Parker Mill Site, 2011, (View: S), King Solomon Mine and the 1890s water tower in the background. The depression at the center is all that remains to mark the site. Layers of Caliche (sp?) at the lower right mark the edge of the excavation, the original contour obscured with erosional in-fill. The stamp mill would have be mounted to a timber frame, set in the hole so ore can be delivered by wagon from up-slope. The frame would have been hauled off with the milling equipment when moved (to the Sunshine Mine in 1904). Traces of mill tailings decorate the slope below, along with an assortment of artifacts. - William J. Warren © 2011
May 19, 1900: “PARKER has started his own mill and is doing good work.” – Randsburg Miner
June 19, 1900: “THE LITTLE 3-STAMP MILL of Parker’s is pounding away day and night and giving good satisfaction. Just now they are at work on a 50 ton lot from the Annex mine for Messrs. Mongomery and Mcginnis.” - Randsburg Miner
July14, 1900: “WYNN BOYS milling 20 tons at Parker’s mill.” - Randsburg Miner
April, 2, 1904: “J. R. PARKER and his son F. L. Parker left for Los Angeles Wednesday. They will be gone for several weeks.” - Randsburg Miner
Broken & burned fragments of fire brick, 2011. The pile of discarded and spent brick is evidence of a fire-assay kiln, consistent with the basic function of the mill, or 'reduction works', located just SE, 10' from the mill excavation. - William J. Warren © 2011
June ___, 1904: “J. R. PARKER, owner of the cyanide plant on the hill between Randsburg and Johannesburg, returned the latter part of the week from a business trip to the outside world.” – Randsburg Miner
July 2, 1904: “THE PARKER MILL, owned by T. W. Atkinson was taken down and moved over to the Sunshine. The mill will be erected and the hauling of ore avoided.” – Randsburg Miner
