, 1870-01-22
the WHITE PINE REGION,
It's Present Condition.
The Mines Of Treasure Hill.
Errors In Reducing Ores.


New Mills.
Co,rapo~5ense ef The Chicago Tribune.
guEaMAHrowh. New, Jan. g.
Tho reaction from the nndue excitement Of last
epEtug has nearly depopoiated White Pine. TbAr
Il To say, lBrge nuMbers Of people Hao hurried
hither At that time, eager 70 become suddenly
ricn, harlug beeu disappointed In thet czpccta-
t!ora, returned to tho pisces whence
teey came, and lest NJ barely
sufuc!ens NUMBER Of men to WORK
But, notwithstanding the depletion In The popnta
ton Of the past Summer, there Is Rn active work
ing fcrre atll here, and tho nines Will be derel.
opet as rapidly a the nature Of the case will ad
nit All the c7oaklng OF the disappointed ones,
and the deprf clato1J remark8 Of the datblers IN
wildcat stoeks, canno. alter o. disguise the fact
that this Is the richest mineral district cvet dts
covered. NerB there 20 other proof ekta1t the
tact tnat the can4ta1LJ. increasing Iacsllz!es for
niliiue nave not yet been sal1tcient 10 nee: the
denard would be enough to convince the raost
srepticsl, Orers OF custom work are rendered to
utuuen weeks eefose tnetz b0ilduga ere coz
ple.eo, and, IN some Instances, oce mine a!ole
supplies ere enough 70 Keep ten.ataop mill run-
rlrg all The tine.
II Ia true that the exodus OF 30 many people,
and The advent Of winner, have had depressing
effect upon great nauy interests dependent on
tie presence OF lsrge population: but the real
wealth ard productive Industry Of White Pine arc,
atter all, centred In its miues. The history Of
ce1ts'n mineral dlst11css IN Mexico the mines IN
which have been worked for centuries, snd arc
still ube1bsusted, II net lcexbaus!ble, will ba
repca1el here all that has Jet been dons Is bat
mere prospecting, compared With what Will b..
accomplished In the near future. Not mine 10
The district has yet reached the depth Of two hun
cred !eer We E3oW That there arc mines in
Mexico which hare been worked pronta5!y to the
depth OF serentcen hundred feet
TIE ORES OF TREASUKE HILL.
The heEt NJ .Eort.tes 8gEee IN stating fha: chlo-
tide Filyer has neses ho.n found halow depth ot
nve hundred feet, and that the cases Of Its alfcor
cry at 90 great defiance f1om the e1rface are
vtry rare. There is reason for believing that The
ores Of Tseas ure Hill, much less Than nve hun
dred feet In dEtarce IRON tho sutfnce, will change
to hulphcretg. The amount OF roaat!Dg tha: viii
then be required will depend upon sha tseadon II Of
the ore from admtxture With baseE oneE. A few
mirea OIL the hlE~ are even low producing ore
ur lit for Milling. on account OF the presence OF
gs1erA therein In large qualities
Litigation has nlnoered the rapid Development
Of mapy ot the Test mines OF Treasure tilL The
oldest location, the ''nldden Tseasuze,"t us only
la|tuit htousht ny the Rstabu.n M!nl1g Compar
~. The "Hidden Treasure is, according to
psesest appearances, the richest mine IN the dis
tr1ct, rot excepting the facoua Eberhardt.' :
For. while the latter has produced certain qnarti'
tleR OF ore Of extraordinary nchpess. the HHller
Treasure copataLtly exhibits IN cEorGous yield
Of one OF greater average value. A few oihtl
m,res aEn exec. t1e .s EbeYhaSIt" n the average
value OF their ore
Tee bullion product OF Treasure Hill, at the BE-
glnnt1g G Of the year $50, makes cet.er showing
after THO years. wc1k,bg Of it's miner, than die
that Of Tie Comstocs lode, 10 the same time, Il
spite OF tic difficulties in the process q 1ed1ct!oI
FpoEen Of below. ......--
ERpcRs N 1HH REDUCTION OF CHLORIDE ORE
Many people are eu1prised at the great disparity
between the .etulls OF ali quantitati7e assaya c
o.e In tnts ctsts.ct, aud thoEe obtained by mil
process, sqarcely any mill here has hitherto beel
ahle to return vi per cent Of the assay value II
the OWNERS or ore. Some eSeD tall to return thfl
percentage Of the pulp axsay IN retorted bnllton
One case hBs lately occurred IL which only IS pei
cent Of The pulp aEsay Hss returned. These re
suits are dscrtbttaLle either to u1llmen or to tht
ores Of Treasure Hill. No other dlstric; has eve
Ehown Eucn dlspeop orriooate returus OF bullion
compared With the assay value Of the ore.
