Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour

At the invitation of Judge Thomas M. Chambers, in company with a few friends, on Monday last we visited the new mill of which we made mention some weeks since as having just been completed by him. It had been working for several days continuously prior to our visit, and on Monday it was engaged in grinding several hundred bushels of wheat from New Dungeness. The opportunity was a favorable one for seeing the mill in motion, the experimental trials having been previously made, and everything now working in a charming manner. A careful inspection of every part of the building and machinery enables us to speak knowingly of their general character.

The first thing that arrested our attention, on approaching and entering the mill, was the appearance of strength about every part of it, outside and in. No expense seems to have been spared to build it in the highest degree of durability. The cost of the mill—about $10,000—would naturally lead one to suppose it ought to be so. The machinery is not only complete in every particular, but exhibits much skill in putting up. The grain-cleaning apparatus performs its work admirably: the dirtiest grain undergoes the most thorough cleaning before it is pulverized, and it is a matter for surprise to see the perfect superiority of the flour. This is perhaps a most remarkable feature of the mill. The quality of the flour ground on Monday was superb.

The proprietor, who has had much experience in the business of milling, is thoroughly competent, and the enterprise deserves the patronage it has received. The mill can grind at a rapid rate, and the improvements contemplated will increase its capacity.