In between 1916 and 1918, a tungsten concentrator was erected at Toulon.[4] The concentrator processed scheelite ore from the Ragged Top Mining District near Ragged Top Mountain.[4] In 1918, the mill was turned in to an arsenic mill that processed ore from near Battle Mountain.[5]
The mill was acquired in 1929, but remained idle until 1936, when it was refurbished.[6] The mill played an important role refining tungsten ore from Nevada and California during WWII including a 1943 addition of a flotation plant.[6][7] The plant was operated in the 1930s[8] and 40s by Ott Heizer,[7] who was the father of Robert Heizer, the archaeologist and grandfather of Michael Heizer, the land artist and sculptor.
References
^ abCarlson, Helen S. (1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. p. 234.
^ abVanderburg, William O. (1936). Reconnaissance of mining districts in Pershing County, Nevada. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 26. hdl:2027/mdp.39015077569609.
