it In Hie mrface, where
I hoys and young men "coh" orciiim-
hie the rock awiy from thu iihIibhIoh.
The lumps ill iisbosttiH me packed
In rough ImlcH mid shlpppeil to this
country to ho manufactured Into the
llnlfliod product. The nsbcstuH iih it
comes from the mine Ih of u yellowish
or greenish color, thu edges furred
with lose tlher. Thu host grades of
asbestos are white, ami thu line II her
Ih long enough to lie carded ami spun
Into yarn ami then woven Into a
greasy -feeling, dirty white oloth,
which Is lire proof, ucld proof mid
went her proof.
When the lumps of raw asbestos
reach (he factory ttiey are placed
In machines, which crush them
uuttl the fibers are loosened into
fluffy, cottony masses. From the
crushing mill the fibers pass luto
another machine which separates the
Ioiik and nhort flbersnitthe same time
throwH out any stones or other refuse
matter. The short 11 hers are ground
up luto pulp or powder, according to
the use for which they arc luteuded,
while the loiter libera are gathered
together to be woven luto clntb.
It Is this oloth which Is used for
making fireproof drop curlnlUH for
theaters. The asbestos yarn is also
made into gloves mid mittens for
glusH and iron workers aud a llnor
cloth Is woveu for acid lllters. To
catalogue the lines of--asbestos would
be a long tack, for withiu twenty
years Kb applications bare multlpllel
I so rapidly that It now can be re
gurded as one of the most versatile
tof manufactured products. Corn
blued with colors aud oils It makes
a paint which makes auythlng it
coats either flreproonf or nearly so.
Asbestos combined with canvas, felt
or like material, make an excellent
roofing or celling material, and tbe
roofs of many factories, warehouses,
'docks aud like structures are covered
with asbestos treated material. Wood
pulp or other substances which cau
carry the asbestos is used for cover-
lug steam pipes. Ran Francisco
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