The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-19
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TregO- Ellis Investors Are Very
Much Encouraged.
Pin Faith to Gage Process Of
Extracting Gold.
FROM $50 TO $40 A TON.
That Is What Chemists Say Can
Be Secured.
Prof.LoEewell Encouraged With
FROM $50 TO $40 A TON.
Prof. LoEeWelI Encouraged With
Recent Experiments.

The Topeka people interested in the
Trego- ELLIS shale lands are greatly en-
couraged over the recent experiments
with a new process for extracting gold
The local people interested say that this
question is really solved at last, and
that the only problem of how to ex-
tract gold from Kansas shale is at last
overcome.
The encouraging results have been
secured by the Gage process of extract
ing gold and silver from the western
Kansas shaIe.
For over a week experiments have
been in progress at the assay office of
mining whether the cyanide process in
vented by Mr. Gage would produce as
wonderful results tn Mr.. Cages abb
sence as it would when he was there
to personally conduct the experiments
The results, the chemists say, are such
as to warrant the belief that the prec-
ious metals can be saved from the sha1e
to the amount Of from $50 to $40 a
ton.
1t is likely that those who are inter
ested in the Gage process will at once
construct mill in Trego county, on
the Smoky river, and endeavor to make
fortunes out of the shale.
The cyanide process of concentration
costs about 81 a ton, and it is therefore
necessary to secure only small values
OF n etal to make the scheme a. great
financial success. If $50 a ton in gold
and silver can be extracted from the
sha1e, and 100 tons day are treated
at the mill, the immensely Of the profits
can be imagined
The experiments which are being
made to test the new process are very
interesting. and are also very secret.
The process itself is secret, and the
tests are all conducted behind locked
doors. Aside from Mr.. Gage, only one
man has been informed of the full de
tails Of the process This man is Mr..
Lovewen who is acting as the repre-
sentative OF the Snale land owners IN
the investiga cation of the Gage process.
Mr.. Gage says that he prefers to keep
his process a secret rather than to
patent laws
Mr.. Gage Is mining expert, having
spent his whole life thus far in mining
work. He is a graduate of several
American universities, and has studied
chemical work In the universities of
Germany Recently he has been en-
gagged in mining work in the Galena
zinc field
The Gage process has been used on
1oo-pound lots of Kansas shale in the
tests which have been in progress. It
is stated that out of a tub containing
100 pounds Of the shale, silver buttons
as large as dollar and gold beads
worth over 81 apiece have been re
peatedly secured The people who are
interested in the work are rapidly COM
Ing to the conclusion that there is no
FAKE about the Gage process. The
Investigations. however. Will be care
fully conducted until every shadow OF
doubt is removed
Mr.. Gage is to receive $4,000 for the
privilege Of using his process. provided
the report Of Mr. LoveweH is satfsfac-
tory to the n embers of the company.
Mr. Gage viii also receive a royalty
on the profits of the plant Amour
those interested in the COMPANY are
several wen known Kansas capitalists
who can secure unlimited funds for
carrying forward their plans provided
the question of the reliability OF the
process is determined satisfactnrilv