There must be come Ieason for this failure Il
obtain as good resu1na from milling here as arr
realized In Other etlver 1eglore. A combination
80 eatlJ understood as chlor!re With silver ou2h
TO be reduced without difficulty and without LOSE
Why cannot the 1ntllmen Of White Pine perform
this WORK 7 Simply hecaube they arc In the hand!
or the ama]gamatotu whom they employ. Ihest
men, as q class. are ignorant OF both cnemlstr]
and metsllurRT, hut hare acquired, BY experience
in the working Of gold ores IN Calitorn!s, auat
,eylrg Of knowledge OF the relation between
md nj fhHFr m 1Thtn1 AnHAaE01
10 sPply TO the ~ortlng Of the ores Of this dis
tstct; with what success, let the results noted
above be Sufficient illustration.
The great eremy Ct the mtllmen and mtners o;
White Pine Is salt. Like the man who refused
to throw aside the oid-fash!oned pfow which hi
! laiheE and grandfather Ind used, and to sanstt-
tute q nodcru and more useful Invention, the
smaIgamators refuse TO discontinue the use d
| salt because, forsooth, they hare always hlther
| 10 used 1t IN gold aualganat!ou: II Is not the
nrat time that antiquity Of use has been add1cef
] 4s sufficient reason for the continuance Of AZ
| abuse. 4 few mi1lnen and tnci1 aasistaats
however, arc beginning to tee thelr error, ami
are discardirg ealt as an MD to anagamatlon.
It is Impossible for good metalargtst, With hi!
mind fully awake, and free from prejudlce not II
| oe1cetys that the combination which nature has
ade in The chloride ore Of Treasure Hill requires
for It's reduction elements ol precisely IN opposite
character to those which formed the comb
nation. On q close examination Of this miucra
reelou, and ct the ores prod1ced from 1t, the esi
dencc accumulates that the latter have been sun
tected, for long period, TO the action Of ocesnl
waters. Tbs silver has taken into conpaoionshl
the chloride OF sodIum the Galt which the WnteE
Of the ocean hold In solution, and from which on
couucIclal kalt ia obtalncd,) aEd the bases metal
found here have been o1idlzed br th
eanc agent, With the old OF waters {
bath earth and sea- Now, II Ia EelleytdeI
to every elortsa1d Wide awake meta1lQsgbt thn
tie silver will never take into combination VII
tt6e1f any AMOUNT OF chlorine additional to 10
prcpolt:ou Ehich nature hRs given 1t, for the fea
Eop, as every chemist knows, that all chem!cl
| combinations are formed In certain deanlte pr
portlorB, md Will take no others. The onl
erect, therefore, OF the sdd!tion OF nose CHORD
OF SODIUM, In the auslgamsilng proces5, ia tna
the Ailser already freed from ch orine la aEai
/ chlos7dlzed before leaving the pau. and Is passe
on With the Fit OF the ta.ltpgs- 4 hundred assaJ
I OF famples from the pulp may bs made, but tn
final rcBul&s will stu be tie AaIne-vasily dtspEt
| portiouate to the assaJs. .....
The uecezatiJ which exists IN gold aua'gamo
ton, OF o2.dszing large quantities Of the pgftte
OF iron, renders the use Of salt In tna: pfoce.
| highly proper and beuedclsl. But there are q
| p1tttes Ct IRON OF any other mesal TO o1tdize
the chloride ore Of Treaaure HlL There Ia, taei
| no excuse for 1ts employment, but every 1easo
for cordemnlng Its use,
The Freiberg and Mexican arna1gana'ozs,
well az the Welsh, use only hot water aud steal
| to d1sengace the chloride from the B1lver u
ulllmen VIII do well in initiating thnae Old p1a
tiuonere Of the All OF reducing sFer ore.
Another folly Of the California a1na!gamaso
who naye 11n,oia.ated 70 White Pine, u the use
MINERAL acids In the process of amalgamatio
These ac3ds form new combinations With II
1,ne.e,ed st1ver, which rcnder It's ana'gaustis
with auJcIsIyer impossible Nit1ic acld takes I
the silver and forrps q nitrate, which goes
with the talltugs- This sctd Is materially ssssst
IN stealing the sirer By the salt which Is use
tne !a,te1 prec!pisatng the theft With gre
alacr.ty, SuIphur.c acid forms both su1pna
end eulphutet With silver, by the aid of net
aud neither Of theae can ba combined with qusc
silver. Mu1tsttc Acid forna new comhfuau'
With the chlo1tpe, and Is Of 10 use whatever ID
amalga1uauou- ..-....- ...- ..-.
: Salt water sud heat produce the comb'nahf
xuown as chsoride silver. Frehh water and hei
then, 1t must be Obvious, Will dissolve the COM
pauon, and prepare the metal for ana1sauat1
q. with quicksilver. Anything added 70 thls 81
p,e 1uettod u s!mplJ fa1laclouf, and, a. sho'
0 above, wholly detrimental to the interests Ct
owners Of ore. -....-., 49,
4 could. here oder some suggestions % the
| OF vegetable acids IN hastertnG the dlsenca!
| rnsnt NJ tho ehIox1ne from tho ore wltnout Oct
I hr1f al 1Yao AZ