The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-01

Ever since the discovery of -four
gold in the sands comprising the eX-
tens:ve bars on Snake river in Idaho.
genius mas been hard at work in an
endeavor to contrive and invent ma
chine that would save the precious
metals, the greatest obstacle in the
way Of its recovery being the fac'
that it is so light that it cannot be
saved by the ordinary sluicing meth
ods.
Within the past few years several
machines have been devised and per
fected for the saving of this gold,
many of which have been practically
valueless, while two or three have
given more or less satisfaction.
Among the latest applicants for pub
lie favor in This line is the Bell Me-
chanical Gold Annals amator and Con-
contractor the invention Of Gaylord
Bell of this city. which was brought to
its present perfection through the me-
chanical genius and skill of F. 3.
Allen, the well-known manufacturing
machinist, of 524 West First South
street, where the machine is on ex-
hibition.
This amalgamator is simple in its
construction, and is nothing more or
less than the carrying Out of the old
time method of panning, only that the
panning is done on a large scale and
by machine power: and besides the re-
covery of the free gold by anralgama-
ton, other values are saved in the
form of concentra ties, so that the email
gamator can be used as a. regular mill
at any quartz mine, a feature that will
recommend itself 20 the mine owner
and miilman.
The Bell malgamator is now in use
on the Blue Lakes bar, four miles below
Shoshone, Ida, on the Snake river and
the Shoshone papers state that it is
working most successfully. II is ca
pable Of treating fifty yards and up
wards of gravel daily. and its manu-
facturers claim that ii Will save from
20 to IS per cent of the free gold con-
tanned in the gravel.
one Of the machines has also been
taken to Cherry Creek, White Pine
county, New. where ii will be used
at the san jose mine by J. H. Hedges.
VIII Brown, John Heinrich and
Thomas Higgins for the treatment of
the ores Of this property: the free gold
being saved in the ama1gamator. while
the concentrates will be reduced by
the cyanide process.
Within the last few days Robert
Lundy and z. NJ Robinson of Ogden
have closed a contract with Messrs.
Bell and Allen, whereby they have
secured the exclusive agency for the
sale of the amalgamator in the state
Of Idaho for d period of five years.
These gentlemen viii give the ma
chine a most thorough test and within
a week or ten days will have one of
them in operation on the bars of Snake
river. twenty-five miles below the Bo-
nanza bar and not far from Albion, in
Albion county.
This bar they have just secured I'm
der bond, and samples of the gravel
attest that it is very rich, assay tests
showing that TIE coarse material car
ried values Of S4.1S to the ton in gold,
while the fine sand went SS.67 in the
yellow metal: while It has been DEM
onetrated that the gold will amalga-
mate up to 81 per cent of its value.
Messrs. Lundy and Robinson will
probably open an Office in this city for
the sale of the Bell machine. and they
anticipate. if IL comes up to expecta-
ticns, that II Will be a winner. 1t GER
tainly carries with il the salient points
of common sense and the first princi.
pies Of gold saving. and from all ap-
pearances will I'LL the bill.