The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-09

w. T. Mitchell returned to the city
yesterday from Silver Reef highly
elated over the success that crowned
bis efforts in making a test with his
Acme Flour Gold Amalgamator on the
tailings of the old Cristie mill. 1t is
now two weeks since Mr.. Mitchell start
ed operations at the Reef. and he is
thoroughly satisfied that the machine
viii save nearly all of the native gold
in the taiIings, besides the amalSaln
and quicksilver contained in them. The
recovery of the amalgam and the quick
silver wss much greater than antici-
mated. as an that was expected of the
machine was that it would save the
free silver. The recovery Of the ANAL
gam and the quick, therefore, was a
most pleasant surprise and added much
to the value of the machine IN the eyes
of interested parties and Professor
Smith. the well-known expert, says that
this is the first machine that he ever
saw that was successful In saving
Toured quicksilver that had passed
through the batteries into the failing
1p,n. and a thorough test demonstrated
the fact that it would recover all OF
this besides what amalgam that had
also escaped.
The Cristie tailings carry values of
about five ounces in silver to the ton,
fAnd of this the machine made a high
saving, and after ten hours run a
nice retort was taken out besides from
forty TO fifty pounds of quick, which,
in itself, amounted to considerable.
The machine was put in on a guaran-
tee the purchase money having been
previously placed in a bank in this city
and yesterday the bank was wired TO
turn the money over to Mr. Mitchell
which was done, the purchasers being
MeSsrs. W. II. Smith, 2. B. Mckeon
AID II. 3. Prout, who are more than
pleased with its operations, and already
Mi. Mitchell has had a number of APP
rlfcaIionS for several more machines
which will be installed in that locality.
The machine was also tested on raw
ore from the State Line district with
most successful results. The ore was
crushed by being run through the
stamps at the Barbee & Walker mill
IT WAS then assayed by Superintendent
Robert McQuarry of the mill. after
which 1t was run through the amalga-
mafor. which saved 951a per cent Of ths
values. The test on this ore has demon
strated that quartz ore can be sue
cessfully treated with this machine. and
II is more than likely that several of
them viii be in operation in the State
Line district Within short time. and
as they are a chean machine nearly
every miner can afford to buy one
especially as there is no doubt but thai
they can be obtained on easy terms
The success that has attended the
experiments made with the amalgama-
tor on these failing pits and with the
crude ore has been an eye-opener 10
Mr.. Mitchell, and now he viii make an
effort to place enc of them behind every
amalgamation mill in this country. as
1T VIII not only save all the values that
escape from the batteries, but also the
saslalgam and the quick Arrange
ments Tor SO doing can probably ba
effected without difficulty. as there is
not a mil IN the west but that is sus
tanning loss which can be saved nv
the use of this machine The test on
raw ore was revelation to Mr.. Mitch
ell and his associates, and they mean IN
profit by it.
One of these machines is now in
successful opersl4on on the placer hsrs
on Snake river, near Mountain Home
Idaho. and a letter just received fro,
there states that the amalgamator l.
now saving about $50 in placer gold
daily. O-1
One Of these amalgamators is also
being used with great success on tba
Colorado river and has been for. tho
past year. Mr.. Mitchell will leave for
the river within few DAYS and while
there HE will probably make arrange
menf9 for the installation Of several
more of them