The Shasta courier., 1865-04-15
COURIER.

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New GOLD SAVING MAcHISE,-One of our
townsmen, says the Appeal, NJ. R.. H.. Dun.
ming, the papentee of the celebrated g Under
Current. ".Gold Saving Machine, has made a
new discovery which is destined to become
quite popular among gold miners especially
with those who are operating in deposits of
rusty gold, or with gold that will not adhere
to quicksilver or anal lgamate with it. II is
an exceedingly simple machine, and will
efectually save every particle of gold that is
left in the black sand after the same has
gone through the ordinary process. The
machine consists of reservoir tube, a
sheet iron or glass funnel. and block of
wood. witnessed to-day the operation Of the
one in use by Mr.. Dunning, and saw him
extract from about one pound Of Black sand
over 50 worth of gold. His present appara.
tus consists of a common wooden bucket. for
a reservoir, piece of s-inch lead pipeabout
s feet long for a tube block of wood about
6 inches long for a receiver, and common
funnel Of sheet iron fora feeder. The bucket
is placed pbout feet high from the ground,
hole is bored through the bottom, in which
one nd'of the lead pipe is fastened. In the
end of the block Of wood holeiss bored large
enough to receive the other end Of the lead
pipe, and of sufficient depth to hold half
pint Near the other end of the block of
wood another hole is bored from the Top into
the orifce made in it at the end. In this last
orifce the fnnnel, which is the receiver. is
placed. This block of wood is set in an
ordinary sheet.iron- pan. and the pan on the
ground four or FIVE feet lower than the
reservoir The machine is now ready for
work. First the reservoir is filled with water
which flows down through the tube into the
block of wood and up throughthe funnel till
it overfows. The Black sand is dropped
into the funnel. The water boiling over the
top carries the black sand with it. while
every particle of gold pours down through
the funnel into the block of wood After
putting through as much black sand as the
receiver will retain gold. it can be cleaned
out and prepared anew in about five minutes
time. Mr.. Dunning calls it the !" Hydraulic
Gold Separater,o and has. believe applied
for patent. A small quantity of quicksilver
Is placed in the receiver prior to commencing. l
Simple as the machine is, it will be found
to be one esof the best gold saying machines
ever invented 1t can be made of any sizei
desired, and the whole works for the. largest
mine in the State can be constructed for less
than twenty dollars. 81 ss skss - =
The SUEz CANAL.-M Ferdinand de Les
seps gives public notice that his projected
ship canal, uniting the Red Sea with the
Mediterranean, was so far completed in 1864
that daily boat has been run from Said to
Suez since the first of last month-a
large bark towed by a steamer, and convey
ing passengers, having passed from sea to
sea within twenty-four hours As vet, the
depth of water would seem to be but four or
five feet, with width of thirty or forty
but it is confidently calculated that the canal
will be prepared for effective transportation
by, April, when six steam. tugs are to be
ready for service upou it. This canal is 90
miles long, and is to have, when completed.
a minimum depth of 20 feet, with a width of
$50 feet at the surface. 1t was commenced
in 1859 by private company, on subscribed
capital of $40 000, 900. We infer that NJ. de
Lesseps does not expect to complete it mme-
dately, but to deepen it by degrees without
interfering with its use. "A Brtith railroad,
222 miles long, passing from Alexandria
through Cairo to Suez, has for some years
afforded expeditions transit between the two
seas. The Sueza Canal has been favored by
the French Government, but has, for some
not very obvious reason, encountered the
jealous hostility of England. 1t would'natu.
rally be presumed that the European nation
whose possession and whose commerce in the
far East much exceeded those of all her
rivals would welcome and support every
enterprise whereby India, China and Japan
are rendered more cheaply and readily ac-
cessible Tribune