New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10
Colorado.
To n. Editor Of The " y. Hitune.

To The Editor q Inc y. D. HO"Ho
SIR: In reply to your call for information
respecting God Mining Colorado We would state
thai in addition to the facts presented BY Mr. "e'her
bee IN your issue Of ills day. there are several gene
men and companies successfully operating in our mine''
TIE Kleth process go loag MatlTiug) is low sue
cesding admirably There can be 10 question the'
those uing II are extracting, on an average 2Vo psf
cent more gold from the orcs than By TIE ORDINARY
stamp mill aud that too AZ an expense not more nin
o. nor cent In advance Of the old rueihol The process
il In suecess u operation al the Mammoth company
Mill in Black Hawk. and at the works OF the nope
God Mining Company in Gold Dirt both oil WHICH,
as a matter Of curiosity We have recently Visted'
Respecting The Lyon's process about Whch you ap'
pear 10 seek Information. We would remark tha' no
gcenife men have any doubt OF its success 50 lar
as e1tracting the precious metal Is conc rncd' 10
DOUBT woud be to doubt the rcsatS Of an ordinary oIy
assay for the process n question is nothing more thah
this and by il ereru pq-cl, Of silver aud gold can be
saved. The question simply one of expense in the
manipulation, which at first wond appear |" Dc equa'
/ 10 the gold extracted. r.
Knoviue tte cost ~ material used for fax. In fire
assay we Of inst thOug't LYONS success In 'o"rndo
i'm nossble but confess tbst have been converted
from that opinion and this Is the way III Whlch
, The che ge WIS wrought, viz: here are IN Zoo
RADIO ores Which have refractory that they WEI
deemed usrcs. aud hundreds OF tuns were lcd up ana
,rord probah.y have been given away tor The asking
There were pacnn and although assays proven thht
this kind ~ rich II was ibp0sslDo ~ 1910
tie gold 10y the merCiilh PIoceh1' uHu No"0o my W."
Mr. Ion does two things with these ores first he
,a,os fam them the silver: second, he converts the
load into lithnrgc which he nscs IN s ing Le gou OIL
~ other ores When these facts wee made known 10
Ms we ct once that the expense oil working woud oe
Opr p,esent opinion Is that the silver obtained VIII
paw the whole aud tbat ne Soid eoH'a'Heo !" M "'
l1tH be clear JTobL . 81, It. q. a. ,.o n,
Iuoer .ciet of success In these works ~ the nse OF
tbe cornish Baddle by which all the earthly particles
~ ,he or. arc washed away and TINT portion contain
ing the gold (Which by its specific gravity 81 k' W w.
buit0m( alone Is operated upOn thus inaKlDB Bien'
saving in tre manipulation. 80 81, H.,
The proeess 10 rray not new. II is an Enyl*h iaen
by Mr. Lyon, and having been irrd upon 'hu
remarkably rich ores OF Colorado IL Ioriect SUCCESS
/ I, h npi,hcr patented nor patentsble
/ The methods for saving god now under snccessiu
onerstion In Colorado those oil Lyon heiih' alu
Crosby & Thompson. ,,,.. ..,,.
That Of Dr. HagaD, we would much INC W scc iai'H
! fully tested. Who controls the phentf
III Of interest TO you TO know anything OF the
Of Colorado ores We would state that during tue ISL
three years We have made 0J6 ASSAYS Win our oW
hands In home made furnace, ahu that VIC su "a ~,
fed IA the result Of these examinations OF Poiu hhu
yer bearing quartz that the WHO'S uu.n -. go
,nc,r richness has not been todd We do not think ina
MIR LYON exaggerated the facts when ne stuteo ." ~
believed Colorado ore would average siO per ,o.
| MIR Wetnerbee puts in disclnlnri Win Iei'eHoo
hs interest In Coloradoi permit s. on 'hs cons'
say that having satisfied ouIsef respecuhp 'ne -
,os ~ these mines 10 have EXPENDED large "n'op
,ecJ every dollar We Iossesu ~ tue purchase :" 'n
clo.s al prri,criy and had We half mili"h mo-. w
won d "do IL again" We thus show our ih,h ny ou
~ NJ THOs. ID. W0RRALL
Nsr. York Feb. II. 1866.