The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-02-19
THR FRYER EhocEss.

The great Fryer PrdteSs, concerning
which so much has beeH Arittth; and
which supplied tho place iii Tho IIiiostern
public's mind Of the defunet Ksely fnu..
tor has at lnst; Unlike the latter, como
to the surface: Il appears nSE that It
is nothing moro than roasting aud an:
algart,';--' y special machine Of rather
Hi. SULled tvf each part Of
lt-U;A:-- = .sss, Fhks fufilae6y / il briefly
explained BY the Danraf ,tCoi, a;abtg.
RtrieT as folIuws;
An Upright cylindrical tubo Of boiler
iron, with double walls (for EAter jack.
etl' II suspended on truniona. This
tube is Ave or six feet in diameter and
open at both ends. The top Beta into
smoke sta6ki and at the place where
the joint il made there Is Sh ingenious
contrtSance for compelling all tho
smoke to pass through water before
issuing from the stack. The bottom
slaiids in sort OF a removable bowl.
On this the fro Is laid and Lit, and the {,
tuee filled up several feet with fuel.
Then the ore ia chsrged in on top, the
charging door 'closedi and the process
proceeds automatically. The fuel SUM
Piled with some air FROM below burns
moderately and chara cousiderAblet,
then large amount OF air In admitted !
and very high hoat Ia attniusd, dur.
ing which the inventor claimVs the ore
Is o1idized. (that Is Of COURSE, tho bose
metals in III, ami rendered quito ready
for amalgamation. .51,.f :,
We presume Mr.. Fryer in 4 tuund
man aud can stand the grand fzzio that
his lnTehtion Is approaching. But, rs
II seemS quite likely. TINT nui1eruua
admirers OF his absurd metEllurRS. will
put up their money In the erection OF .
Fryer furnaces, "a very apt name, by
the wayr) 1t may not be amiss to point
out some Of the defects Of the machine
In its application TO ores containing
any ordinary quantity Of base 1netnls
which 1s the case In which the preoioua
metals are found In nienty mine casex.
out OF one hundred mines in the weat..
ffriHy-We do not see why it is neg
essary to go TO the eIpensc of building.
such an expensive cylindrical furnace.
with double walls Of iron, eiaborRtely
contr1ved invertible bnttom; ateam for
creating draft, piping, stop cocks, etc.,
etc., when tho came result may be OBJ.
tanned In an ordinary kiln. at one-halt
tho eIpense. tE5.E33'Iss
ISteondty-As tile orc Ia Represented
70 be charged, We very much doubt
whether 1t would be sufficiently oxidizcd
at the top, by the time tho fuel had
completely burned Out provided. said
ore Is charged as Mr.. Fryer proposes,
at the rate OF tofis OF ore TO about one
and quarter cords OF wood. Tho fnel
would DO all Consumed before the top
ore had become sufficiently heated, while,
egaini II tho ore contained much base
metal, that which lay next to the fuel
would cinder with the great heat nec.
essary to reach every particle OF the
charge. Then, too, IL the ore contain.
ed much lead, the great draft would
produce such hent as to cinder il, and,
In both cases render il utterly unfit for
nmGlgnmation.
Tirdiy-Though very neatly devised,
the simple Arrangement for condensino
the fumes by pnssing II through water
before allowing It to escape into the
stack, must provo very defective in ac-
tual results. as il has beon demonstrated
time and again that said condensation
can only DO obtained by passing tho
iumes through lohg conduits, e1posed to
tho action OF much cold water, whereas
Ar. Fryer proposes to effect complete
results by allowing the fumes to pass
through thin sheet Of water once, and
mat, too, as II comGB from the furnace
terribly heated. Really We fail to see
thus far wherein the Fryer process or
GELS. In fact We believe II to be decid--
edly open to Improvement Tho queg.
lion oi its being 'novel and different
from what has heretofore boon in uns,"
~o do not dispute for moment o'far'
MS tho actual shape OF the furnace Ia CON-.
cernedi but TINT it is nstc proee,. We do
most decidedly dispute, aud what ia
more, wo do not think it one hhit rtore
effective, or even as much 80, as the or
binary kiln process, OF which Il is really
nothing more nor less than q defective
copy.