The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
BURGoN AND BROWN.
Discord in the Camp of the Patentee
and Process Manipulation.

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and Process MunipuIator.
Last Thursday G. C. Brown, the own
er of the Gervase-Brown process of ore
reduction, informed a Herald represen-
tatiye that in tests made with this
process on Morgan, Hardscrabble, ores
all of the metals in the ore had been
extracted and saved, and that, on the
strength of this, as the process was to
be used in the treatment of the Nor
gan ores, Mr. Stewart, the manager,
had been enabled TO sell enough of the
treasury stock of the company, at a
dollar a share, TO finish the mill, now in
course of construction.
An announcement of these facts, as
stated, were published in Fridays Her
aid, and on Saturday the following note
was received at this office:
To the Editor of The Herald:
Your statement in this mornings Herald
although quite gratifying to some parties
has one small objection if it relates to the
work we have been doing for although
the bismuth, cobalt and nickel have been
successfully taken out of the Morgan
(H- So ores, it has not been done by the
Z. Gervase-Brown process, nor has it any
dependence upon his process.
Nor was the statement that Mr.. Stewart
had sold enough stock at one dollar per
snare to enable him to finish putting UP
the plant correct one, for it also is
not true
Please correct these statements and
oblise Yours, etc.
GEORGE A BURGON,
CHARLES STEWART,
Manager.
Saturday the writer called upon
Messrs. Burgon and Stewara-in the
Gladstone building and a fiat denial
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statements made by Mr.. Brown, as
published in these columns. Mr.. Bur
gon, who has been experimenting for
some time with the Brown process as
the primary basis of his operations,
was most emphatic in saying that the
process sustained no relation whatever
to the results obtained by him in his
experiments, as they were entirely in
dependent of this system. In short,
he strongly intimated that he had a
process of his own whereby he could
extract and separate the values con-
tanned in the Morgan ores. He also
stated that he had parted company
with Mr.. Brown some time ago, and
did not wish that anything he was do
ing or should do to be connected with
the name Of Mr.. Brown; as, to tell the
truth about the matter, the Brown pro-
cess was not capable of doing what he
was accomplishing, and that in his
statements to The Herald Mr.. Brown
had stretched the truth, to put it
mild.
Mr.. Stewart, who was present, coin
cided with what Mr.. Burgon had said,
and added that he had not sold the
treasury stock, as stated.
The reporter then entertained a doubt
as to whether the Morgan mill would
adopt the Brown process, and when
questioned concerning the matter Mr.
Stewart said he could not tell, as the
matter would have to come up before
the board of directors for final action,
from which it might be inferred that
the Brown process may be thrown
overheard and the Burgon system
adopted.
Mr.. Brown was seen later on and the
facts as stated above were laid before
him. He seemed astonished at the
course the affair had taken, and said
that just before seeing The Herald re-
porter on Thursday he had met Mr.
Stewart, who had informed him that
the successful results, as already men
toned, had been obtained by his pro-
cess.
Mr.. Brown also said that Mr.. Bur-
gon had been experimenting with his
Rrown's) process until he did not
know where he was at; and that Bur
gun would never be able to make
practical demonstration of what he
claimed he could accomplish.
Mr.. Stewart, if he wishes to make
success of his mine and mill, must
soon adopt some decisive measure. At
the present writing the Morgan stock
is slumping rapidly, and unless some
thing is done soon Morgan stockhold-
ers will also be holding the sack.