The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS BRIEFS
Mining Matters in Different Dis
tricts and States.
SALE OF THE SILVER KING
Rich Cabinet for Paris-Prof1ts of the In
dependence--The Old Washoe
Process Other Min
ing Deals.

The Red Lodge Picket reports that
the mining property at Nye City owned
jointly by the Minneapolis Mining and
Smelling company and the saltwater
Mining company has been sold to New
York company for s150,O00. The prop
erty consists of 10 quartz claims and
4S1 acres of placer ground.
The smelter and chlorination plant Of
the Golden Reward company at Dead
wood, S. D., has been burned. 1t was
the largest plant of the kind in the
Black Hills.
Silver occurs in ores native, as chic
ride or bromide. or more frequently in
combination with other substances. as
sulphur, arsenic, anthony, etc. Ores
of this latter class usually require
roasting before treatment. Chloride
and bromo- chloride ores can be leached
by solutions of hypo-sulphite of soda.
Base ores may be subjected to chlorid-
izing roasting, when the hyposulphite
solutions may be successfully applied.
A Colorado Springs gentleman has Of
fered to donate his mineral collection,
valued at 100000, to the Paris display,
and a Leadville gentleman has offered
to donate his S100. 900 collection of Lake
county ores. These munificent offers
have set our fellow toWnsman, II. c.
Murray, by the ears. and he is contem-
plating offering the commission his col
lection of minerals, valued at s1,50o000,
says the Georgetown Courier. With
these collections and the golden girl,
Colorado should feel awful proud.
The Spokane Stock Report announces
he 10 nf he for
81 100000. The Silver King is about so
miles from The Dalles. Some of the ore
from 1t has run so it is said, into al
most fabulous values, the average as
says from the bottom of the shaft are
reported at 1915, of which $65 is in gold.
How much there is of such ore is the
question. A fairly good sized body must
have been exposed to bring about a
sale at the price named.
The report Of the Independence mine,
in Colorado, for the quarter ending
July 81 shows a total output of S,S47 tons
of dry ore. worth $50 3S per ton, and ag-
gregating a value Of sos, 106 OF this it
is conjectured about rs per cent. is clear
profit.
1t is reported by the Rocky Mountain
News that the Columbia mine. on the
west slope of Beaver hill at Cripple
Creek, has been sold to V. C. Reed and
associates of Colorado Springs for s45,
600. The fissure is said to be one of the
strongest in the entire district and has
been proved up for a distance of 1,500
feet 1t Is thought that the property
contains the north extension of the
Fannie B. Orizaba vein and ore shoot.
Where a mine or other excavation is
to be drained by means of syphon the
discharge end must be lower than the
surface of the water at all times, for
when the discharge end becomes level
with the surface of the water the
syphon ceases to operate. The syphon
may be started by providing 1t with
valves, one at the discharge end and
one on the intake end, just below the
surface of the water At the highest
point on the line a IT" should be in
serted with a short standpipe, which is
also provided with straightway valve.
Close both ends and fill the syphon by
pouring water into the pipe at the
straightway valve. When full close
this valve, open that at the intake and
then open that at the discharge end,
and the water will flow and continue
to flow until the weight of the column
of water. equalizes the atmospheric
pressure. The amount of discharge is
determined by the size of the pipe. Its
highest efficiency would be probably
about % feet. as above this height the
flow would be slow.
The "Washoe process" takes its name
from it's introduction and extensive use
on the Comstock lode, Virginia City
New. This region was originally called
the Washoe. The process consists in
crushing ore wet with stamps. The pulp
is run into settling watts, from which it
is shoveled out into grinding and ANAL
gamating pans. In these the charge is
l.sa Tod h. hl
phate of copper, salt Sodium chloride)
and quicksilver are added. When ANAL
gamation is complete the pulp is dis
charged into settlers. where it is
thinned by the addition of water and
the amalgam settles to the bottom,
while the pulp is kept in suspension by
the rotation of agitators. Plate ANAL
gamation inside the battery and on out
side plates may or may not be prac-
ticed. There are several notifications
of the process. 1t is expensive owing
to the necessity of handling the material
and I'd the amount of power required
to drive the machinery. The Boss pro-
cess" is essentially modification of
the Washoe process, it's chief feature
being the discharge of the pulp from
one amalgamating pan to the next
throughout a series, forming practically
continuous amalgamation.
For some purposes rolls are conSlQ-
cred superior to stamps, particularly
where the ore contains large amount
of sulphide material, which is to be
concentrated by jigging. The rolls pro-
duce a more uniform product, making
less shines.
Never run a croSscut tunnel when
one on the vein can be driven. Follow
your vein, and when you have pay ore
stay with 1T until it is developed. Cross |
cutting in the neighborhood of the vein
is always advisable. Good veins and
shoots of ore have frequently been over
looked from neglect to perform this es-
sential work.
1t is cheaper to break soft ground and
timber it than to break hard ground |
which requires no timberng, This APP |
plies only to first cost, for eventually |
the soft ground will require retimbering |
from time to time, making it finally the |
more expensive.
There is difference between reloca-
ton of a mining claim to correct errors |