Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-05
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More Of Steinberger and Samoa.
SAN Francisco, May Richard
l.. Ogden, commercial agent in this
city for the Samoan government,
has received private letters from
Washington informing him that the
government had decided upon TAX
ing some official action in regard to
the arrest of Steinbergcr and the
defeat Of his mission to Samoa. A
Cabinet meeting has been held and n
plan of action had been agreed
upon, which it was thought would
go far towards, if not wholly, to re-
store the prestige of the United
States on the islands, and Illustrate
the ambitious aims of opposing
parties. Mr.. Ogden expects to re-
ceive in a few days official docu-
ments from Washington explaining
the intention Of the government in
| the matter.
Stockholders Meeting.
A meeting of the stockholders of
all the mines now conso lidated into
the Imperial Mining Company will
be held at the Office Of the company
on Friday next.
The Fryer Process---Full Descrip.
ton.
GRASS VALLEY, GAL, May f.
The Fryer reduction works were
opened to the public this morning,
when the machinery was set in
motion. Quite large number of
persons were present = miners,
capitalists, editors and correspond
ents from every part of the Stlte and
from distant States and Territories.
The whole apparatus is entirely differ
cnt from anything in use before, and
consists of a furnace designed to
roast at 4 high temperature refractory
ores, in order to reduce the noble
metals to n pure state before amalga-
nation. The second operation is
treating roasted ores in revolving
APPARATUS of octagon shape, provid-
cd with sixteen cylinders five feet
long and twenty inches in diameter,
equal in capacity TO 5-stamp bat
terry. Quicksilver, hot water and
some cheap chemicals yet unnamed
are placed in the cylinder with the
roasted ores. The heads of the cylin-
ders are then tightly closed and the
pulverizing apparatus set in motion
at the rate of ten revolutions min
ute. A cylindrical weight of $50
pounds on each cylinder falls twice
upon the ore in every revolution. pull
verizing it into an lmpalpabie pow
der, while at the same time amalga-
nation is going on. After
six hours of this treatment,
the cylinders are opened and the
pulp elected through pipe into a
separator, where it is met by pow
ertul stream of water at the bottom
of the separating vat, which keeps the
pulp in active motion. The ANAL
gam falls into 4 receptacle at the
bottom Of the separator, and the
sIums float off at the top, and these
pass through 4 rotary square box
provided with copper plates to catch
the smallest particle Of amalgam, il
such could possibly escape. The
amalgam is Immediately drawn off
and retorted, and in twelve hours
from the time the quartz is first put
in the furnace the result in bullion is
obtained, averaging from ninety to
ninetytive per cent. Of the assayed
value of the ore. With free ores the
furnace is omitted, as the pulverizer
is sufficient without it. Mr.. Fryer
and Mr.. Hail, President Of the Fryer
Noble Metal Mining Company, were
both warmly congratulated ut their
success. Mr.. Hall, who had waited
to witness the Inauguration OF the
enterprise, left by the afternoon train
for New York.