Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-23
The Lightning Amalsamator-Frysr
Process 0utdone.

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San Francisco Post furnished q descrip-
ton Of another new process for working
quartz. According to the statement
made, the Fryer process, for which 30
much 10 claimed. is left entirely in the
shade. The cost Of this new outfit, with
the royalty. will not exceed $4,000. aud
the expense OF working quartz with II
is placed at not to exceed 81 80 per ton.
The patent right belongs to q tirm Of
Philadelphia foundrymsn. Like the
invention Of Fryer. which remains q
sort Of Sibiline book to miners, this pro-
cess 10 asserted 10 save all the precious
metals in the rock worked. Ifths prob
lem Of working refractory quartz has
been solved 30 triumphantly. the sooner
a myriad Of these crushsrs and furnaces
are at work in our mines the better.
There are mulntudss Of lodges that can
DO made to pay largely under such con-
ditions. Senator Jones will visit Phila.
dslphia this week to witness its work
ings. We append the portion Of the
letter relating to new process:
TIVE LIGHTNING ANALoANAToR.
This 10 the name Of the new process
for crushing and treating all kinds OF
ores, full up to the assay. and at equit-
able prices. The whole apparatus 10
very simple. Broken rock Of about the
sire Of q turkey egg Is put into . crush
err NOT larger than an ordinary piano,
and from 20 to % tons Is pulverizsd A.
fine o. -four daily. A larger crushsr OF
curse performs NOR work. One man
only 10 employed about the entire
crushing from the time il Is dumped un.
Ill required for
n FURNACE.
This consists OF q cast iron column or
cylinder from eighteen to twenty feet
high. II is divided into throe compart-
ments squi-distant from each other by
valves worked with q lever. Around
upright cylinder there 10 built .
brick Enclosure with IN aperture suf-
fciently large TO admit Of q continual
blaze from the bottom 10 tho top. A
Of ore 10 placed in the top COM
partment Of the cylinder. and after re-
naming Eve minutes the first valve il
turned and the charge drops in the CON-
partment below; there II meets with u
stronger heat and volaiilized quicksilver.
Ten minutes in this and 1t ia dropped in
the next lower compartment. where II is
subjected to n white heat and then Drop
ped in the bottom TO cool. Being
thoroughly impregnated with quicksil-
yer IL goes TO tho ~amalgamating pans
and in four hours comes nut bullion. |
The quicksilver 10 supplied from a
chamber at the foot OF the third COM
partmsnt. and opposite TO the furnace
which supplies the heat. BY the use Of
the valves the quicksilver is all or nearly
all saved.
n COST.
II IL said that the entire outfit ~ above
described. with privilege to work II. will
not exceed $4,000. Ponderous machin.
cry, batteries and conconitant expensive
buildings and employees are curtailsd.
almost ive-sixths OF the present
cost. The patent for this invention was
itsued about one year AGO, but improve
have been made and defects point
al out which establishes its utility be.
yond question. The different ores from
The Virginia and North Carolina mines
are being tried every day with success.
Ores that would only yield from 81 to
$40 per ton heretofore ars by this method
increased to $40 and S22. Ii Is owned
by tho foundrymsn. Walker x Co., OF
Philadelphia. and Was discovered by the
scientific representative Of that arm.
The expense per ton 10 not expected to
s,ceed 81 80. and they guarantee to get
he full assay and in no event 10 fall BE-
low i've per cent. General Fremont has
,alled Senator Jones. attention to IL. and
10 will visit Philadslphia next week to
its workings. fhe above state
nsnts read like q fable. Bat We have the
authority to say that il is NOT s1Asssr-
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