Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-29
L Machine for Saving Quick
silver.

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| On the 25th day of last May letters
patent were issued from the Office al
Washington 10 John w. varney and
John B. Hereford, of this city, fol
an Invention to save the quicksilver
contained in the tailings from the
mills. 1t is well known that fol
every ton of rock crushed two OF
three pounds of quicksilver are lost
During the amalgamatIon and the
| grinding process in the amalgama'
| ting pans considerable quantities OF
| quicksilver become Toured, and the
globules get coated with black,
greasy substance, which causes them
to float on the top of the water in
| the form of a black scum. This
| scum, bearing with it the globu les
| of quicksilver, flows off with the dis
| charged tailings and is lost.
1t has also been ascertained that II
this scum be rubbed gently between
two Surfaces, the greasy covering is
removed, the globules of quicksilver
gravitate, their affinity for each 9th
err is restored, and they unite in one
common'mass. This is the opera
ton intended to be performed by the
machine aH TtJ
But this invention does not rely
for its value upon theory alone. 1t
has been practically tried during the
last eight months at the Occidental
mill, and found to answer admirably
the purpose for which it was con-
structed. 1t is not saying too much
for it to say that it will save, when
attached TO an ordinary twenty
stamp mill, $500 per month in quick
silver.
The machine consists of circular
pan, with a central cone cast on the
apex of cone rising above the top
OF the sides of the pan, and having a
journal for a shaft. The shalt is
supported at the lower end by an os-
cillating step, which is held in place
by a lever, one end of which is
pivoted, and the other raised or
lowered by screw and hand-wheel.
The driver is keyed upon the top
end of the shaft, and turns conical
muller. The exterior surface CT the
muller contains little dove tailed
slots, which are made to receive
shoes of rubber, wood, leather, or
other material. These are arranged
on the inside surface of the conical
muller, as closely together as posi-
bic, and give the tailings room to
run between them. The exterior
cone of the pan is lined with copper,
against which the shoes on the in
side of the conical muller rub.
The operation of the machine is as
follows: The tailings run in and
down between the copper lining of
the cone and the inside of the conical
In the bottom of the pan is
a. body of quicksilver extending
above the lower edge of the muller.
The muller being in motion around
the cone, the tailings, during their |
fall, are rubbed between the shoes |
and the copper lining of the cone, |
thereby removing the greasy coating |
from the Toured quicksilver and al
lowing it to unite with other parti-
cles so that when the tallings are !
forcing their way through the quick
silver at the bottom Of the pan these |
particles will join the main body !
and be retained. The tailings 90 on |
through and are discharged from an |
opening made for the purpose.-Ea-
feTp2TSe.
TREASURE CITY, NEVADA, has a
female doctress, and the male por-
ton Of Treasure City have some
thing the matter with them all the |
time ~ &. E25sgaE
The present hotel accommoda- |
ton of Philadelphia is set down as
only sufficient for 1879 guests.
And still Philadelphia invites the
world to come to the Centennial.
Mrs. GAsKINs, of Carteret county,
n. c., weighs GAO pounds, and one
of her stockings can hold bushel
of shelled corn Exchange.
That's nothing much to brag Of,
Mrs. Gaskins. We know a man
who knows a man who noses a girl
whose stockings hold two big fat
calves. sts @. s-z't.
Miss ALICE M. SINGER, daughter
of the sewing machine man, will be
married shortly to w. A. P. La
Grove of England. She is to have
a dover of 81 100000 in cash and
$4,000 worth of diamonds-and.
legal right to use the Howe at
tachment" without paying a roy
atty. ~ a .@1fs-t. .- s#
X. OF p. ELECTION. - Damon
Lodge, No. 2, X. of p, held their
semi-annual election of officers Sat
urday evening. The following gen
tlemen were chosen as officers for
the ensuing term: e.. j. Parkinson,
P. c.; S. c. Davis, G. c.; NJ. b. Dow,
V. c.; NJ. NJ. Gaige, P; r. r.
Brown, NJ. of E.; P. II. Mulcahy,
Trustee; Representatives to the