The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-06
THE MILL.
Mr.. Carey's saatelnens in Reply % Mr.
If Pardee I'm she g Herald,
Editor Butte MINER:

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In the Helena Herald of the 25th uk. 1 find
a communication from Mr.. J. K. Pardee, SUI
perintendent of the Algonquin Company, in
which he assumes to correct what he terms
smisstatements of its correspondent, f. M.
W., in connection with the erection and work
ings of the Howell furnace, in the Algonquin
Company's mill, and the percentage Of silver
saved as shown by battery and tailings assays.
Mr.. Pardee states s
"The furnace is doing splendid work, but
Mr.. Carey had nothing TO do with its erec-
ton = and il credit is due any one
for the superior manner in which the mill is
built, and for the excellent work the mill is
doing, Mr.. Fisher is that party" .aa |t~i4
1t is true Mr.. Fisher superintendent the
building of the mill and the erection of the
furnace, as per drawings furnished with the
furnance, and he-assisted by Mr.. Pardee-
did superintend the successful spreading of
the ore OH the dry kiln, but Mr.. Fisher did not
have anything to do with the excellent work
ings OF the important departments of the mill,
viz: the chlorodizing and amalgamating, and
not without good cause, 1. e. he was, and is
yet, totally ignorant of the reduction of sill
yer ore by this process, unless he has recently
learned something from the men under him
whom l left in the mill. Hence the success
full working of the Algonquin Company's
mill during the month of February is not due
to Mr.. Fisher nor to any other than the party
to whom it was accredited by the correspond
o,+ u NC Wy l., ,rnor xrl>ronf I hrlA a oor.
t~ificate signed by j. K. Pardee, Superintendent
of the Algonquin Company, verifying the
above statement. Mr.. Pardee further states:
"Your correspondent says again that tie
average saving of the mill is 924 per cent, in
which he is mistaken. On paper perhaps we
can save that much, but the bullion product
; and hat IS what tells the story, falls consider
! ably short Of %! per cent"
i This statement Mr.. Pardee has not the means
l of substantiating. There has not been a
> cleanup of the mill made. The amalgam
u remaining in the quicksilver, and sticking to
u the wings, mullers and dies, and under the
5 dies of the pans, and in the settlers, as well
as the pulp on the cooling floor in the dust
chambers, and in a long iue extending up the
ulll-Sluc, WOulu necessarily AoSC W W. cohSA
into account in connection with the bullion
produced, in order to show the percentage
saved, as per bullion production. This was
70 not done, but even if 1t had been, it woulo
" not prove anything. One-third of the orr
milled, viz: that which CAM fl ION the Algon.
quin mine, avas not peighed, one wheelbar
h rowfull weighed and ten or more not weighed
but averaged by the workmen on the dry kiln
q and this, too, under the supervisionof Messrs
Fisher and Pardee, and not the man who wa
reducing the ore. Usually when we expect
H. given result from a ton of ore we give tn
If party producing the result the right to know
~ that he actually gets a ton.
Hence Mr.. Pardee's statement that the bul
lion product fell short of 9244 per cent. a
shown by battery and tailings assay, is withou
a proper foundation, and is an unjust ASSET
y. ton. If necessary, l can satisfy Mr.. Parde
wherein lis interests are subserved by his wal
of knowledge of the actual saving when thu
saving exceeds IS per cent.
Very truly NJ. CAREY.
BUTTE, April Sd, 1850.