The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-02

reporter. The only
sa,s,t % Thai n requires 20 hours treat
msnt Instead of 10 hours. as recommend
ed by the parties owning the patenL.
This is a slight drawback. as IL ohIy
necessitates more watts, the nrst expehse
of which is slight n the operating ca
pense not excessive.
1--WE are saving an average of a little
over 90 per cent. of the gold and silver,
which / consider a good saving by any
process aside from smelling. n cost
az treatment will not exceed $3.50 per
ton"
rs the crushing process satisfac-
tory?"
ENTIRELY so. 1t is equally successful
as the rest of the mill"
How many men does the mill re-
quire?"
"a 5o-ton mill will require 10 men fo-
"a hours run. five on each SHIFT The
mill is only Is tons capacity, but we
have the machinery ordered TO increase
n to 40 or SO ions. The building. hume.
penstock. wheel. rock breaker ana rolls
at the mill were all installed with the
view of making it a 50-ton mill by what
ever process we might determine W on.
only the part of the machinery neces-
sarv for testing the P"elatan-Clerici
process was put IN of 10 tons capacity.
II being the intention to make II as small
as possible and still permit OF a falr
test. We have therefore ONLY to add one
pulverizer and eight watts TO make the
plant of the capacity originally mtenu-
"a This machinery VIII be installed
within 60 days. We snail then trea, all
the ores n our own mill ard VIII sum
no more. at least until there is a rall-
road into the camp. Untl the MN Is
enlarged we expect to continue shlppnhg
the best ore at the rate of 10 or II car
loads per month. All shipments are go-
ing out via Marcus and Bosspurg ana
the amount shipped is limited nly 10y
the number of teams available. AL
teams coming into the camp with loaos
of Merchandise carry back loads of ore
The milling process can be safeiy re-
lied upon to treat the ores now known
in Republic. Nothing but a changt III
the character of the ores can change the
result. The ore of the Republic ana OIL
the entire camp is uniform IN chara;'ei
and there is no reason to ANTICIPATED an!
unfa vorable change in the near future
The Pelatan-Clerici process OF extrct'
: ing gold and silver from ores is the one
l in use in the Republic mill. 1t - 'n'
) invention Of Louis Pelatan and taplzl'
Clerici. and is the property of the Sen
: eral Gold Extracting company OF -on
don. The treatment consists OF a Sisn
oneration. A vat, the bottom of wllci
is composed VI ~,
, plates, and in which is a metalhc surel
: is filled with crushed ore. falling o
e shines. mixed with a solution of cyelld'
I of potassium, common salt ana tom'
| other reagent. The stirrer is thep Sc
in operation, thoroughly mixingl IN
sludge. through which an electrlGcur
rent is passed. The particles OF peta
/ are consequently kept in constanpcon
nection with the cyanide. n thegoh
/ and silver dissolved and afterVar'
is aiaotro danosited on the amalgapate'
mates. The advantages claimed fo tn
process are that it saves a highe pc
* cent. of gold and does 1T more cnapL
:. than can be accomplished by anyklhe
l. process of a~malgamation or cyarilnt
j. Mr.. Clark states that the Peatan
is Clerici process was selected by ~ he
of public company as the most satlsfslor
to of three methods of treatment teseu'