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Reno Reduction Works Heralded as New Mining Giant
A lengthy feature extols the Reno Smelting Milling and Reduction Works as a newly established engine of prosperity. It profiles managers John Howell and M Carey, outlines the plant on the Truckee river, and details ore handling from sampling to final bullion. It traces Howell and Carey’s 25 years of mining work across Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, California and Arizona, and explains the Howell roaster and associated processes from rock breaker to pans and amalgamation, concluding with the operation’s promising impact on local mining.
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Reno
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
California
Arizona
Howell
Carey
Journal
John Howelt
Metacom Wilkin Reese River
Austin
White Ping
Eureka
Columbus
Esmeralda County
Morey Mill
Morey District
Nya County
Benton
Mono County
Tuscarora
Grand Prize
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
Walkers
Mojave County
Manhattan
Mineral Hill
Curtis Mill
John Taylors’ Sons
London
Phillipsburg
Tintic
Boulder
Chihuahua
Old Mexico
Hackberry
Carson & Colorado R. R
Truckee
P. RB. R
Reno Smet'sy
Reno Reduction Works
John Howell
Death Valley
Carson and Colorado
Southern Pacific Company
Reno Redaction Works
M. Carey
Blake
Geller