The Mexican mining journal . rice of coal and because the finishedproduct would be nearer the market of consumption. April, 1915. THE MEXICAN MINING JOURNAL. UO Jin Inexpensive Pump. By Frederick W. Foote. :: Sometime ago while making a trip up Clear CreekCanon, Colorado, I noticed several pumps of an extre-mely simple and cheap design. They apparently per-formed their function (to lift a small amount of waterfrom a well continuously) to the entire satisfactionof their owners with very little upkeep expense. The waters of Clear Creek are made unfit for irriga-tion, or other purposes requiring
The Mexican mining journal . rice of coal and because the finishedproduct would be nearer the market of consumption. April, 1915. THE MEXICAN MINING JOURNAL. UO Jin Inexpensive Pump. By Frederick W. Foote. :: Sometime ago while making a trip up Clear CreekCanon, Colorado, I noticed several pumps of an extre-mely simple and cheap design. They apparently per-formed their function (to lift a small amount of waterfrom a well continuously) to the entire satisfactionof their owners with very little upkeep expense. The waters of Clear Creek are made unfit for irriga-tion, or other purposes requiring clear water, in theirlower reaches by the slimes introduced into their upperreaches by the mills at Silver Plume and Idaho this reason the small properties operating belowhave to derive their water from wells. These wells aredrilled on the banks of Clear Creek and a water wheelis placed over the creek. These wheels are usuallymade on the premises and are of the undershot typeabout six feet in length and A post, to act as a fulcrum, is erected on the shoreabout half way between the wheel and the well. Abalance beam has an eccentric connection to the waterwheel on one end and is connected to the plunger ofthe pump on the other end. This mechanism is adjust-ed so that the length of stroke will be proper for thebest working of the pump. A box of stones hung onthe pump side of the arm and capable of being movedin or out along the arm is used to compensate for thedifferent flows of the creek by increasing or diminish-ing the work necessary to be done by the wheel. Atrough from the pump discharge carries the water tothe required place of use. This arrangement is shown in the following sketch. The Latest in Chemistry and (Metallurgy, Analysis of Ores Containing Tellurium.—A modifica-tion of Gutbiers method has now been found to answerbest. The original method of Gutbier gave good results,but required slow addition of the chief reagent (Hyd-razine), thus taking
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