Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-11
THE PROCESS.

THE FRYER PROCESS.
We do not know that we can devote
an equal amount of space to a better
purpose than giving some account Of
the above process. The new method,
of which the Pacific Coast papers have
had much to say, is now in successful
operation at Grass Valley, California,
and the general verdict seems to be
that it does all that the inventor claims
for it. In the latest number Of the San
Francisco Mining and Scientific Press
At hand, we find the following refer
ence to the subject:
"The owners of the process, who, by
the way, seem to care very little what
the public think one way or the other
about it, are perfectly certain that they
can do what they claim. They will
have no hesitation whatever in making
the whole thing public as soon as their
patents are all obtained. When they
are ready they will in all probability
let the public know; but for the pres
ent, the public must continue to be Gu
Yious without having its curiosity graf
ified.:
"Our friend Mr.. w. A. Skidmore,
we'll known among mining men on
this coast, and Deputy to the U. s.
Mining Commissioner, has been up at
Grass Valley for the past two weeks,
and on his return we questioned him
~ ~ what the Fryer process was, and
what it was doing. He does not know
anything more about the system than
tLe rest of outsiders; says there are no
the latter being the only part of the
machinery visible to the outside world.
He is satisfied. however, that as far as
working the ores up to a high percent
age il concerned. the Fryer process is
. success Moreover, that seems to be
the opinion of most of the miners in
that section. The works are OF large
capacity, and expensive. The ore is
being treated by tho ton; not in small
lots. 1t has been practically a success
on . large scale, and as far as he can
zee, will be in some easur like mill
ing in this respect: that the ores can
be worked cheaper on a large scale
than a small, just as a 60-stamp mill
can work cheaper than a 5-stamp mill,
tho addition of labor not increasing
With the additional machinery"
"Mr. Skidmore informs us that they
have worked a large number Of sam
pies of ore for different parties, charg-
ing nothing for working it, and inva-
riably returning the gold and silver
resultant to the owners of the sam
pies. 1t seems to make no difference
~ to class OF rock, free or refractory.
They are now working several tons of
rock from the Providence mine, stu
stsd near Nevada City, which is con-
sidered the most refractory in the
State. What they have already worked
Of this has given good results.
The ore is usually worked by
chlorination, but this process is
said to have worked the ore better than
tho chlorination, saving considerable
silver as we'll rs the gold.
"The expense is a trifle more than the
ordinary first. class milling treatment,
but all the precious metals are saved.
The operators claim that they are able
to save ninety-five per cent. Of the as
say value in any class Of rock, no mat
ter what the gangue matter may be.
"There is no water used in this pro-
cess; that is, the rock is not subjected
10 the action of water at all. The sys-
tenn Is founded on the fact of the sx-
trems divisibility and atomic charac-
ter of gold in rock"