Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-26

10 cents per Notwithstanding the ore by i've cs
errn assays made from the shafts and tunnels,
al five fr"nt parts Of the yen gave avera Ie
A PIONEER.
The following account Of interesting and import.
ant process of working Gold Ores, lately tried in the
nn's OF Siberia is translate from Russian Gazette,
sent by our Minister, VIZ Dallas, 10 friend in Phadel.
phIa II IS foil and explicit and may be found TO have
an important bearing npon our American mining opera.
tons. In the translation annexed, the weights OF the
given in avoirdupos pounis and Of the gold in
grains and ppnnywegh's Troy; and The authority Of
keilys Crmhyst, have supposed The Zoi0nie6==65S
grains; So Zolo,nicks=oae Russian pound==902G Ibs
avoirdupos; 40 Russian pounds=oae pound Sol 054 lbs
Translated from the ST. PetersborS Journal Of September
23d 1887
Aurieous sands have been worked in difsrents pai!s
Of The world, from Tie most distant periods. but the
Of separating The gold has been every where
fined 10 the simple method of washing II was not ina
glnet that other could be found that would pre-
sent results lar more advantageous
In Russia where the working Of auriterous Sands hes
become q" great Importance the attention Of the Govern
ment has been naturally directed to giving, the
thods in general use, all the Projections Of which they
susceptible, and accordingly The establishment at tho
foot of the Oural mountains and in Siberia have
quirrd marked superiority those in Pennsylvania
and in South America Sui there reason TO believe,
that in spite Of every care, considerable portion of The
gold marked in The sand was lost in the process.
The beds of aurierous sands composed of pebbles
of different sizes enveloped in kind of very fine vel.
lo%Sh earth. II ID evident, therefore, that washng
could extract only the gold contained 10 this earh Ii
the pebbles contained any, it would remain urG!srurhd
and besides, there reason 10 fear that the water,
while carrying The earthly portions the inclined
planes, would so carry with them the fine ST hest
particles nf gold
These evils did escape the attention Of Govern
mrn and, being informed that in Hungary aad Tyrol,
aurfrrous sands reduced 10 powder and molslened wiki
water, had been workedby The method of ANA ganaton
rrds were immedasy issued 10 try the same process
It The Onral mines Al E!aoost, Col Anasof was III
taIt ,La
cafe for the purpose Of determining The true proportion
f gold contained in the anrerouS sands and tie reis
i've advantages Of the different me hods Of working
iheln This officer hos executed his commission with
great and his researches have led 70 The most
interesting and important results
mass Of 3Gl 900 lbs OF sand, comparatively poor,
was set apart for the purpose Of tie experiments ard
thoroughly mlxfd, 20 distribute the gold IS
equally Possible in every part Of it. From this quar-
t,y 2j2 100 lbs were ai,e%a.d wo'krdby The common
process used in the shops o. The Oural, na'ely by
washing over inclined planes The product did not
exceed Sc Owls Of gold, corresponding 10 little more
than hall grain 10 100 lbs Eighteen thousand pounds
of sand, worked by hands with the greatest care.
small washing table, producedG dwls OF gold. or e-lOtis
of grain 10 The bundled pounds A c0nsisungcf
:Gg1S lbs then woTkrd by the method OF Washing
AMI nmalgnnaon combined. aud produced more THAI
T.. dw,s or grains 10 The lUU los result seven
! tines greater han By The ordinary process.
! Having TINS made trial Of The dit al work
ing Col Arasutf determined extend his researches
still further He began by taking 3Gl lbs Of sand, al:
ready worked by The process Of washing, and regarded
wilhom, value and FROM he extracted IL dwts o gold,
hv amagamnnn corresponding to 20 grains in l0U It's.
From, gi2 600 lbs. OF pebbles, pounded fine and mixed
w'th water, he obtained BY anagamrton, being 90 o.
! Of gram IN 100 lbs.
