The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-12-10
MILLER BRIGHT IDEA,
1T IL Now Netting HIM. without Gapiti
from $4,000 to - - 600 :, wear

1T il Now Netting HIM, without Capital,
from $40, 900 TO g -, 900 - year.
There are many kinds of mines and
! numerous devices for saving the pre-
cious metals, but the straneest III all
Montana. and perhaps in til" "0Iiu, is
the one used by -. +. Miller, of Butte
W ben the Anaconda and II. Law renee
mines were opened W III Quite. SAYS
the Inter Mountains, il was found that
the water contained in lie assures was
strongly impregnatcd with copper IN
solution, so mach SO that IRON cages,
cars, and tools OF all kinds We're quickly
destroyed by the affinity Of tie copper
Tor tine iron. And this Is the c..,e to-
day. Only few weeks immersion in
the water reduces a mass OF IRON to
pulp, and this requires that AL material
used IN the mine and composed OF iron
and steel be replaced at frequent inter-
Vats. After three or :Uur weeks con-
slant use in the mines, a cage or car is
found to be pitted like the inner bark
OF Il tree after an attack by insects.
The water in the H. Lawrence mine
ls pumped out ana flows across last
Broadway down into the valley. For q
long time this water went TO waste,
no method was known OF extracting the
copper from il. After IA while, how
ever, a discovery WAS made that IS being
utilized to good advantage.
Some tin cans found their WHY into
the small stream, perhaps through the
medium Of boys At play. In Il short
time it was noticed that the cans mad
every appearance OF being made 81 pure
copper, So thIcklv were they coated
with that metal. These were r,gHTded
as cnrtoslties by all y no sa" them; but
presently they attracted The attention
o. a man who SEW Il little further than
most people. Ills name Was Miller,
and he began to experiment and found
that old cans ana IRON .Unk tnraNn IN
to the water were soon destroyed, and
in their stead was q rich drpO- OF cop
per. He had an idea that ). would pay
to extract the copper from the water by
this process, and immediately Uur-
chased the exclusive .l-ht to tine water
for small sum OF money. IEcu he
put IN a series Of reservoirs ans tanks
along the little galy wEer. The water
ran. These he tiled with all c.C Old
refuse metal 10 be had in tht. town. IN
Guiding barre hoops. In the coarse OF
about six months ne made a clean up.
and found ttat the old Junk was totally
destroyed, bat II / place was sed-
lmentary deposit i! TIA" bottom II the
reservoirs and tanks assayIE. - per
cent. copper. He then enlarged his
plant somewhat, and is now deriving
a handsome revenue from his peculiar
mine. His annual income is estimated
at from $1,000 to $1,000. All the labor
necessary Is III cleaning up and charg-
Ing the batteries or reservoirs.
Eating Salt ana the Leprosy.
At the Pan Congress some evidence
was gwen IN support Of the statement
that the excessive consumption OF salt
is conducive to the production of lep-
rosy. 1t was stated that among the
blacks in the Antilles, Al no eat salt-cod-
fish daily. leprosy was much more
common than among the whites and
half who indulge In a more
varied diet
HE only man on earth who thinks
twice before he speaks once is the man
who stutters.-AtcittS0n Globe.