The $2.5 million project should be complete by the end of this year, but it won’t run at full capacity until the middle of next year, said New Jersey Mining President Fred Brackebusch. Until then, it’ll run at one-third to one-half capacity.
Ore will be fed into the ball mill, which is a cascading mill similar to a rock polisher — but much bigger. Steel balls and water will grind the ore to a fine sand to separate the silver from other rock minerals.
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