Mangum Mill in Aurora named for W. Lester Mangum

Foundation structures of the Mangum Mill left at their original site

Aurora's Mangum Mill in Nevada—also referred to as the Aurora milling plant—is named for W. Lester Mangum. After ceasing its operation in 1918, most parts of the mill were moved to Goldfield, but the foundations stayed behind and can still be visited today at Aurora.

W. Lester Mangum was the general Manager of the Aurora Consolidated Mining Company [1,2]. The company was established in 1912. Ground for the Mangum Mill was broken June 20, 1913. On June 15, 1914,  the 500-ton mill—then the second largest mill in Nevada—started crushing rock. The rock was trammed from the mining site to the top of the mill, where the ore cars dumped their content [1]. 

The Mangum Mill was an all-slime cyaniding plant, designed by Morris P. Kirk of the engineering firm of Kirk & Leavell [1].  

References and further details

[1] Aurora Con. Mines Passes to Goldfield Con. Co. Page 62 in Mining and Engineering World, Volume 41, July 4 to December 26, 1914. Website:  https://books.google.com/books?id=zSBHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=w+lester+mangum+aurora+mill&source=bl&ots=3xsr6HGu-F&sig=ACfU3U31jlgz1otiSsjw4a_rSZo33bstcg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtipTnosT6AhXRD0QIHUdLBS4Q6AF6BAgfEAM#v=onepage&q=w%20lester%20mangum%20aurora%20mill&f=false [accessed on October 3, 2022].

[2]  Goldfield and Aurora. Page 20 in The Salt Lake Mining Review, Volume 16, April 15, 1914 to March 30, 1915. Website: https://books.google.com/books?id=h7tOAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA10&lpg=RA4-PA10&dq=w+lester+mangum+aurora+mill&source=bl&ots=sYmdrJstWD&sig=ACfU3U0ak4iOHHKFEJbL-KBAa1l4ZA6iWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtipTnosT6AhXRD0QIHUdLBS4Q6AF6BAgeEAM#v=onepage&q=w%20lester%20mangum%20aurora%20mill&f=false [accessed on October 3, 2022].