Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-12-20

Il GOLD.
4 4 New Method Of Extracting Col,
FrOfn SssIpiauric Orcs-An 1Sa fsor
tant Discovery.
4 We lay before our readers aai article ex
t.acted from the fredericksburg Nstos, I'll
4 ing some account 81 Professor Crosby's ases
lmefilad OF extracting gold iron, s,Ilphure
ores. We learn from Il gentleman who Nj
present at the recent public test OH the Oil
Do.nlnion mine. As Virginia, that tic result
ohIained from the mass then treated wer,
ninety y-seven per cent. Of the niAt value d
the ore. TAc strictsst assays were made Il,
experts, and Professor Crosby only guaran
tees TO save eighty per cent. 10 tile asiol,
lishment Of all present, the amount ahox,
stated was actually produced.
When it is remembered that the average o
all the gold saved in the country does d
exceed twenty per cent. and that even will
this snssl average o.ar production il $75, 900
0o0 per arltfin, some islea can ba formed ii
the importance ofa discovery which can usi
lie all the refuse sulphurets. and enable til.
owners OF abalIoned or Improbable mines
to realize large returns, from their ii1ves-.
ments. as the cost Of reduction by Crosby
process Is less tian three dollars per ton I'll
the Westersi mining districts. rle FreIer-
ieksb,rg Nsscs says:
Some mouths ago we stated that 3 party
of Northern capitalists had purchased large
tracts Of lasrl III S1ossylvanil couaty. vir-
gina, with the ;ixeatisn Of erecting ma.
chinery FIR the reduction Of gold ers.s s,y 4
newly patented process owned pripcipally
by Phiitlciphiaas. Ttis machinery l,as
been put iit0 successful operation OIL Tie
property Of the OLD Dominion company,
about twenty -foar miles from this town; and
fro:n personal examination we congratulate
the company Oh their briaglng TO couple
ton wo,k Of no ordinary Magnitu .e.
The property reierrel tp has been worked
by various parties for over twenty years
without p. ois--fr,ta hat gold did no. exist II.
large quantities, but b.eaiIse this ere MAS ,i
such a character as to defy all the kasv.,
methods Of treatment. Millio,ls nf dollars
have been spent III different parts III tie
country III Efforts II extract gsli from sth
silaret oses, which aaDaaa III most gold
bearing districts. asli usi,iivsis Of rejected
ores to-day lying useless 1t che mines Of Vr-
gi;.ia, Norss Caroiinia. Colorado ana eiss,-
where.
!. Isfofrsssr Crosby. OF Nastle. haa.: affer
ture oi money, brought to perfection Il sys-
ten tor the raiuetion OF all kinlis OF gold
orc at such Il small cost as to enable the pro-
dncers of low-prfced ores to work abandoned
nit'es profiiably. lis machinery is aato-.
matte, and lis process 50 perf..ct tlls,t I.es
sayins Of eighty per cent. Of
HE mint assay III aaf description ef gold
Dres, and tie entirc expense Df reduction, III
Virginia does not exceed three dollars Der
Iosl, as VIC are informed, and are satisfied BIZ
personal Investigation by those who hare
Crosby process.
Tile Old Dominion company has purchased
rom the owners ot Crosby's patent the
'igit for tile State Of virginis, and having
secured over two thousand acres of gold
,raring land. intend to enlarge their mill,
which now has a capacity OF twenty tous
Der day; They will also deepen their pres
mt Shafts, and open others, with view Of
fully the rich veins on their prop
'rty.
What effect Crosby's discovery will pro-
luce on the gold mi ing interest generally
$ difficElt to tell; but it must be evident that
hundreds OF mines now abandoned, and I
many which ar, being worked To little or no /
'rofit, can be brought to yield large rev.
nlies. and We look for stimulus to lie i'm
'arted to his business equal in intensity to
he excitement produced By the gold diseov- (
red in California, but more certain and prof
tal,la in its results
We have seen the resultsof Mr.. Crosbyts +
1ethod OF working Tor Of treating s.intelli-
enflys'l small iot Of ore from, the eeleprat-
Kings Mountain nine, iii North CarolifIa,
vllich is similar to the Old Dominion mine.
[1 showed us one saucer, the results Of the
Id methods, which yielded ten per cent. The
cord aud third saucers contained each by.
IS method, lager and larger deposits Of gold
% 4 fourth vessel. il which the process was
lcomplete, was supposed to contain Us .nusi,
lore. HeI i was palpable and perfect proof
lat Mr.. C.ss mi.tilod mas superior TO tie oil
least six oi eight TO one.
Mr.. G.. who WAS ineompany with US. spoke
the philosophy Of his process 70 the visitors
lioslg whom were distinguished scientific
ensand experienced practical miners. One
lid: Anybody csil work the mill. -
npther sid. The utiskilled laborer caa,
anage It. "Another said - he 9uieksilvef.
nalgan., gold, etc. arc all secure from
left mother very cautious gentleman sai.l.<
hink Mr.. Crosby has tile process Of getting.
il all the gold. &.
MOTHERS Some one has said tsaSt u young
other Is She most beautiful hing IMMATURE.
liz qualify it? Why volInYg Are not I'LL mo-
ers beautiful The sentimental outside be-
'lders may prefer youth III the pretty pic
re. but aInsinciined to think siiat sons antlI !.
Il uvhters, who are .nnsG infinitely coaeern-l
in tho matter love and ae saire their nofhers
Ut when they are did. Hpw suggestive 81
lnefhiltg holy and venerahle i IL rslen i per
i talks IF his dear laafsler Away With J,
u aaIncing snamnias 81 digestive only Of :
me issiY, who deputies her duty 70 nurse, !,
maternal parent who Il, /, ,fsu;.3 i.