The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-14

Introduce separating Norks lor ohr paoo
bullion, will meet with universal encour-
agement. Such works as are required
would not be SO expensive rs many peo-
pie suppose. The process Is very simple,
and any ono can soon become an expert
in the business. As we are informed by
parties who seem TO be posted in the or
binary mode of separating the lead from
the silver, from 81 900 to 1000 would
be sufficient to put mp an apparatus
necessary 10 separate six inns of base
bullion per day. Nine large pots arc
ample for this work. These pots are
about the size of those used by ship
wrights in melting tar for the purpose OF
caulking vessels. They are placed IN a
range, with one or more furnaces under
meath them, and the argentiferous lead Ii
thrown into the vessels. Perhaps a des-
c~ription of the Pattinson process will
prove sufficient for the present. This
process is founded on the circumstance
first noticed in 1929, that when lead con-
tanning silver is melted in considerable
quantities. in suitable vessels, allowed
slowly to cool, and at the same time kept
constantly stirred, at a temperature near
the melting point of lead, metallic crys-
tails begin to form. These sink TO the
bottom, and on being removed are found
to contain much less silver han the lead
originally operated on. The portions
still in fluid, from which the crystals
have been thus removed, will at the same
time be found to be proportionately en-
riched. This operation is usually con-
Quoted in a set of from . to IL pots,
which If worked by hand contain six tuns
of metal. Each of these pots il provided
with n separate fireplace, the heat from
which is made to pass around ii by
means of n wheel fiue which can be
closed at pleasure by a damper. BY this
process the argentifierous lead can be
separated 30 as 10 reproduce bars worth
ms high as 5000 per tun. The d~esilver-
lied or market lead obtained should
never contain above IL dwts. of silver
per tun, and is frequently much poorer.
The rich bars are then ready 10 pass to
the refining furnace for oupellation. 1t
is not necessary Just nj present TO go
further into the detail Of this process.
II nj small expense we can desilyerize
our lead, we understand that no difficult
ty would be had to sell it right here for Z
cents per pound, less the expense of
Faa,aro ei,ioa fornasion ha,o srnm
certain large Eastern houses is to the
effect that all the lead we can produce
WI hnd a ready nfike, Al pfesenl on,
,etnrns from tbe Lad Now II We ean
get from 3 to 4 cents per pound for the
Lead, and s6oo per tun for the separated
pise siisel, !. woain no. .ahe us ronR 10
are moi nsrticnlar abont The ionres
What we look unon AZ of immediate i'm
nortance in This bnsiness. wonld be The
facl tba, onr m;n.ra would baya contyoI
over their own bullion themselves. and
be enabled nj small cost 10 Mace il In os
marketable a shane as fine silver bars.
instead of. as al present. sending il
away thousands of miles. and waiting
for an indefinite time for such returns as
distant reduction works see ft to make.
This topic il worthy of more elabora-
ton, aud we hope that parties familiar
with il will attend the meeting Saturday
evening, armed with facts that will place
the project in a practical light before the
public.
go
"ohh foN fhAS hiiihf.-ihe non
producers. who loaf around Main street.
had q CAV time Tuesday evening. As
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"'u"'' ~ 'o."i gu up ~ ~"
and attracted Inc crowd. ms time
Travis had n good.natured half-drunk as
n snb;ect Ia operate on. The SCENE
=
opehe' WIN ep"ii""s a'n ."e
Travis and his foil, IN which no blows
were exchanged, ending in the horseman
hacktno into h;s stable entrance se;zino
he bose and wording on he c~losing,in
fe;nts Of his a~nta9onist with a we'll.
directed s,renm Of fIlanab This was
,nnts for The sidewalk lounoers who
,oo,e5 and cheered I'M Won conld NJ,
sleen But the tables were soon Turned
ON Travis: who. roppinp the hose.
mounted n mnle. and ms he came ont Of
the stable. his turned Tho
nine fnll against him and his mnle. ere.
atino finn galore. Travis GOT ont of the
WAY like a sbot. aud The drupken man
then PLAYED on the crowd. who lost no
time In skeedadlino. II was now his
time to smile. and he did so hugely.
This scene was drawn to a close by the
shutting of of the water. by Tray,s-not
by the fllapah Company, as some errono-
onsly supposed. Here the laugh came
in against the Board of CITY Trustees.
Ihe next scene was very amusing.
1--WE II call he inebriate brown for short
mounted it. He had no sooner seated
hlmseh 'han the staoieman tipped the
sorts Of ,id;c,ie,s a,s;,a5 70 nssnme an
fail 1h,a ,na,a "autaues 70 escape
Rrnvn sna,. IN u 'mei our
Dio"n hhaiil succteued IN feachlnR
and closing scene onened w;,h an ngos,
by Travis 10 olive Brown sos r. ha ,von,a
bs,, Nv III ~ s''e Drown go II ne would