The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

tz< 1y q skilled chemist 20 fcotA&1 goa
ard seoacs,aeal results TIE proposition
az the assay va,ue saved depends On the
character o< the Gre On sonae ores va
can save AZ AiEh as IS p1r cent. on others
not OVER 50 or - pr cent In some cases
X would pay 20 work an ore ty the rya-
ride process. e~sn though only an exsrac-
ton os q OF - per cent ccusd be Oh
tztns1. because the value could be ex-
tracsed by 10 oszasr process. Tests on one
ics os rSIlings here show an extraction Of
nearly - per cent. but this might be I'm
proved IN Actual mill pracsscs- Lscw grade
CrfpTse Creek ores containing tellartdeS
are Being constantly worked and gocd re-
salzs obtained"
The Gold Locator.
The nan with an instrument which VIII
locate gold in the bowels OK the earch and
save THE trouble OF cropping around after
Il by means OF cross-ep< tunnels. turned
up here swo years age last Maroa IN the
person q john Kerdle and has found
quite a number of followers among the
rrospecsurs- HIs instrument Is supposed
10 discover god. silver and copper and 10
in1Sate within certain limits how deep IL
Is beneath che surface. X - q brass or
silver cup containing q secret com3ossucn
% ACIDS. fr0n which q tgsee % the same
MATERIAL extends an inch or more and
then turns a. right angles. Into Il IS
which ends In fat circular brass a8oow.
From -his another copper wire extends
six fnefes at right angles, 50 thai X Is
parallel with the cup. and by this last wire
the prospeeror holds the instrument as he
walks slowly over the ground. pressing hts
finger ends firmly against tho wire. Let
Mr.. Keadle himself tell how be made che
discovery. how II works and with what
success:
II made the discovery through knowing
that quicksilver would attract gold. and
by experimenting with other acids in conf
biuation with quicksilver found that gold
could be readily located. i proved II hy
let5sng a coin down into well. and found
that the attraction varied in proportion TO
the depth and pitch OF the ledge. can
eetagmine the depth below the surface. .hs
pitch of the ledge and also whether II
grows richer or poorer with depth. Thus
the labor Of prosecuting to locate ledge
Is reduced While the instrument viii in
dfcate WHISTLER ledge IS rich or poor.
there Is a middle class OF which I cannot
ten the value and have 10 dig for them.
'As the person holding the instrument
approaches a gold ledgs 10 pulls toward
the ledge. and as soon as he passes over II
the instrument pulls back. II the lead
crops. Il will attract the instrument $50
feet each way. the deeper the lead. the
shorter the limit within which n viii at
tract. Free gold Is located by an attrac-
tion, which. however, Is very slight, but IL
causes an electric current TO pass through
a person, and ina more gold there is, the
stronger is the attraction. In the case of
silver, copper and. tin the attraction is al
ways strong, and the more there Is. the
stronger IL the attraction. but the electric
current felt is slight. The instrument Is
used successfully only by persons of
strong magnetism, who are about two in
every three. Men OF dark complexion and
raw4honed cannot use II. weliie a fieshy
man of fair complexion, or man who
can hold the battery the longest Is the
most successful.
II have been here over two years, ana TN
that ssme have located over twenty leads
which have been developed and have ore
in sight, all proving the accuracy OF the
instrument. Seven OF these leads are on
my own GLAZING where l have dug In and
found the lead every time Last January
Henry Ws.nmann and I located the SNOW
fake in the gtilch behind my house under
eight feet of snow. on ground where men
had been working for years and had
driven tunnels thirty. forty and sixty feet
TO cross-cut the lead, but could not IND 1t.
These men were knight, Mike Nc
Carly, Charles Mcdonald and Peter Cush-
ing, the first location having been made
eight years ago. / found an outorop OF
quartz six feet wide between walls or
porphyry and quartzite, and have run
tunnel in on the ledge 20 feet 10 almost
the fun width and have ore averaging 81
gold with little native copper.
The Snowflake and its extension. the
Morning Star, are about half q mile above
Blewett. and are owned by Mr.. kendie AMI
Henry Weinmann. who Is thorough De-
lever in the goli-tinter and Is Mr.. kendies
partner On seven claims located oy II. lie
fra 4
face, with iron and copper pyraies deeper,
and has a Dodge mill with capacity or
twenty tons IN twenty-four hours ~nieh
he proposes to set up at the mine and run
by water power 10 crush the ore. IL the
cyanide plant proves a success the ore VIII
be treated there
Another ledge which Is claimed TO have
been located by the automatic goid-find@r
Is 900 feet lower down the canyon than
The Snowaake. and Messrs. Keadie and
WsInmann have located the Sunset and
sunrise on il. II Is fifteen feet wide on
tbs surface. but has not been cfoss-cui
The ore Ia of the same kind as the snow
fake. CARRYING $40 10 SIS gold. The Yankee
Doodle. Sure Luck and Golden PhoeniS,
on he east side OF the canyon about op-
poslte the Snowfiake, are on another ieogs
about twelve feet wide which Messrs
Kerdie and weinEnann say they toca-ed
with the goid-fnder. and this discovery
led 10 the partnership, Paul Fem also be-
ing interested On the Yankee Doodie,
which Mr.. wenmann had previously TO-
Gated. he had driven a cross-cut tunaci
l5e fest from the south side near the sum
NIT Of the hin before the instrument 10
Gated the ledge fifteen Teet oesoW the sur
face on the north side, and he had before
thfs driven tunnels i3s and 100 feet without
striking Il. The ledge contains nine feet
OF tale and three of white quartz. wnich
carries 81 free gold. They have since
driven a tunnel 40 feet on tho ledge fur-
Their down the hsl.
Mr.. Kensiie claisns % have also located
a ledge az feet wide for man named
Smith and that f0-foot croSs@crt has
iisst struck Il and proved the accuracy OF
the xold-dnder. BY the same means also
he saws he located q claim for James Gil
more five feet wide, which was struck in
x faes Av a tunnel driven % feet 70 it,
fas,s. and another for Mcdonald ana
Perry. who drove % feet and struck the
face OF the lead 20 "a feet vide, Snlcn -
widening as the tunnel cuts INTO II ana
which assays SIS 20 81 gold.
Divided Opinions.
There is division of opinion in the
cauau as 70 whether Mr.. kendie If a
great inventor or is crazy on this one
subject. while sane on all others. The uT-
believers infer from the fact that ne
keeps the gold-flndeT hidden and receives
AIRY person who mentions 1t with FUR
tEa glance. as though he suspected the
stranger contemplated numbering him ana
stealing the precious instrument. that ne
is merely crazy on the subject he has
not patented II Jet, giving as a reason the
expense Of doing 80. buE has flied q eayeat
from year % year % protect H. what
ever may be the merits ~ the go4a-ander'
Mr.. Kendle evidently believes N y tnof-
ourhfy. for be is not afraid 70 have Il pat
70 ne test by q disintere3ted stranger.
he took the writer up the lisll 20 the cen