Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-21

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Otey or the Yslisw Jacket
The search Of Mr.. Edison. the great
inventor. after platinum 10 likely to
lead to some practical and beneficial
results to the world st large. II shows
In an indirect way the necessity which
exists everywhere for . practical union
between science and labor.
It il said that fortune knocks once at
every mans door. This may or may
not b true. Some are ready 70 declare
that they must have been away from
home or asleep whom the aforssaid fckls
goddess gave her rat-tat ct their outer
~portcullis, while others See, after the good
dame has departed, that they did not
recognize her presence whom she made
her important visit. To no GLASS Of men
IL this 20 likely to prove the truth a. to
the miners Of the Pacific Coast.
Mr.. Edison o6srs . reward Of $20. 600
for the discovery Of . vsritabls mine OF
platinum. This OF itsslf 10 something
Of an induosmsnt for p~rospsctors, but II
not . beginning 10 the wealth the pos
ssssion Of such . mine would bring TO
the man who should And and locate u.
The following correspondence II pub
lishsd. however. not 90 much on 90
count Of inducing the readers Of the
News to search for platinum - for the
benefit some thinss incidentally CON-
tanned In IL may b to the mining men
OF the coast.
On the 18th OF last July Mr.. 0tey.
Secretary Of the YELLOW Jacket Mining
Company Of Gold Hill. wrote to Mr..
Edison, saying that he had been engaged
In mining for gold on an old sea coast
In Oregon, az miles from Coos Bay,
and In the black sand there found had
discovered considerable platinum with
the gold. This announcement called
out the following from Mr.. Edison:
Faox TEE LAsnAroar OF T. A. EDrsoS.)
MrsLo PARK. N. j., q. 8. A.,
July "a. 1871
Mercer Otsy. Esq. Gold Hill. New
Dear Sir I: Yours OF the 18th II just 1t
hand. I would be very much obliged
for any information regarding localities
whore the metals mentioned may be
found. What method would you sug.
Rest to get all the product Of the mines
OF Oregon and Northern California;
The price Of Russian platina ore "a
per cent. platinum) in 81. Petersburg 10
% 90 per uncs That mined In the
United States OF Columbia az per cent.
plstiuum) ct Bsunavsntura 10 81 so to
81 80 per ounce. Oregon platina-55
per cent. platina. 20 per cent. Iridos.
mine 1.-THE latter Of no value except in
large scales used BY gold pen manufac.
tursrs)-worth 81 70 81 rs per ounce.
I send Q sample card herewith. Can
you send me- the address Of parties en-
gagged In mining or prospecting In Ore
goni Thanking you for the iniorma.
ton. I remain, very truly.
7. A. EDISON.
In answer to the foregoing Mr.. Otsy
wrote there were miles and miles Of the
black sand at the place mentioned oil OF
which contained platinum and sent Q
sample OF II to Mr.. Edison and also
related some Of his experiences In min.
ing the sand. To this Mr.. Edison
returned the following:
MEMO PAax, August &c. 1879.
Mercer Osey, Esq, Gold Hill. New
Dear Sir: Your favor Of the 10th 10 Just
ut hand, also the package Of sand and
platins, for which please accept many
thanks. I will assay the sample Of sand
for gold. The platinum 10 the regular
Oregon platinum. which contains Al per
cent. Of platinum. 8 per cent. palladium.
the rest being iron iridosmins and the
other plstinoid metals which have no
value.
This orsson-sand platinum isrsmark.
able a. the only platinum In the world
which contains more than 2 per cent. OF
palladium. I have had my eye hxsd on
this ssa sand for soms time - . very
profitable field for the application Of
the refnsmsnts OF soisncs combined
with American horse sense 70 extract
the gold.
What process swallowed up your
$50, DOOR Was Il chlorination2 II 10 did
You extract the iron Arst from the sand
BY msgnstsf II not then II was Of course
Q failure.
Chlorination will never be Q success
In the presence Of iron, the chloride Of
which dirtiss the mercury. Hours Il, and
makes Il absolutely worthless.
How much IL there Lost In the tailings
from the Comstock mills7 sand two
tin tubes. II you ever have a. oppor.
tunity all them with these talnes and
send BY mail.
A man sent me some ore the other
day from Q hydraulic mine that had
passed through the silver pan process;
said be had taken al the gold ont but
lett some platinum. On crushing the
black sand to Q powder and making an
acid Analysis, using o pound Of ore. /
obtained ga milligrammss Of gold from
the one pound. showing that he had
thrown away ore that carried $3.50 per
ton in gold. Very truly.
Tlos. A. EDISON.
Here ID Mr.. Edison's Assay OF the
Oregon black sand.
MEMO PAX. September 8. 1879.
Mercer 0ky. Esq. Gold Hill. New
Dear Sir: OF the sample which you sent,
and for which please accept thanks, 100
grsmmes Of the sand contained S64 mil.
lisrammss OF gold and Sc millisrammss
Of platinum or ny ounces platinum
and 1880 pounds Of gold per ton Of
2.O0o pounds. Very truly,
T. A. EDISON.
The above yield 10 equivalent TO g..
1876 IS per ton In gold.
From the above letters Il will b seer
that gold at the rate OF $3.50 per ton Wal
thrown away BY . man without knowing
what he was doing and that Mr.. 0tsy's
mile on mile OF black sand on the old
sea beach Of Oregon 10 really very rich.
II 10 possible that something may come
Of Il when Edison's science and "Amsr.
lean horse sense" are applied 10 the