Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-03-20
THE WlSHART GOLD SAVER.
A Very Successful Test of Its
Workings.

The Wishart gold saving machine for
working gravel and black sand has been
on exhibition in this city for the past five
days and the APPEAL is informed, will
remain until the middle of the week.
The machine is represented by the inven-
tor, James NJ. Wishart, of Oakland, Cal.
1t has been subjected to two practicable
tests in this city. The gravel run through
the machine was brought from the La
Grande Ora mine, owned by residents of
Carson and Dayton.
Before the machine was put in opera
ton Mr.. Wishart called the attention of
the crowd that had gathered to witness
the test, that anyone desiring to pan the
gravel in order to know that it contained
gold before entering the machine, had a
right to do so. He also stated that as
SOC as the gravel was WORKED through
the machine the tailings would become
public property, and he hoped that the
people would feel at liberty to pan them
in order to test the machine. Quite a
number of men (and n woman panned
out portions of the gravel and showed
that it contained gold, and all agreed that
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machine was put in operation quite a
number were ready to pan the tailings.
The machine was pronounced a success
as no trace of gold was found in them, the
machine having saved it all.
The first test was on Thursday, the
power being furnished by a small water
motor. On Friday the test was made by
! r,,ppipn tho p,o,1i,o with n ,N>u-or -,
order to shOw the small o of power
required, and it was easily demonstrated
that n man could run it.
The machine. because of its ingenious
mechanical construction, n resting on
ball bearings, only requires LIP of One
horse power to operate it with success,
therefore any of the following powers
can be successfully applied: Electricity,
steam, gasoline, gas, water, wind, horse,
man or dog power. 1t weighs 1900 pounds
and by removing a few bolts and screws
it can be easily packed so as to be trans
ported over the ChilcoOt or any other
mountainous pass.
The machine saves all all fine gold by
a unique mechanical cOEtriVance and
amalgamatiOn. All coarse gold is saved
without being brought in contact with
the quicksilver, thus leaving the coarse
gold its natural colon.
The Wishart only requires a constant
flow of D inches of water to work (
yards of gravel in "a hours. Where -
inches of water cannot be obtained. by
our system of tanks, being first filled
and using the water over and owe again
it will cost but little to have the water
hauled from u to 20 miles. as it only re.
quires IS gallons of water to replenisf
the amount taken up by absorption anG
evaporation of l hours work with Oul
No. | 24-inch machine working 3 yards
of gravel per hour. The amount of water
to replenish the absorption and evapora
ton has been fully verified by the work,
ing of the machines in New Mexico.
1t is not the old rookie movement bu'
an Oscellating reciprocal motion, some
thing akin to the Fru-Nanner movement
and it lets no fine gold escape. 1t is pro
posed to introduce these machines in thi:
State and in a few months no less thar
100 will be in operation and efforts ar,
being made to have the inventor manu-
facture them ia this city
Already numbers of ~prospectors ar,
, getting ready to investigate localitiey
where a scarcity of water has kept bacl
the developing of good finds.
We the undersigned do hereby testif,
that we carefully PANIED the gravel be
fore it was worked in the Wishart gol(
saving machine and found it contained
gold which was very fine, and with grea
care Gn the presence of the undersigned
> witnesses we panned the tailings bu
could not find any trace of gold. There
fore we, with hundreds of our citizens
take pleasure in stating that the machin
as a gold saver is a success:
: Witnesses.
|. j. II. Hopes FL. McCOlloug
S J. w SpurgeOn AL Holma
e T.J. Farrer Al Livingsto
= Fred knOblOck JOSeph Raycrat