The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-23

and has book record OF S3,oO0,OOO.
and it is admitted that it has produced
$1,000 900 more not accounted for.
Yet four companies have failed on this
mine in the last twenty-five years and
it is now idle. The ores at first were
free milling, and the gold was saved at
a profit by simple amalgamation. The
veins now are Just as large and larger.
The average contents in gold are about |
the same as in former days, but the
gold cannot be saved proftably from
the undecomposed pyrite ores by ANAL |
gamation. Hence the failure. So
with hundreds of mines all over the
State, or in this tier Of ten counties
heretofore named as especially SO with
the mines in this district, such as the
Union, Hunnicutt, Troutman, Dutch
Greek. Relmer, Dunn's Mount, etal.
MANY DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
A thousand and one different kinds
of processes, one after another, have
been tried, but they are all failures
either because they could not save the
gold anv better than by amalgamatlOn,
or that it cost more to work the ores by
the process than the sum the ores
Welded, and hence other failures. All
the processes, whether chlorlnatlon,
cvanide, concentration, or amalgama-
ion, have only attempted to save the
gold. losing all the other contents OF
the ores, some of which we're more val
liable than the gold itself, the sulphur
in the pyrite ores invariably being the
cause of the failure.
1t has been clearly demonstrated that
the gold is mechanically, not chemical
: ", combined with the pyrites yet me-
j chanicaI separation has failed. One
\ would think then that the wits OF gen
y uises would be at an end to make this
0 a success, when the simplest, surest
e most effective, and profitable mode has
II not been tried at all.
j The gold ores contain gold, copper
e silver, and sulphur; the copper ore
contain copper, gold, silver and sulphur
and the silver ores contain silver, gold
y copper, lead, zinc, and sulphur. VIII!
% then should any of these ores be treat
: ed for one metal and lose all the others
. Yes, and when treated as now, at
~ loss for the extraction Of the one col
~ stituent worked at. AS stated betOr
~ an ore is not worth what it contain
re but what one gets out of it.
Of Why work it for one OF its content
10 and that at a loss, when all can
go saved at a profit? They are compile
.+s ores, but when properly treated the
of can be made to yield profit.
no AN ILLUSTRATION.
u, Take a ton of ore from the "Big ST
,;s pnur Vein," Randolph Shaft, Gold IL
60 Mine. as an illustration, see what '
20 find from its valuable contents. X
!, vein is IA feet wide and $50 feet deep
led Gold, per ton Nlo.
Silver. per ton, q ounc. at Toe. |.
as Copper, per ton, 1919 200 TBS at
in, l0c w.
Sulphur. per ton, pyrite o0%;
sar sulphur 2536 500 lbs. lc ..
Total value per ton S4l
AS it has been worked heretofore
gold alone. about 33 per cent, or 70
!, per ton. in gold has been saved, a
the other $36.75 lost. To mine a
mill this ore has been costing about
:, per ton. Hence no profit, and t
ally
caused failure, and it is why no ot
mines are at work. Does any one W
der. then. why gold mining IN No
Carolina is failure? Yet In this G(
Hill mine alone there are several I
lions of tons of this ore in reserve ab
but
the bottom, left standing in the slo]
because it cannot be worked at a pre-
What applies to this mine also doe
nearly every other one where d'
vein gold mining is done.
WHAT Is WANTED.
What is wanted here are reduc1
works similar to those OF swan
Wales, where ores from all over
world are treated, not for one MT
but for all that the ore contains
silver. copper, lead, zinc, antimony
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