The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-04-25


NC, a. second-class mail matter.
THE LARGEST GOLD MINE KNOWN
the CAUCASIAN has received .
prospectus OF the gold mining prop.
critics OF the California King Gold
Mines Company, which We admit,
IL most interesting and facinating
from any point OF view. The mines
owned by this company, which are
described In the prospectus, are not
now mines. They are the we'll
known Plcacho mines located In
tho Picacho Basin In the lower part
OF California near the Colorado Riv-
or and about twenty-five miles
north OF Yuma, Arizona
The prospectus shows that the
property owned by this company
consists OF twepty.thr,e mining
claims with a surface area OF be-
tween four and five hundr' d acres
While these mines have been well
known for q long time and have
been for many years the property
OF the largest stockholders In the
California King Gold Mining Com
pany, yet IL IL ono OF those large,
low grade ore mines which could
not be- mined with much profit
twenty or even ten years ago. The
thing that has made this great low
grade orc mine aud other similar
mines spring into great i'm Importance
and value has been the discovery
OF the prOce known as the Con
centration process and the "Cyan-
ide PROCESS" which makes 1t pos
BILE, when the other conditions are
favorable, to work very low grade
ore mines with great profit, provi-
ded the quantity OF the ore 10 sum-
Client.
It Is not generally known that
the recent great increase In the
worlds supply Of gold has not come
from the working Of the mines that
have become famous on account Of
the richne OF their ore, and which
have always been limited in guam
lily, but from the opening up and
developing OF the large number OF
low grade ore mines by the recent
ly discovered process above referr-
ed to, which In the past could not
DO worked with profit. Only q small
per cent. OF this large increase OF
gold In the last few years have come
from the famous Klondike and Cape
None regions in Alaska. The news
papers have advertised the rich
ness OF the ore veins In these mines
In Alaska to such an extent tha'
the public generally has been led
to believe that the recent great out
put Of the precious metal has come
firm these and q few other rich
mines, but nothing Is further from
the fact.
twill no doubt astonish our read
ers when we state the fact that over
ninety per cent OF the more than
$68,OO0,0OO Of gold and other pre-
cious metals produced In Montsns
curing the last year came not from
the mines containing rich ore, which
alone could be worked at 3 profit q
few years ago. but came from thai
class Of low grade ore mines, which
few years ago, were practically
worthless on account Of the cost o
getting the gold from the ore, not
withstanding there were large de
posits OF the ore.
ali these low grade ore mines bu
This Cyanide process not onl!
made 1t possible to open up nearl.
all these low grade ore mines blu
1t has enabled the owners OF tn
rich mines, In many cases, to NOR
than double their profit by usin
this process 10 get the waste gol
out Of what Is known as waste tail
ings, from the mills, which In tn
past has been thrown away. A cas-
in point Is the famous Drumlum
mon mine near Helena, Montans
This has been considered q wonder
fully rich mine, yet last year b
the Cyanide treatment OF the vast
tailings the owners Of that min
made more from the waste tina
from the rich ore taken from th
mine and worked by the old pre-
cess. This will give to the publ
some conception Of the wopderf'
revolution that this Cyanide pr
cess Is working and will continu
to work in the gold mining worl
to say nothing Of the wonderful 9
feet It will have upon the fnanci
condition of the world by the gre
increase of the yellow metal und
the gold standard.
The Cyanide process above r
ferred to Is simply q disolving
fine gold, (Which would go out wi
the waste tailings and be lost
the ordinary process) by dilu
solution Of Cyanide Of potassiu
and the subsequent precipitation
the gold from the solution of Cya
ide with fine zinc shavings. T
crushed ore, whether taken fro
the low grade mine or wheth
gathered up Is q waste tailings q
simply put into q large vat a