The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-10-19
Prom The P,rxstlr1riau.
NEW RUSSIAN PROC rs FOe WORKING
CERTAIN GOLD ORES.

NEW RlSSI An fkbk ~ fbt " OtthlNu |
CERTAIN GOLD ORES.
Several NOTICES oi a new and much vauni
ed process tor working gold ores, lately
lried 10 the m,nes OF Siberia, have b,
given ~ our papers, but they have all been
very bret, aud utterly unIntelhglble. The
following, translated from a Russian Ga
2 tie. sent hv our minister, MIR. Dallas, to
a friend III phladel phla, Is full and expl,cil,
aud n,ay be found To have an important
bearing upon our American INNING opeta
tions. Many Of our ores, probably the
greater part OF them, contain quartz ard rs
ti,es, and might, no doubt. be successfully
fluxed By the method described IN this pa
per, somewh hat modified. The production
Of the ores would undoubtedly be greatly
increased by this process, but whether thlS
INCREASE would compensate for the consump.
ton Of feel and huor spar, IS question
which can be answered only by practical
experiment on q large scale.
In our lraGs'a atom, Ne have gwen III"
weights Of the ores IA A,ottdupois, pounds,
and OF the gold 10 gram, aud penuyNrighi>,
I Troy: aud on the authority of Kelley :
I Camb, =, have suppostdthe Zolotach-Gj-
I grams: Sc zololnlcks= enc HuSSaa pound,
- 0 9u26 lbs. ayolrdupoi>; 40 Russian
POUNDS = one Pound = 36.l05i lbs.
[ ;. VI.
Translated from II, s., Petersburg Journal Of
>fpj. 23d 1891.
Aur(erous >anus have been worked, m
ditirfen, paris Of the world, from the most
dis,an, periods, but the means ot separating
The gold has beer every where confined 10
the SIMPLE method Of washing. Il wa not
Y imagined that other means could be found
ha, would present. results .ar more adsaa
,aGeous.
In Russia, where the working ot auFIler
ous ssnd ores become Of great importance.
the affection Of go,eTnmeu, has BEEN naiu.
rails directed to giving 20 the methods 10
general use, all the perlrcl.on OF @hich they
are susco piable, aud accordingly the estsb
tshmen's ai the foot of The Oural mountsIns
aud m Siberia have acquired marked -.
perianty over those m 'rausy lyania ard m
believe, taat, IN spite Of every care, a con
siderable portion ct the gold contained IA
the sand vas lost 10 the process.
The beds Of auulerlous sands are CON.
posed If pebbles 81 different s.zes enselop-d
10 kind uftery tinr yeiloNish earth. It's
evid iii, therefore, that washing could eS
tract OILS the gold continued N iat, earth.
Ii the pebbles contained any, i would "a
nam uudt-tuibcd aud be,ltes, there vas
reason 10 fear that the water, - hlle carrying
The earlhy portions over the lnchned planes
s ouid also carry with them the ;iues, anC
ilhte-l PARTICLES 81 gold.
, Iuesr evils d,d not escape the attention
uf Government; and, beng informed tina
{ 10 Hungary and the Tyrot anrllerous sud,
edlctd 10 powder aud maisteDeG with va
, Ter. had been worked by the method Of a
mli 2lms'lou, orders acre immediately IS
sued 10 Try the same process al the Oura
mines. A. IlluO-l, Col. Auusoh vas 10
= ,iructed g. make series Of experiments, up
Z az large scale, tor the purpose Of deter
+. mining lhe true proportion q gold eouiatnc'
ID 10 the auflerous sands, and the relative al
p yauia.es Of the different methods oi wo'k
NJ them. TINS officer has executed bJ
= commission With great success. and his re
d searches have led 10 tue most interesting
d and lmpariau; results.
/. A ma,s Of 36l 600 lbs. If sand comparo
/. uves paar, uas 80 apart for The purpose q
: The experiments, aad vas thoroughly mixed
/ 50 as 70 distribute tie gold as equally a
p possible IN every part Of II. From ihl
Fl. QUANTITY 2J2 700 IT, were attersafds work
!. ed g., tire common process used 10 the shop
r. 81 the Oual, namely, by washing over II
clnrd planes, The product did not eScse
q - d.ts Ut gold, corresponding TO liiIe NOR
d han hall gram to 100 Lbs. Eightec
Thousand pounds Of sand, worked by hanr
Is .,lth the greatest care, on a small washtu
n table, pfodacei dsts e gold or lOih
g. Of gram to ibr hundred pounds. A mar
r CONSISTING nf ~6,97- lb- was then worked b
p TIE meth d Of Washing and amagamauo
rugthftej, and produced more that - dsi-
r ar q gfulu- 10 the 90 ib-, a result srvtH
p pie~ greater 'han b, ibr ordinary process.
q Having thus made rri1l Of ibe dlti'reu
mean, ol sofkug, Col. Anasatf d,tcrmrr
d tu exfead hl- researches still further. II
4 began bl iak'ug 36l lbs Of sand, nlread
worked by the process of washing, and r,
. gard d srthnul vlluc, and from II he "a
'lracied 2 dal- II gold, bs amalgnfuailnu
rorresglafdtus 10 - grams 10 TOO lbs
From J92 uJD lbs Of prDbirs pounded tn
aud mixed With water, he obialutd by d
ualgauorlot, g .'an. Of gold, beng 900
/ II Z. N. - IIN IL.