Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-19
CYANIDE PATENTS.
Will Be Looked Into by a South
African Commission,
NOW At the KSuTsrORD HOTEL
Litigation Over These Patents Has A..
samed Gigantic Proportions
A Battle Royal

There Rrrlyei Ia this city lls even.
Ing by special drAwing.toOm car on
the Denver * Rio Grande Ry. the
commission which has been sent out
from the South African courts 10 his
country, NJ the instance OF tho owners
In that country Of tho Macarthur.
Forrest patents for gold extraction by
cyanide.
Mr.. Edward Kent, Of tho nrm Of
Butler, Slillman q Hubbard, Of New
York City, is the commissioner, aud
accompanying him are Mt. Thomas
W. aoad, managor Of the Gold 4 Silver
Extraction Co. Of America, Limited,
tue owners Of the Mack rlhuG. Forrest
patents Tor this country; Walter d.
Edmunds, Of New York city, OF c7un.
sci for tho patents; J. Noel Sparks,
OF London, one OF the engineers Of the
MEcAtthur.Forfest companion, aud
Arthur d. Cook, Of New YORK, special
s.en0Rfapher OF the cOmmissiOn.
There alsO arrived on the same car
q. w. Iiuslow and DR.. Henry WurlE,
OF New YORK Ciiy, representing the
parties contending against the patents
In South AffiCu, and who have, prsvl.
ouslJ TO the slttinys Of tue present
cOmmi8plOn, taken testimony on their
own buhal'-cOnunoi, however, 10 tho
examination u witnesses in New
York anu Washington.
The present commission work IL oar.
al an 81 LA 4 q
the Owuers ~ the MaCATthuT. Forrest
paten's, aud It's OOJo3, h ito present to
the courts Of south Africa the tratimo.
ny Of practical mining men End mia.
ing engineers IN America ~ tho nov.
city Of the Macarthur Forrest cyanide
patents, anu tho general applicability
Of thslT process 10 American low.grade
gOld-benring ores. This commission,
after commencing it, slItings In New
York, adjourned ~ Denver, where It
has been engaged IN the examinA.
tlOn OF numerous witnesses, at the
Brown Palace Hotel, during The
past three wOeas, among whom
may be mentioned such men M
EbUn Smith. ons Of the owners OF the
Omaha q Grant Smelling company,
and through whose partner, MIR. ID. II.
patent before the commission have
come accredited TO the leading mining
men OF this section, Messrs. MOtiatl
and Smith having adopted the
Macarthur Forrest process and taken
license themselves under its patent.
Other Witnesses In iAyOT Of the
patents nj Denver were Albert Low,
tue well known chsmisl and melAllur.
tVh .
m0tnllurgy; A, A. Blow, who located
tho LeAdyille gold boil; w. h. Ward, |
representative OF the mining interests |
OF Colorado ut the Worlds Columbian |
Exposition, etc, and many others, Ia.
Guiding spverNl Of tho numerous |
licenses Of the Amtrichn company.
Tho comm s,ion IL located at the
hnutsfOrd, Ia this city, SUD, IL ~ ex.
pected, will, during the next few days,
examine several witnesses here on DO. |
half OF the patents,
A. Ia well known, the litigation over |
these patenta has assumed gigantic |
proportions, involving Ibs expenditure |
OF hundreds Of Thousands OF dollArS. IL |
In perhaps no eNaggofAll0n to state that |
the amounts Involved exceed those Of |
any other previous patent litigation, |
not excepting that over tho Bell tcle. |
phone Inventions. The English high |
court Of appeal, composed OF three
judges, hns decided unanimously In |
favor " the patent for the dilnts solu.
ton OF cyanide, reversing Che judg. |
mont Of the court below. There ~
however, sIill pending the suit referred |
10 In tho South African courts, and |
also a suit against the MerCuT Mining
& Milling company bore.