The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-16

make no apology for the amount OF space
we have devoted to this interesting sub
ioct. White Pine and the adjacent Dis
tricts have already suffered to too great
an extent from the procrastination OF
works abroad in making returns. No
amount of capital could succeed under
the misconduct to which we have been
subjected, especially by the Balbach Il
Co. reduction works ut Newark, New
Jersey. We could name more than n
furnace that has shipped over $4,000
worth of base bullion to these works, ex-
tending back TO a period over six months
since, and have yet to receive the first
dollar from them. Our metal is scat
tered all over the road from here to New
ark, and is piled MP in colossal squares
around the reduction establishment.
MANY of our best smelling works have
been compelled to suspend on account OF
this shameful dereliction, and some have
even been forced into the meshes of a
law controversy, which can only end in
individual ruin. This evil, too, bears
disastrously on our best and most enter
prising men. The energy of n commu-
nifty should not be thus paralyzed with
immunity, Better let the base metal
mines lie idle and the furnaces grow chill
than continue further shipments of bull
lion to such unreliable establishments.
But we have within ourselves the means
and facilities to surmount this crushing
evil, II is within our W powerto erect
separating works, and no only TO turn
our silver into cash expeditiously, but
also TO reap, ourselves, a large percentage
of the profits now charged by works at a
distance. We have infinitely described
the process of enriching silver and de-
silyerizing lead pursued both in England
and France. Ii has been asserted that
Balbach 4 Co. have discovered a process
superior to either Of these. But IL we
may Judge of its value by the absence Of
returns of any kind, we shall refuse to
dignity il as an improvement. In San
Francisco the works Of Selby X Co. de-
s~ilyerizo the lead from the argentiferous
alloy by tho Pattinson, or English, pro-
cess. If it can succeed there, II will
succeed here. We have certainly clearly
shown hat the process is very simple,
and that the cost Of "A nine-pot
range, capable of separating six tuns
of metal per day, would be inexpensive.
We all know that fuel here is nj cheap as
in San Francisco, and the wages of labor
are not materially in excess. We will
presume that we have now reached that
stage which finds our lead desilverized,
and our enriched alloy separated. If
the lead will continue to afford q profit
for shipment to the purchasing c%cnters,
.aa ,on aa1l ~ hare AZ "a naQafIEa hUnFa
The silver alloy being ready for cupells-
ton, we know that it will exactly yield
5000 to TO the tun, by a process that Is
thoroughly established. II might do no
harm TO hero explain this process. not
is familiar with 1t. An iron ring OF the
necessary size, Is placed on a furnace,
and the bottom is spread over with bone
ash. The metal is then laid on the bone
ash, and as il solves, and the atmosphere
comes in contact with the volatilized
lead, this latter turns II into an oxide Of
lead, OF litharge. Aduct from the metal
in fusion to the edge Of the ring. which
is sufficiently indented to assist the flow
at this point, carries of the litharge, and
finally leaves the pure, refined silver in
the eupel. This IL all. The fine silver
IN uh koDu anu IN uhufh Ctibio III MY IOA-
ton Of the world NJ the bars secured
from free silver ores by the milling pro-
cess and the assayer's manipulation.
Here, then, we have our money directly
in hand. Our lead we can sell or ship
as the tariff suits us. We, however,
have the advantage Of having 1t here,
and not consuming our substance in the
shape OF interest and freight, whilst we
are suffering for returns. We have gath
cred some facts and figures, which we
shall lay before our readers tomorrow,
ia references to the difference between the
value Of our base metals at the distant
points We now have TO sell them and the
amount We could realize from them here,
il we were provided with separating
works. The contrast will open the eyes
of some of our furnace men, and DEM
o~nstrate the imperative necessity Of
treating our base bullion 10 final separa-
ton right here. The furnaces. with the
proposed works In successful operation.
could be run constantly and 10 their full
capacity; and the stimulus thus given to
mining, would ultimate In . great in
crease Of facilities to reduce our unlim-
ited deposits Of mixed ores. place mon
ey in immediate and general circulation
and turn the : Winter Of our discomfort
into a glorious Summer of prosperity.
PnoM REyEnLE.-we have on file, for
our mining column, a letter from Reveille
District, containing information Of in
terest. We shall not, however, antici-
pate its contents; but shall give a few
facta from that locality which we c~olla.ed
yesterday from q gentleman who pos
sesses large interests there. Mr.. II. b.
Hawkins, n of the principals Of the
ReyOille Mill and Mining Company, az
rived In town yesterday with a very large
showing of amalgam, the product Of ak
days run on ore principally from the
Spy mine. 1t was passed over 10 Mr..
Van Wyek to turn into bars. There
were 3, l66 ounces of amalgam which will
assay sc, 200. II will be remembered
that q few weeks since, q New York Com
pany purchased the property of the Re-
veillo and San Francisco Milling and
Mining Company, and this is the result
81 the first run under the new admins
tration. Mr.. Hawkins, and Mr.. Dixie, also
membe OF the company, seem to be
both satished with their prospects, al
though all the representations made by
the parties from whom they bought were
not fully verified. The Spy mine run
well into 500 ore. and a fine, ample
body Is in sight. Some of the other
mines look well. although they have not
been developed by the present company
10 any great extent. Mr.. Hawkins in
forms us Of q very promising strike, made
~ heveille foul days since, by Mr.. Jos.
williams. He opened a shaft TO the
depth OF eight feet in a new ledge, and
sank all the way through ore that will
Mnl 800 and upward per tun. The
,eoge Is very easily worked, yielding
teadiiy to the pick alone. II Il 6 feet