II follows from these exps GimPns not only that the
pPbhes, which the washing cannot operate, contul1
sensible quantity OF gold but Inc, the greater part of
the metal IN The finest sand is carried off by the action
i OF water, instead oil remaining the inclined planes
A'ter all these experiments, ii impor,an, de-
ermGe, by some Efficient and certain means, the
quantity Of gold contained in the suriicrous sands
For this purpose lbs Of the sand, which produced by
washing { grains in 100 pounds dgested in nitro
nua'ic acid. and The gold pitard by phate
i iron The result Of repeated experiments was sl
ways The same; lbs Of sand produced by this means,
d grains OF Po'd which is c3 grains 10 the lC0 lbs
than 100 times the quantity separated by the odi
lary process.
This discovery might well surprise those who
made H. for had suspected that the sands Ut
h. Oura could be rich. Sui II appeared extremely
ifcut extract this treasure by any trUly advantage
method To repeat. on greater scale The chemical
,perntuns which had proved successful 10 Dissolve
lie precious metal contained in enormous Of sand
~ means of acids, was evidently imprsctcable Even
he process Of ANA gamaon too costly 10 Ge gene.
ally used and moreover il had nee" proved that the
mercury ABSORBED but small proportion OF the gold con-
lainrd in the sand
Col Anasoff therefore, determined try the fleet of
smelling the aurerous sands. lie hoped that the oxide
If iron which they contain, would be converted into
iron by the action of the fire, and would absorb,
the time, large part Of the gold contained in tie
sand II appeared easy to extract, ailerward the gold
from The iron, by means Of suiphureous acid. All these
operations succeeded perfectly and the following the
results of the experiments made, first small and
aiterward large scale.
/. Nine pounds Of sand mixed with powdered char
coal ard fuor spar, and melted in crucibe. produced
60 grains Of goI 100 lbs therefore, would produce 80
grains being nearly % times as much as by the ordinary
process.
3 The fusion Of lOl :4j lbs Of sand performed in air
furnaces led also 10 satisfactory results From this
which would have yielded by washing only, - Owls
here were extracted lSG5 lbs of cas-, non, containing
1881 = dws Of gold; quantity u times greater than
would have been ,bainrd BY the old PROCESS
3 Sand weighing 25,u2l lbs and 54c5 lbs lnor cpar
melted in mace GsstIEed for taxing copper, produ
:pd 7U2 lbs Of iron containing lbs dw's Of gold
Submitted to The action Of water inclined planes,
This sand would have produced but Is dwls oigod,
81 times less
II is easy perceive the importance Of these disco
veres, and how much this may be said to increase tn"
value Of The aurifrrous sands Of The Oura, and the
Allah Al first sight, indeed we might be led 10 suppose
that il would be easy 10 add annually 10 The imperial
Treasure 90 80 times gold Than has been hereto
fore produced in the mines u Siberia We MIST not,
however, conn, upon such all increase of production
Vast as are the forests Of the Oua they could long
furnish The charcoal necessary for fuXing the
nous quantities of sand worked every year by washing.
But i, probable that hereafter greater quantity OF
metal may be extracted, with less consumption OF
sand so that Russsin need aPrrehend the !aare
or this source Of riches. The beds OF nu!erous Sand
discovered daily the Oural mountains and the Altar
ars so numerous and extensive that was dlhcult TO
foresee time al whche The present mode o working
would exhaust Them but this term WI De sui further
extended II the prOce. shall be adopted 10 obtain
63i sl4 dwis Of gold by the method OF washing, more
than 4S0 millions Of pounds Of sand were necessary; by
the method of fuxing u millions wonld be sufficient.
Hence we may regard the mineral wealth OF Siberia as
;re-b,ns,jbe especially as the sand already worked by
he cid method and standing in heaps around the abo
a,ors rnny be subjected to the process Of huxng with
grea, advantage
Ovt,ase in Tie Kentuehy Purchase We learn from
The Paris Iennessean that Judge James, member u
the Kentucky Senate from the counties Of Tennes.
see river shot few days since at Columbus, on the
Mississippi river by Hopson Bnord the brother OF The
unfortunate who Tell in The efray with James al
Clinton, Ky, about Is months ago. James was mol 6ead
at last accounts, though there was little prospect Of his
recovery.
The feud between these families has been attended