Big Smoky Mill
[1869]
The 20-stamp Big Smoky Mill was moved in from Kingston at a cost of $60,000. It was started up on May 24, 1869 by the Treasure Hill Mining & Milling Company, thus it was also known as the Treasure Hill Mill. In 1882, it was sold at a sheriff's sale to the Sweetwater Mining Company, who subsequently spent $25,000 in renovations. It ran until at least 1886, but by 1891 was again up for sheriff's sale due to delinquent taxes. It was dismantled and the machinery scrapped in 1901.
Ruins of another mill, which I haven't positively identified yet, tower over the Hamilton townsite.
The 24-stamp Manhattan Mill started operation June 1, 1869. It had a capacity of 40 tons per day, and was briefly the largest mill in the White Pine District until the Stanford Mill in Eberhardt was completed in October. Operated by the Ward Beecher Consolidated Mill & Mining Company, the Manhattan processed ore from properties on Treasure Hill including the Ward Beecher, Edgar, and Silver Plate. By 1885, a small hamlet called "Kendall's Pond" existed near the mill, complete with a saloon and boarding house, owing its name to then-Superintendent J.R. Kendall. It was short-lived, however, as the Manhattan Mill was shut down that fall. The Ward Beecher Consolidated Co. reportedly produced more than $700,000.
The 10-stamp Nevada Mill, operated by McCone & Dunn, was started up on May 20, 1869.
White Pine District
Hamilton • Mills • Mourner's Point
Treasure City • Pogonip • White Pine City • Pocotillo
Eberhardt • Shermantown
Belmont Mine & Mill
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